I just came across this blog in my Blog Draft file from early into the Pandemic. Ironically it is now April 2022, Covid-19 is still with us, at the time of writing, hospitals are still overwhelmed and a huge chunk of us are fully vaccinated but mindsets are mostly different. Reading this now, it is … [Read more...]
Police “Stop & Help” Resource
I was making my notes for this Blog about how we could possibly look differently at the Police Stop & Search practice and switched the radio on. Lo and behold there was a discussion, hosted by David Lammy MP on LBC, about Knife Crime and the police Stop & Search … [Read more...]
The consistent kindness of Tony Benn
I was helping my grandson with his art project - famous quotations to be then hung on a paper tree - and he asked me for my favourite quotation to add to the display. I chose Tony Benn's favourite: "Dare to be a Daniel. Dare to stand alone. Dare to have a purpose and dare to have it known". I was … [Read more...]
You’re nobody till somebody……wants your vote
Yesterday evening was a cold, windy, rainsoaked event and I was weighing up whether to complete my journey home, stop at a restaurant or pop into a local pub for a warming whiskey. I think it was the gale that blew me home rather than any decision I made. As I turned the corner I saw a group of … [Read more...]
Interview with Dennis Skinner
I interviewed Dennis Skinner,MP for Bolsover, at the House of Commons in April 2013: I'm sure I'm not the only person to hear Dennis Skinner sing - but I may be the only one to hear him sing in the canteen at the House of Commons. We are talking about his mother, Lucy, and how twenty … [Read more...]
Interview with Alan Johnson
I asked the Rt. Hon Alan Johnson MP to be the first person to be interviewed for the page and he generously agreed. Rt. Hon Alan Johnson MP Interview – 11th April 2011 Because I have always held firm to the conviction that childhood circumstances do not determine the adult and that if a child has … [Read more...]
