But then they cut my hours

But then they cut my hours

In a world of precarious employment, many people who are getting by on minimum-wage agency work supplemented by Working Tax Credits can be thrown into a major crisis at the whim of their employer. When we met Phil outside the buroo he had been given only a few hours’...
Maybe-ism   /    Policing

Maybe-ism / Policing

Started this last week and as I don’t feel up to talking about the last 24 hours I thought I’d get it finished.   Last week at the Conservative manifesto launch our glorious leader said: “There is no ‘Mayism’. I know you journalists like to write about it. There...
Is Anti-Scottish Racism a Thing?

Is Anti-Scottish Racism a Thing?

“Scotland’s not a race… is it koz I is ginger?” The funny thing about racial difference is that it is neither genetic nor biological. Race based on colour is an arbitrary construct, used to fabricate social difference in relation to power. Yesterday in the post ‘Why...