The Politics of Dancing

Liam Fox the defence secretary, said he wanted troops out "as soon as possible" and insisted that British soldiers were not there "for the sake of the education policy in a broken 13th- century country" [1] I hope the so called Stop the War Coalition are happy with their new comrade. [1] Guardian 23/o5/10

17/05/2010 With the threat of serious cuts in government spending it seems likely that unemployment, particularly in the public sector will rise. Others will find themselves in the same position as me. This is my manifesto of how I intend to survive. 1) Never become a victim, by accident or design you have now become a ‘resistant.’ You will now need to learn how to fight back. 2) Never allow yourself to be guilt tripped by the banks, utilities or other services like Vodophone. The banks make their money out of debt, in some cases from whole countries or regions keeping millions in continued poverty. More locally free banking is only possible because of the money they make from those in debt, in this way the poorer customers subsidise the better off. They are avaricious, mean spirited and lacking in anything resembling empathy. As for the utilities they constantly charge poorer customers more. For all its soft voiced commercials Vodophone cut me off without any prior war...

For reasons both too complicated and too private I have literally suddenly found myself in poverty and in debt. The thing about being poor is that you do not only suffer the depredations of loss of services and the continual humiliation inflicted upon you, the impertinent, patronising and threatening tone adopted by the banks and utilities, the continual telephone harassment, but you are also punished in numerous ways, if you cannot pay by direct debit you pay more for your gas and electricity, there are a range of services you simply cannot access.You pay more for train travel since you cannot pay by credit or debit card, the list goes on.Of course becoming non-productive, ceasing to be a consumer you have committed the ultimate crime against capitalism itself. .