David C McLean
@david-c-mclean.bsky.social
I publish myself & others through Posthuman Poetry. Details are at my blog https://posthumouspoems.blogspot.com/
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Disability benefit cuts will push over 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, into poverty.
So I asked the Chancellor — who earns over £150,000, accepted £7,500 in free clothes & took freebie tickets to see Sabrina Carpenter — if Austerity 2.0 is the "change" people voted for?
So I asked the Chancellor — who earns over £150,000, accepted £7,500 in free clothes & took freebie tickets to see Sabrina Carpenter — if Austerity 2.0 is the "change" people voted for?
March 26, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Disability benefit cuts will push over 250,000 people, including 50,000 children, into poverty.
So I asked the Chancellor — who earns over £150,000, accepted £7,500 in free clothes & took freebie tickets to see Sabrina Carpenter — if Austerity 2.0 is the "change" people voted for?
So I asked the Chancellor — who earns over £150,000, accepted £7,500 in free clothes & took freebie tickets to see Sabrina Carpenter — if Austerity 2.0 is the "change" people voted for?
New book now available at Amazon
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"Lamaštû: Poems for the Anti-Mother" at Amazon.
blog of David C. McLean, poet & novelist. As editor of Posthuman Poetry & Prose, also publishes poetry by Tanya Rakh
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March 22, 2025 at 8:55 AM
New book now available at Amazon
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Instead of slashing welfare and disability benefits — forcing more disabled people and children into poverty — the government could introduce a 2% tax on assets over £10 million.
It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.
This is austerity 2.0
It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.
This is austerity 2.0
March 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Instead of slashing welfare and disability benefits — forcing more disabled people and children into poverty — the government could introduce a 2% tax on assets over £10 million.
It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.
This is austerity 2.0
It would raise £24 billion — five times the savings from these cuts.
This is austerity 2.0
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I know where I stand on austerity.
That's why I voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap, opposed the means-testing for winter fuel payments, & will vote against cuts to welfare & disability benefits.
Instead of targeting the most vulnerable, the government should tax the rich.
That's why I voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap, opposed the means-testing for winter fuel payments, & will vote against cuts to welfare & disability benefits.
Instead of targeting the most vulnerable, the government should tax the rich.
March 15, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I know where I stand on austerity.
That's why I voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap, opposed the means-testing for winter fuel payments, & will vote against cuts to welfare & disability benefits.
Instead of targeting the most vulnerable, the government should tax the rich.
That's why I voted to scrap the two-child benefit cap, opposed the means-testing for winter fuel payments, & will vote against cuts to welfare & disability benefits.
Instead of targeting the most vulnerable, the government should tax the rich.
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Israeli tanks have entered the occupied West Bank for the first time in 20 years.
Over 40,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced. This is ethnic cleansing & annexation.
Israel must be held to account. We need a full arms embargo, & all economic & diplomatic ties severed.
Over 40,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced. This is ethnic cleansing & annexation.
Israel must be held to account. We need a full arms embargo, & all economic & diplomatic ties severed.
February 24, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Israeli tanks have entered the occupied West Bank for the first time in 20 years.
Over 40,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced. This is ethnic cleansing & annexation.
Israel must be held to account. We need a full arms embargo, & all economic & diplomatic ties severed.
Over 40,000 Palestinians have been forcibly displaced. This is ethnic cleansing & annexation.
Israel must be held to account. We need a full arms embargo, & all economic & diplomatic ties severed.
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The latest book by Tanya Rakh is available on Amazon now, from Posthuman Poetry & Prose. Details & links here at my blog.
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"tundra" by Tanya Rakh on Amazon
blog of David C. McLean, poet & novelist. As editor of Posthuman Poetry & Prose, also publishes poetry by Tanya Rakh
posthumouspoems.blogspot.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The latest book by Tanya Rakh is available on Amazon now, from Posthuman Poetry & Prose. Details & links here at my blog.
posthumouspoems.blogspot.com/2024/12/tund...
posthumouspoems.blogspot.com/2024/12/tund...
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“If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.” — Tony Benn
February 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
“If we can find the money to kill people, we can find the money to help people.” — Tony Benn
The latest book by Tanya Rakh is available on Amazon now, from Posthuman Poetry & Prose. Details & links here at my blog.
posthumouspoems.blogspot.com/2024/12/tund...
posthumouspoems.blogspot.com/2024/12/tund...
