Articles by Matthew Butcher
I graduated from Nottingham University in 2010. I then became a community worker for a little while and now I'm based in London working for a very nice NGO.
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Galloway’s win should be a wake up call to the left
Posted on March 30, 2012 | 15 Comments
This morning Ladbrokes will begin the biggest payout in British by-election history. George Galloway, who entered the race as a 33-1 outsider, has won the Bradford West election by a country mile. This sort of shock to the parliamentary political system is rare and and easily dismissed but it should come as a challenge to all [...]
The end of opposition
Posted on January 15, 2012 | 12 Comments
Yesterday the official opposition gave up. In a packed room at The Insititute for Education Ed Balls finally confirmed what many of us have been thinking for a while: The Labour Party aren’t the alternative. As the cuts continue to bite, the wages of workers remain stagnant and the economic outlook for the UK remains [...]
Dick of the Year – The Landlady of the John Snow Pub, Soho
Posted on December 23, 2011 | No Comments
This is a nomination for the Bright Green dick of the year award 2011 from Matt Butcher. To nominate your own candidate, please email 200ish words to editors ‘at’ brightgreenscotland.org It may seem unusual to nominate a publican for Dick of the Year but this particular lady (whose name I cannot find) thoroughly deserves the [...]
Dick of the year – Melanie Philips
Posted on December 19, 2011 | No Comments
This is a nomination for dick of the year from Matt Butcher. You can submit yours by emailing 200 words to editors ‘at’ brightgreenscotland.org It’s not original I know. And, being a press officer, it’s probably not wise either. But Melanie Philips is such a vile person that she deserves a nomination. I thought i’d just [...]
Remembering the Victims of Road Traffic
Posted on November 20, 2011 | 1 Comment
The horrific crash on the M5 earlier this month was a stark reminder of the dangers of road travel- but it was by no means an isolated incident. The fact is that people die on Britain’s roads every single day of the year – six people – one less than died in the pile up [...]
Freezing and fighting
Posted on October 17, 2011 | 1 Comment
As the sun began to go down this evening, and the warm autumn day faded into a cold night, most of us will have been sat comfortably at home relaxing before the working week begins. Most of us, but not all of us. Outside St Paul’s Cathedral a tent city has sprouted and a few [...]
The great train robbery – fighting unfair fairs
Posted on August 16, 2011 | 1 Comment
Much to the surprise of my instructor I recently passed my driving test. The idea is that, if push comes to shove and someone is ill or something needs transporting, I can borrow a car for a day, safe in the knowledge that I’m not ruining the planet because I’m not a ‘real motorist’. What [...]
Choosing to fight
Posted on June 10, 2011 | 1 Comment
On 31st May 2009 Dr George Tiller was shot dead by an anti abortion activist while serving as an usher in his local church in Wichita, Kansas. This was the second time that Dr Tiller had been shot by someone who disagreed with the fact that he performed late term abortions. Now, two years on, [...]
Time for a living wage
Posted on May 24, 2011 | No Comments
Matthew works for responsible investment campaigning group Fairpensions The Sunday Times Rich List is strangely addictive. The longer you look at it the more active your imagination becomes. What would I buy with Lakshmi Mittals billions? How many penny sweets would the Duke of Westminster’s seven thousand million pounds buy? It’s almost impossible for any [...]