Totnes has been in the news lately on two counts as recorded here by Lucy Brown recently. As it happens I am writing this in Rumour, a bistro on the south side of Totnes’ High Street. The Methodist Church, in … Continue reading
Let’s list a few. The NHS Universality Illegal drugs Our Independent Nuclear Deterrent Fairness Equality Today we will have a look at the first two. The NHS is probably the biggest elephant in the room at the moment … Continue reading
Today I want to talk about caring. I woke up the other morning thinking about the fact that many of the people I saw on the television were wearing poppies – sometimes, or so I felt, in circumstances that were … Continue reading
There’s a certain inevitability which pervades politics, at least in my opinion. It begins with the fundamental problem which often goes something like this: why should I bother voting when they’re all the same? To that, I’d add the question … Continue reading
Iain Duncan Smith’s contentious comments about capping child benefit to two children per family to avoid – as he puts it – poor families having lots of children merely for the benefits have caused a stir around the web. While … Continue reading
On Saturday October 20th I along with several other members of the MNDA Campaign Network, joined in the TUC-organised A Future That Works March joining fellow disability campaigners including Parkinson’s UK as part of the Hardest Hit Movement. Our … Continue reading
When I woke up this morning, I had every intention of writing the second part of the piece I wrote for Tuesday.However, I have been in email dialogue with a chap who is not entirely in agreement with me when … Continue reading
Permit me to jump on my soapbox again. I don’t like seeing the most vulnerable in our society suffer for the follies of the richest and there have been two developments in the disability benefits saga that have caught my … Continue reading
Silly season is upon us – sorry conference season, the time where politicians of all shades tell us how they are going to save the nation – until they get into power! Monday was “bash the benefit cadgers”; I … Continue reading
Today is going to be somewhere between a rant and a wonderful example of cold, clear thinking. I suspect more the former than the latter. Being disabled: what a headline – what a multitude of different conditions it covers and … Continue reading