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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Lay off RBS CEO Stephen Hester – such a reasonable guy!
He says: “I have given back my £1m bonus, so I have only £1.2m to live on this year, and I am really worth more than 2,000 times the 3 billion people who live on less than £600 a year. … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged CEO, executive bonues, executive pay, RBS, Royal Bank of Scotland, Stephen Hester
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Funny new campaign targets RBS
[UPDATE: Since posting this I have been anonymously emailed a small and a large version of the relevant image. I cannot advocate what is possibly an illegal activity, but then neither can I stop you printing these out and sticking … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged arms industry, Bank, bank bonuses, Co-operative Bank, Cooperative, executive pay, political campaigning, RBS, Royal Bank of Scotland, Stephen Hester, tar sands
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Wondrous flitting – Occupy evolves!
I previously suggested a coherent coordinated strategy to unite Occupy Edinburgh and effect real change. Since then events have led me to believe that it is unlikely that people will be persuaded to do as I suggested. However, there is … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Occupy Edinburgh, Occupy movement, Occupy Wall St, Occupy Wall Street, serendipity
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Are your children addicted to Internet pornography?
Today I heard a troubling discussion of the phenomenon of Internet pornography addiction amongst youngsters. Anecdotal evidence suggests that this may be widespread. In the public interest I have converted the relevant part of the BBC Radio 4 programme (Broadcasting … Continue reading
The elephant in St Andrew’s Square: towards a new strategy for Occupy.
A few days ago I presented some ideas at a meeting of Occupy Edinburgh. I re-present them here so that they might receive a wider audience. Please excuse my bad drawing and penmanship! Fundamental questions Fundamental questions are: What is … Continue reading
Posted in Philosophy, Politics
Tagged Occupy Edinburgh, Occupy movement, Occupy Wall St, Occupy Wall Street, RBS, Royal Bank of Scotland
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BBC allows supporter of butcher Pinochet to express views unchallenged
[This is No.1 in a series of blog posts on Paul Johnson's statement on BBC Radio 4's Desert Island Discs that he admired Chilean mass-murderer General August Pinochet because he 'prevented civil war'. You may read the others here: No.5, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics
Tagged BBC Radio 4, Chile, Desert Island Discs, freedom of speech, General Augusto Pinochet, Kirsty Young, Paul Johnson
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Home: Circles and Cycles
Introduction I presented these at Stills Democratic Camera Club on Thursday 12 January 2012. All the pictures in this collection were taken in the course of short circular walks from my home. Each picture has some relevance to the sub-theme … Continue reading
Posted in Miscellaneous, Philosophy
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