"tundra" by Tanya Rakh on Amazon
blog of David C. McLean, poet & novelist. As editor of Posthuman Poetry & Prose, also publishes poetry by Tanya Rakh
posthumouspoems.blogspot.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:33 PM
The latest book by Tanya Rakh is available on Amazon now, from Posthuman Poetry & Prose. Details & links here at my blog.
posthumouspoems.blogspot.com/2024/12/tund...
posthumouspoems.blogspot.com/2024/12/tund...
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Reposted by David C McLean
rain has fallen – I walk
against the wind
against a rainbow flame
kissing an ocean – against
a straying sun picking
defining the town …
"Stormriver" by Myra Vennard (1929-2022) poethead.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/s...
An Index of Women Poets: poethead.wordpress.com/index-of-wom...
#Archives
against the wind
against a rainbow flame
kissing an ocean – against
a straying sun picking
defining the town …
"Stormriver" by Myra Vennard (1929-2022) poethead.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/s...
An Index of Women Poets: poethead.wordpress.com/index-of-wom...
#Archives
An Index of Women Poets
Index of Women Poets 2008-2021 A Kira A Fizza Abbas Shanta Acharya Aishling Alanna Heffernan Anna Akhmatova I Anna Akhmatova II Anna Akhmatova III Gülten Akın Chris Allen I Chris Allen II…
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January 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
rain has fallen – I walk
against the wind
against a rainbow flame
kissing an ocean – against
a straying sun picking
defining the town …
"Stormriver" by Myra Vennard (1929-2022) poethead.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/s...
An Index of Women Poets: poethead.wordpress.com/index-of-wom...
#Archives
against the wind
against a rainbow flame
kissing an ocean – against
a straying sun picking
defining the town …
"Stormriver" by Myra Vennard (1929-2022) poethead.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/s...
An Index of Women Poets: poethead.wordpress.com/index-of-wom...
#Archives
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The government has actively facilitated genocide in Gaza, including through its continued arms sales to the Israeli military.
Today in Parliament, I reintroduced my Bill to suspend all arms sales to Israel & hold the government accountable for its role in enabling such horrors.
Today in Parliament, I reintroduced my Bill to suspend all arms sales to Israel & hold the government accountable for its role in enabling such horrors.
January 21, 2025 at 4:03 PM
The government has actively facilitated genocide in Gaza, including through its continued arms sales to the Israeli military.
Today in Parliament, I reintroduced my Bill to suspend all arms sales to Israel & hold the government accountable for its role in enabling such horrors.
Today in Parliament, I reintroduced my Bill to suspend all arms sales to Israel & hold the government accountable for its role in enabling such horrors.
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Since the Gaza ceasefire was announced, Israeli bombardment has killed at least 71 Palestinians and injured over 200.
The ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu remain active — if he sets foot in the UK, the government must enforce them.
War crimes cannot go unpunished.
The ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu remain active — if he sets foot in the UK, the government must enforce them.
War crimes cannot go unpunished.
January 16, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Since the Gaza ceasefire was announced, Israeli bombardment has killed at least 71 Palestinians and injured over 200.
The ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu remain active — if he sets foot in the UK, the government must enforce them.
War crimes cannot go unpunished.
The ICC arrest warrants for Netanyahu remain active — if he sets foot in the UK, the government must enforce them.
War crimes cannot go unpunished.
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I just voted for the Renters Rights Bill to ban no-fault evictions & hold landlords to account — vital steps toward recognising housing as a right.
To truly solve the housing crisis, we need rent controls & a new generation of council housing for secure affordable homes for all.
To truly solve the housing crisis, we need rent controls & a new generation of council housing for secure affordable homes for all.
January 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I just voted for the Renters Rights Bill to ban no-fault evictions & hold landlords to account — vital steps toward recognising housing as a right.
To truly solve the housing crisis, we need rent controls & a new generation of council housing for secure affordable homes for all.
To truly solve the housing crisis, we need rent controls & a new generation of council housing for secure affordable homes for all.
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Austerity has been discredited & 330,000+ deaths prove its deadly impact.
Yet benefit cuts are being briefed & disabled people are again made to pay the price for “calming” the markets.
Austerity with a red rosette is still austerity.
This isn’t the “change” people voted for.
Yet benefit cuts are being briefed & disabled people are again made to pay the price for “calming” the markets.
Austerity with a red rosette is still austerity.
This isn’t the “change” people voted for.
January 11, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Austerity has been discredited & 330,000+ deaths prove its deadly impact.
Yet benefit cuts are being briefed & disabled people are again made to pay the price for “calming” the markets.
Austerity with a red rosette is still austerity.
This isn’t the “change” people voted for.
Yet benefit cuts are being briefed & disabled people are again made to pay the price for “calming” the markets.
Austerity with a red rosette is still austerity.
This isn’t the “change” people voted for.