I WILL WRITE A NUMBER OF EMERGENCY ON PLANET EARTH BLOGS THROUGHOUT THE TORY SPONSORED CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. What follows is a random collection of thoughts from a human being trapped in 21st Century British society. *** I had thought about ending this series of blogs, but l wouldn’t want to be knee -jerk in my […]
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I was sad to learn about the death of Wrexham Archives Assistant, Julian Crute, he helped me a great deal with my research into Wrexham AFC football matches and was always polite and enthusiastic. May he rest in peace. *** I have spent the last 10 years fighting for my right to Independent Living. With
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This is another excellent piece of writing by the Oxblogger. During August, I will be starting to relive the 1983/84 football season, and the culture that ran along side it. I will also be asking, what exactly makes a football supporter? Having read this article, I am definitely a South Stand upper type of fan
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It has been a while since I last wrote a Memory Match column. I spent 2015-2018 writing these articles for the Wrexham AFC matchday programme when we were proud to be a community club. Unfortunately, the club’s treatment of disabled supporters is nothing short of a disgrace, while the treatment of the proactive Disabled Supporters Association leaves
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More Than A Left Foot by Bob Williams-Findlay is being published by Resistance Books and should be essential reading for all disability activists. Bob traces his experience of life, discrimination and political awakening both as an individual and as part of a specific social group. This journey links disability politics to a wider politics within
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The following written statement, has been made by Vaughan Gething MS, aimed at those people who are currently shielding themselves during the Coronavirus crisis. *** The Chief Medical Officer for Wales initially advised those who were most susceptible to the most serious effects of COVID 19 to shield for a period of 12 weeks. That
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I WILL WRITE A NUMBER OF EMERGENCY ON PLANET EARTH BLOGS THROUGHOUT THE TORY SPONSORED CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. What follows is a random collection of thoughts from a human being trapped in 21st Century British society. *** I make no apologies for sharing these two posts from the Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) website. I highly
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I WILL WRITE A NUMBER OF EMERGENCY ON PLANET EARTH BLOGS THROUGHOUT THE TORY SPONSORED CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. What follows is a random collection of thoughts from a human being trapped in 21st Century British society. *** I am not a fan of Zoom and all this new technology that is supposed to bring people together
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I WILL WRITE A NUMBER OF EMERGENCY ON PLANET EARTH BLOGS THROUGHOUT THE TORY SPONSORED CORONAVIRUS CRISIS. What follows is a random collection of thoughts from a human being trapped in 21st Century British society. *** Below, I have copied a letter from the DPAC Steering Group to Jonathan Reynolds MP – the Shadow Secretary
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This is the best piece of writing I have found on the #BlackLivesMatter campaign. It is a very thoughtful piece of writing that revolves around a subject that I am familiar with – football. It is well worth a read.
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