Chris Guiton
@chrisguiton.bsky.social
Recently retired copywriter. But words still matter. The right words mattering most of all... Eco-socialist. Also available for general chit-chat about the arts, culture and all the crazy stuff that makes the world go round.
Excellent work from Martin Rowson in today's Morning Star. Great to see him back!
September 18, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Excellent work from Martin Rowson in today's Morning Star. Great to see him back!
Neat reminder at the earlier Stop Trump rally in London that Churchill invented the 'special relationship' fiction to disguise our subservience to US capital. Something that Labour has been happy to sustain over the years. Newly reinforced by Starmer's willingness to succumb to Trumpian fascism.
September 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Neat reminder at the earlier Stop Trump rally in London that Churchill invented the 'special relationship' fiction to disguise our subservience to US capital. Something that Labour has been happy to sustain over the years. Newly reinforced by Starmer's willingness to succumb to Trumpian fascism.
A reminder of how badly the McSweeney/Starmer/Reeves clique has served us (with worse surely to come) as Labour goes through the motions of a rigged deputy leadership election and Party Conference looms.
Please resist the temptation to share this at all costs...
Please resist the temptation to share this at all costs...
September 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A reminder of how badly the McSweeney/Starmer/Reeves clique has served us (with worse surely to come) as Labour goes through the motions of a rigged deputy leadership election and Party Conference looms.
Please resist the temptation to share this at all costs...
Please resist the temptation to share this at all costs...
Anthony Gormley: Another Time XVIII 2013.
Available to view in one of the loading bays under the Harbour Arm in Folkestone, if you happen to be in the area...
Available to view in one of the loading bays under the Harbour Arm in Folkestone, if you happen to be in the area...
August 21, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Anthony Gormley: Another Time XVIII 2013.
Available to view in one of the loading bays under the Harbour Arm in Folkestone, if you happen to be in the area...
Available to view in one of the loading bays under the Harbour Arm in Folkestone, if you happen to be in the area...
Yvette Cooper made to look even more stupid as Government hypocrisy is defeated by human decency.
From the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
From the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Yvette Cooper made to look even more stupid as Government hypocrisy is defeated by human decency.
From the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
From the latest @privateeyenews.bsky.social
Keir Starmer (24 June): the welfare reform bill is not a confidence vote in his leadership.
Labour whips (24 June): the welfare reform bill is being treated as a confidence vote in Keir Starmer.
😂😂😂😂😂
Labour whips (24 June): the welfare reform bill is being treated as a confidence vote in Keir Starmer.
😂😂😂😂😂
June 25, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Keir Starmer (24 June): the welfare reform bill is not a confidence vote in his leadership.
Labour whips (24 June): the welfare reform bill is being treated as a confidence vote in Keir Starmer.
😂😂😂😂😂
Labour whips (24 June): the welfare reform bill is being treated as a confidence vote in Keir Starmer.
😂😂😂😂😂
If you're a fan of both William Blake and E P Thompson, it's well worth taking a look at Witness Against the Beast: William Blake and the Moral Law. Seeking to locate his thought in the antinomian, millenarian, radical tradition, it's a real treat!
June 9, 2025 at 9:04 AM
If you're a fan of both William Blake and E P Thompson, it's well worth taking a look at Witness Against the Beast: William Blake and the Moral Law. Seeking to locate his thought in the antinomian, millenarian, radical tradition, it's a real treat!
From the latest Private Eye.
The private healthcare sector must be rubbing their hands with glee!
The private healthcare sector must be rubbing their hands with glee!
May 29, 2025 at 3:24 PM
From the latest Private Eye.
The private healthcare sector must be rubbing their hands with glee!
The private healthcare sector must be rubbing their hands with glee!
Been over to Brussels for a few days doing some beer tourism. Spotted this marvellous device in the gents toilet at Le Cirio, a rather fine brasserie. I want one!
May 24, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Been over to Brussels for a few days doing some beer tourism. Spotted this marvellous device in the gents toilet at Le Cirio, a rather fine brasserie. I want one!
Resist Much, Obey Little.
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
May 15, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Resist Much, Obey Little.
Walt Whitman
Walt Whitman
Wes Streeting's privatisation plans gathering speed. We have been warned!
From the new Private Eye
From the new Private Eye
May 14, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Wes Streeting's privatisation plans gathering speed. We have been warned!
