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In the Bleak Mid-winter

This is not an economic depression brought about by chance or bad luck, it is a readjustment of the ratios of capital to labour in which a greater pool of cheap labour is required to service the middle-classes who, in turn, provide all the services for the rich and super-rich Continue reading

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Coming to terms with Pernicious Anaemia

I have had several such realisations: the first was when multiple spontaneous pneumothoraces were diagnosed after decades of semi-collapsed lung problems; the second was being diagnosed with short-cycle bi-polar disorder; the third was the onset of emphysema after 40 years of roll-up tobacco; the fourth was becoming prone to anaphylactic shock requiring me to carry an EpiPen full of adrenaline and now, to make life even more interesting, I have Pernicious Anaemia.

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