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• On Whether a Woman ‘needs’ to Be Selected for Oldham West and Royton By-election…

  Needs is the key word in the title.The first by-election of the 2015-2020 will be called following the sad passing of Michael Meacher MP, who died this week... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On a Lib Dem Saying Something Offensive and Dumb, a Petty Tory and Local...

  Sometimes I come across a story where literally everyone involved in it comes out badly. Today I saw such a story that the more I looked into it, the worse the... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the New ‘kinder, Gentler’ Politics…

  I haven’t blogged for a couple of weeks. Not because I haven’t had things to say but because I’ve been in some sort of a malaise in terms of writing on the blog. Read more

  Posted on 30 September 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Labour’s One Enemy – the Tories. If Only They Had Kept That Mantra 2010-2015…

  I had a link retweeted into my timeline just now and it made me shake my head in despair over what might’ve been. Paul Flynn MP has written a blog post entitled... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Remembering the Six Gay Weddings in the USA in 1975…

  How many of us have heard the story of the Boulder County Clerk and Recorder Clela Rorex and what she did in 1975 by issuing wedding licenses for two men to... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Pure Dumpster Fire That Was Penn State/Temple…

  Oh my word. What can I even say to comprehend what we witnessed yesterday? When you get stomped all over by a team that hasn’t beaten you in 74 years and even... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Wondering What More James Vince Has to Do to Play for England…?

  The ECB and the England team have a long-standard in-joke that the rest of us mere mortals just don’t understand. For years they’ve decided that Hampshire... Read more

  Posted on 31 August 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Jeremy Corbyn and the Possibility of Women-only Carriages…

  Madness. Just madness. So Jeremy Corbyn has been speaking about sexism and he mused that he’d like to consult women about whether they thought the idea of... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On BT Sport Blowing Sky out of the Water for Ashes Cricket in 2017/2018

  I wrote this blog but by the time I went to publish it, Charles Sale had revised the fee to £80million over five years – I thought I’d leave in the origina... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Jeremy Corbyn’s People’s Railway…

  We have to give the Labour Party their due here because without them what would we be talking about in the dog days of the political summer? Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Alex Dyke’s Comments on Breastfeeding…

  Sometimes folks you have to laugh because if you didn’t then you might cry. Alex Dyke is a virtual nobody to anyone outside of the Isle of Wight and latterly th... Read more

  Posted on 17 August 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Why on Earth is Public Ownership of Companies a Burning Issue…?

  At some point within the next couple of hours I’ll have a shower, get dressed and walk the 100 metres or so to Thorpe Bay Railway Station and hop on a choo... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On a Song That Just Makes Me Smile…

  I think we all know that I’m no music critic or music writer. I have many, well some, well one or two journalistic qualities and writing about music isn’t one o... Read more

  Posted on 02 August 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Independent’s Response to Clarkson, Hammond and May’s Move to Amazon...

  Oh the Independent, why do you have to be so foolish? The Indy is renowned for being a pretty good newspaper that doesn’t let personal opinions get in the way o... Read more

  Posted on 30 July 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Tom Brady, ‘deflategate’ and ESPN’s Shall We Say ‘biased’ Reaction…

  Ah it is nice to be writing about something that isn’t politics. I need to write more non-politics blog. Remind me of this people. Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Why Sometimes Being a Lib Dem Makes Me Lose Sleep…

  Last night folks I was ticking. Not tickling, which would’ve probably been a lot of fun but ticking. I’ve been ticking on a certain subject for quite a while bu... Read more

  Posted on 29 July 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Jeremy Corbyn’s ‘Tea Party’ Issue for Labour…

  Jeremy Corbyn. Wow. Seriously what a run this is. This is a bit like the time Michelle McManus came from a 50/1 outsider to storm through and win whatever... Read more

  Posted on 22 July 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Tim Farron Struggling to Answer the Homosexuality/sin Question…

  Who could ever have seen this coming? *rolls eyes* This was always going to be Tim’s biggest problem, which is to be honest is crazy if you look at it from... Read more

  Posted on 18 July 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On ‘meeting’ and Listening to Tim Farron but Also Thinking About Leadership as...

  I put meeting in inverted commas because we didn’t actually meet or speak but I got to see him and listen to what he had to say. Read more

  Posted on 12 July 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On My Experience with the Tesco Neighbourhood Food Collection…

  So from Thursday through to Saturday the Tesco Neighbourhood Food Collection is taking place, in association with the Trussell Trust and Fareshare UK. Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY