Democracy
An Alliance of Arrogance
“I was in Alliance” is a euphemism for the hollow ethos of a certain “old school” elite that is totally disconnected from everyday Kenyan society. May 13, 2026 In April of 1963, with Kenya in [more…]
Politics
Diary
A View From (Just Adjacent To) The Greenhouse; King O T’North….Issit?
Over the course of my fortnightly ramblings, my loyal reader may, (or more likely) may not have noticed a growing pile of rotting wood inside a rail fence which sits just outside the shed. It [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Twenty-Eight
Monday Good morning, my friends, from a warm but cloudy Downing Street. After last week’s disastrous by-election for the Government, Legohead has spent the weekend struggling to come to terms with things. He seems to [more…]
Conservatives
Labour’s bad boys – Part 14 Geraint Davies
Are we scraping the barrel yet, well not really. We are moving on and are at about 2023, still plenty of grist in the mill to deal with. We turn our attention to Geraint Richard [more…]
Authoritarianism
Social Justice Centres
The separation of the June 2024 protests from the long history of organising within Social Justice Centres erases the intellectual labour of movement building and organising, and the infrastructure that these centres have built over [more…]
Elections
Runners and riders
Runners and riders is a phrase much loved by the other place, you know, the one founded by Fatty Fawkes. In this case there is some justification for its use as we delve into the [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week Three Hundred And Twenty-Seven
Monday Good morning, my friends, from a dull and misty Downing Street. It is very quiet here today. It is the Spring Bank Holiday, so there is only a skeleton working crew in the office. [more…]
Conservatives
Labour’s bad boys – Part 13 Neil Coyle
Neil Alan John Coyle, most often known as Neil Coyle, has been the Labour MP for Bermondsey and Old Southwark since 2015. He is apparently a bit of a motormouth, regularly flinging abuse about. His [more…]
Capitalism
Fuliza Republic
Kenya faces another wave of austerity. In this running photo essay series, we capture how it’s adjusting the lives of Kenyans and creating new social phenomena. John Githongo, Kenya’s anti-corruption czar, once recounted a story [more…]