Borrowing a metaphor from Chris Hedges, I consider the UK body politic as rather like a bulk of dry tinder waiting for a random spark to ignite a conflagration of unrest. I suggest that both Brexit and the COV19 pandemic are intensifiers of this flammability. I treat the matter as having economic and cultural-ideological dimensions, particularly lighting on recent trade union activity in the UK. The recent UK budget receives some attention, particularly the 1% pay rise offer made to health service workers and the angry response that the health professionals made to it. I make suggestions as to how the broad left might not be caught disorientated the day after the inevitable sublime moments that are now waiting in the wings. This involves the judicious use of the utopian imagination to co-ordinate the many strands of progressive activism. [Free. 43 minutes.]
NAT-C OR NAZI? INTERESTING TIMES 65
CLICK BAIT, RAGE BAIT & CALM BAIT
GOD SAVE THE KING! SERIOUSLY? INTERESTING TIMES 64
OUR BIGGEST DANGER?
EARTH DAY 2023 - INTERESTING TIMES 63
BLUES IN G 5 - MUSIC
CENTRAL BANK DIGITAL CURRENCIES - INTERESTING TIMES 62
A UNIVERSE OF DISCOURSE?
STARING INTO THE ABYSS
PROMISES & SLOGANS
INDIVIDUAL & COLLECTIVE, (& FARMING)
FESTIVAL DANCE
PATHOLOGICAL IRRATIONALISM IN THE UK AND BEYOND
LOOKING BACK OVER 2022 & FORWARD TO 2023 - INTERESTING TIMES 62
ON STRIKES - INTERESTING TIMES 61
EDEN REVISITED
LAO TZU 57
LAO TZU 56
LAO TZU 55
GROWTH, GROWTH, GROWTH? - INTERESTING TIMES 60
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