Articles by Jonathan Kent
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The Morning After The Night Before
Posted on May 4, 2012 | 5 Comments
It’s going to be one of those bittersweet days. The Greens made a few decent gains around the country. I suspect Jenny Jones will have performed creditably. But elsewhere we’ve seen good people get up and leave the party of late; Charlotte Dingle, Adam Pogonowski and several others. What’s most discouraging is that those who [...]
Ed Davey and me
Posted on February 3, 2012 | 1 Comment
Jonathan Kent was a student environmental activist alongside the newly-appointed Energy Secretary, and argues his early green consciousness gives grounds for hope.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – review
Posted on January 28, 2012 | No Comments
Warning contains spoilers Steig Larsson’s Millennium Trilogy raised the bar for crime writers the world over. Part thriller, part noir and highly political, it gave us two enduring characters who stepped away from the page and became almost three dimensional. The first is Larsson’s alter ego Michael Blomkvist. Larsson was a left-wing activist, journalist, the [...]
Pissing on the flag
Posted on January 12, 2012 | 7 Comments
Another day, another scandal involving United States servicemen. This time it’s four marines pissing on the corpses of Taliban fighters they’ve killed. Each time this happens we’re asked to treat it as an isolated case. What we’re expected to believe is that when US troops misbehave it’s captured on camera and everyone knows about it. [...]
Dick of the year – James Murdoch
Posted on December 19, 2011 | No Comments
This is a nomination for dick of the year from Jonathan Kent. You can submit yours by emailing 200 words to editors ‘at’ brightgreenscotland.org James Murdoch, scion of the media dynasty, is surely a prime contender for Dick of The Year. One has to have a sneaking admiration for his father Rupert. Rupert, if nothing [...]
The Distant Thunder of Water Cannon
Posted on December 11, 2011 | No Comments
Over the last couple of years the conversations I’ve had with friends in the city have been defined by their unremitting gloom. Just this week a neighbour who works as a market analyst pointed to a recent paper by a senior economist at a major bank that suggests Europe may not get itself back on [...]
A Despatch from OccupyLSX
Posted on November 13, 2011 | No Comments
I’ve wanted to drop in on the OccupyLSX camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral ever since it was set up and on Tuesday I finally got there. I wandered down with Rupert Read who’d persuaded me to join him at a Progressive Alliance meeting that morning at TUC headquarters. The Occupy camp had been high on [...]
Occupy LSX, Monopoly and Mindless Materialism
Posted on November 13, 2011 | No Comments
Growing up, did you ever play Monopoly or Risk? Did you ever get to a point where you simply picked up the board, chucked the pieces in the air and told everyone ‘this is a stupid game’? I did and I feel I’ve reached the same point now with the much bigger game that we’ve [...]
St Paul’s – for the 1% or the 99%?
Posted on October 22, 2011 | No Comments
I’m not an unalloyed fan of the man who gave his name to St Paul’s Cathedral. Saul of Tarsus was an uncomfortable and divisive figure in early Christianity. Many of his pronouncements, which reflect his conservative rabbinical background, leave many of us equally uncomfortable today. Paul had issues with women, gays and men with long [...]
How Much is that Minister in the Window?
Posted on October 17, 2011 | No Comments
We don’t want capitalism, we want democracy. Capitalism is not simply people going about their lives setting up businesses, providing good and services and jobs. Most of us need some of the stuff that businesses offer. Capitalism is one-dollar-one-vote. The more dollars you have the more votes you get. This power of money goes to [...]
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