by Alan Morrison As Chief Whip Alan Campbell left CabinetOn Tuesday 1st JulyWalking along the sun-pounded pavementOf Downing Street the day of the voteOn the Pathways to... Continue reading
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A poem commemorating the death of radical poet Percy Bysshe Shelley on 8th July 1822 ls’t not enough that splendour’s useless glare,Real grandeur’s bane, must mock the... Continue reading
An internal monologue from Keir Starmer anticipating the Pathways to Work Green Paper vote of 1st July 2025 ‘Given steady economic growth, however, ‘the true object of... Continue reading
Photo copyright © Public Domain Dedication (CC0) By Alan Morrison Don’t flagAgatha Rag—Though the long August days are parched & drag,Roll up your baggage & your sleeping... Continue reading
by Alan Morrison Our souls in bondage to the shadow of the Baby Boom,Playground of gray-haired children, incubi in silvered bloom—Harangue them through a megaphone, protestor’s spittoon,Expect... Continue reading
by Alan Morrison Starmer talks of an “island of strangers”(Adapting a trope from Enoch Powell)Of non-integrated immigrants & refugeesWho must all learn English & “earn the right”To... Continue reading
On the ‘Labour’ Government’s despicable Pathways to Work Green Paper announced on 18 March 2025 by Alan Morrison Labour will set you free, deny your disability,Neoliberalism is... Continue reading
The ‘Labour’ Government’s Green Paper Pathways to Work: Reforming Benefits and Support to Get Britain Working amounts to a cranking up of more Tory-style persecution of the... Continue reading
Bitterly, I was forced to be absent from the Cockpit Theatre swansong event for Smokestack Books last December due to a combination of ill health, stormy weather... Continue reading
As we voyage through the uncharted waters of the post-Covid 2020s to the scourge of war again on the European continent, and in the Middle East, a... Continue reading
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