Society and Power
Power rarely introduces itself honestly. It arrives as efficiency, tradition, security, growth or a very expensive concern for ordinary people. These articles follow the incentives through politics, work, inequality, institutions and public life. The jokes are dry, but the evidence is not optional. Start with the newest sense check and work backwards until the slogan begins to resemble a decision made by somebody.
Respect preached, contempt practised
Respect is preached in posters and policies. In practice, the small-minded still spit their contempt, and everyone else pays the price.
Drones cross borders, words cross fingers
Drones fly over borders. NATO still flies words. Real action postponed since 2014, and the bill will be lives.
£1 raise? More like a PR haircut
When companies brag about a £1 bump, remember, they’d have pocketed it if the law hadn’t made them. Real living costs soared, wages slid.…
Profit in banners, pennies in pockets
Companies cheer record profits. When asked for pennies more in wages, the crying starts.
Work till the coffin? Raise the pension age again
Raising the pension age looks tidy on a spreadsheet. On building sites, hospital wards and shop floors, it looks like “work till the coffin”.
Scapegoats at the gate, billions out the back
When migrants fill the headlines, the real leaks go quiet. Count the numbers. Follow the money. Toss the scapegoats.
Crown dreams in a republic
Dictator talk sold as a joke. A republic is not a court. Watch rules, budgets and courts. Toss the crown cosplay. Keep the checks,…
Freedom sold, freedom shrunk
Sold as freedom, delivered as paperwork and smaller lives. A modern hermit’s roast on Brexit’s real costs.
One roast at a time
No spam. No motivational soup. Just the latest receipt when it is ready.