Blood & Treasure (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Dave Osler wonders if the left is in any shape to take advantage of the financial crisis and notes that there isn’t much in the way of a coherent leftwing alternative to current economic orthodoxy in public circulation and that...
The Devil's Kitchen (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Via Tygerland , I see that Dave Osler has written a perfectly sensible post over at Liberal Conspiracy . For some reason, this morning’s newspapers are full of outcry about what UK councils are doing investing in Iceland anyway. The answer to that seems quite simple; they were seeking the best returns for the council tax payer, which is exactly what they should be doing. Remember, Iceland’s...
Obsolete (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
If you read just one thing today, Dave Osler's masterful assault on Simon Heffer deserves to be it.
Greenman's Occasional Organ (Free subscription) | 09/17/2008
Various left and green discussions and comment on the unfolding global financial crisis linked below. Dave Osler asks Has the (British) left got any answers? The Guardian got sound bites from various people they characterise as representatives of anti-capitalism (I have to say this is stretching it a bit with some of those consulted!) Ed at International Rooksbyism found some interesting...
Shiraz Socialist (Free subscription) | 09/14/2008
... over exactly the kind of regime that will bolster the super in any lefty’s -ciliousness. And, no Dave Osler, even the masochist in me doesn’t fancy her at all. No doubt this will go through the wash as the world’s news media covers this election to saturation point. The cultural cringe that leads these folk to ape US expressions, such as “you guys” (which manages the feat of being...
Chris Paul: Labour of Love (Free subscription) | 08/30/2008
Dave Osler explains who David Marquand is and takes apart the opinion piece he wrote . That was in yesterday's Guardian, here . Essentially the ex-Labour MP, ex-SDPer, ex-Compass founder member DM suggests that Cameron is a "Whig Imperialist" and therefore nothing to be scared of. Perhaps from his other witterings that perhaps Marquand actually means "Whig Impiricist"? He is the only...
