Drilling for Oil – A Global Problem on Our Doorstep
April 18, 2020 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
Sometimes it takes a threat to our own neighbourhood, our own county or country, before we wake up to what is happening across the world.
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Who are we, now that Brexit has severed our links?
February 13, 2020 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
I belong to England, but that England is not the self-important, arrogant and ill-informed England of Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, the European Research Group or Tommy Robinson and the English Defence League
Why Do We Think We Own The Earth?
June 8, 2019 1:38 am Leave your thoughts
Is it too late to ditch our rigid world view, our superiority, our belief in our 'right' to own and control our world?
Climate Destruction – bearing witness with Dahr Jamail
May 5, 2019 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
"The question is not are we going to fail. The question is how?" Stephen Jenkinson, author and storyteller.
Dear Mister Corbyn
January 6, 2019 2:14 am Leave your thoughts This is not a letter I thought I would ever have to write when I joined the Labour Party, but it has to be written.
National Interest or Personal Interest: Theresa May’s Spat with Tony Blair
December 26, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts The war of words between Tony Blair and Theresa May over the last few days is quite revealing - not of Blair's known position regarding the Brexit mess, but because the Prime Minister's rant showed her weakness.
Brexit and the Labour Party
December 1, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts One of the things people were promised under Corbyn's leadership, was a genuine member-led party, where members' views were listened to and acted on.
Salisbury continues to suffer while Theresa May plays Novichok game
April 7, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
On Easter Saturday I revisited Salisbury to see for myself. This was, after all, a holiday weekend, and Salisbury should be packed with people. Yes, car parks were full but'
Salisbury, Skripal and Novichok – a local view
March 20, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts
From the moment the news came out that on Sunday March 4th in Salisbury, one of England's revered cathedral cities, a Russian spy and his daughter had been poisoned by some form of 'nerve agent' my reaction was 'Oh dear'.
Labour Leave – Not the Way Ahead
February 24, 2018 12:00 am Leave your thoughts It is true that in the EU referendum, more people (52%) voted to leave than remain (48%) with the EU. But of the total electorate, that was 37% wanting to leave, 35% wanting to remain, and 28% that did not vote.