From the new Private Eye
From the new Private Eye
In every cry of every Man,
In every Infants cry of fear,
In every voice: in every ban,
The mind-forg'd manacles I hear
William Blake, London, Songs of Experience
In every Infants cry of fear,
In every voice: in every ban,
The mind-forg'd manacles I hear
William Blake, London, Songs of Experience
May 13, 2025 at 12:44 PM
In every cry of every Man,
In every Infants cry of fear,
In every voice: in every ban,
The mind-forg'd manacles I hear
William Blake, London, Songs of Experience
In every Infants cry of fear,
In every voice: in every ban,
The mind-forg'd manacles I hear
William Blake, London, Songs of Experience
'Dash for Crash'
From the new Private Eye.
From the new Private Eye.
April 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
'Dash for Crash'
From the new Private Eye.
From the new Private Eye.
Just read Patrick Cockburn's Believe Nothing Until it is Officially Denied: Claud Cockburn and the Invention of Guerrilla Journalism.
Superb study of his father's use of radical journalism to empower the powerless.
Superb study of his father's use of radical journalism to empower the powerless.
April 27, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Just read Patrick Cockburn's Believe Nothing Until it is Officially Denied: Claud Cockburn and the Invention of Guerrilla Journalism.
Superb study of his father's use of radical journalism to empower the powerless.
Superb study of his father's use of radical journalism to empower the powerless.
Question your tea spoons.
Georges Perec
*sidles off to kitchen
Georges Perec
*sidles off to kitchen
April 16, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Question your tea spoons.
Georges Perec
*sidles off to kitchen
Georges Perec
*sidles off to kitchen
Recent council by-election losses for Labour at Tameside and Haringey - in parallel with bookies making Reform UK the clear favourites to win the upcoming Runcorn by-election - underline the point that Labour is a sinking ship. But the Starmer/McSweeney team remain mired in denialism...
April 11, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Recent council by-election losses for Labour at Tameside and Haringey - in parallel with bookies making Reform UK the clear favourites to win the upcoming Runcorn by-election - underline the point that Labour is a sinking ship. But the Starmer/McSweeney team remain mired in denialism...
From the current Private Eye.
April 3, 2025 at 3:16 PM
From the current Private Eye.
Solidarity on International Women's Day.
Image: From a German poster for Women's Day, 8 March 1914, demanding voting rights for women. By Karl Maria Stadler.
(Public domain via Wikimedia Commons)
Image: From a German poster for Women's Day, 8 March 1914, demanding voting rights for women. By Karl Maria Stadler.
(Public domain via Wikimedia Commons)
March 8, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Solidarity on International Women's Day.
Image: From a German poster for Women's Day, 8 March 1914, demanding voting rights for women. By Karl Maria Stadler.
(Public domain via Wikimedia Commons)
Image: From a German poster for Women's Day, 8 March 1914, demanding voting rights for women. By Karl Maria Stadler.
(Public domain via Wikimedia Commons)
From the current Private Eye. My Irony Meter may be about to overheat...
March 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
From the current Private Eye. My Irony Meter may be about to overheat...
Actually from the last Private Eye but only just seen and still worth sharing...
March 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Actually from the last Private Eye but only just seen and still worth sharing...
Went to an excellent exhibition at Tate Britain, London on the Artists International Association. An anti-fascist and socialist organisation founded in 1933 to promote art as a weapon for political change. Superb! Runs till 15 July. Get there if you can.
(Picture credits in alt text.)
(Picture credits in alt text.)
February 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Went to an excellent exhibition at Tate Britain, London on the Artists International Association. An anti-fascist and socialist organisation founded in 1933 to promote art as a weapon for political change. Superb! Runs till 15 July. Get there if you can.
(Picture credits in alt text.)
(Picture credits in alt text.)
Saw The Brian Jonestown Massacre last night in Brighton. Great gig!
February 20, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Saw The Brian Jonestown Massacre last night in Brighton. Great gig!
The new book Get In by Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund paints a picture of Starmer as an empty vessel driven by ambition and manipulated by master strategist Morgan McSweeney. Quite apart from the fact that McSweeney's abilities have been over-stated, it fails to explore the... 1/2
February 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The new book Get In by Patrick Maguire and Gabriel Pogrund paints a picture of Starmer as an empty vessel driven by ambition and manipulated by master strategist Morgan McSweeney. Quite apart from the fact that McSweeney's abilities have been over-stated, it fails to explore the... 1/2
From the new Private Eye.
January 23, 2025 at 12:12 PM
From the new Private Eye.
In case it helps our American friends, here's the famous photo of Scottish comedian Janey Godley protesting against Trump outside his Turnberry golf course in 2018.
#TrumpInauguration
(Image: Janey Godley)
#TrumpInauguration
(Image: Janey Godley)
January 20, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In case it helps our American friends, here's the famous photo of Scottish comedian Janey Godley protesting against Trump outside his Turnberry golf course in 2018.
#TrumpInauguration
(Image: Janey Godley)
#TrumpInauguration
(Image: Janey Godley)