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Flattering To Deceive
I wish I was born yesterday. If I was, I wouldn’t be on the verge of celebrating my landmark 50th birthday and perhaps I wouldn’t be so cynical and actually believe the bollocks written in spam emails like the ones below, regaurding my books. I don’t understand why people would
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A Decade of Growth…
The annoyingly nameless decade that is rapidly drawing to a close has been a time of desperate struggle for many sick and disabled people living,
Dancing on Thin Ice – Reader Review
I was delighted to receive a review of Dancing on Thin Ice from Julia Kobel, who is someone I haven’t met, but picked up a
Dorset Eye – We Need A Day Of Reckoning: The BBC = Fake News
The following article was written by my good friend and comrade Adam Samuels and appears on the Dorset Eye website. The original article can be
The Dirty War on the NHS – This Tuesday on ITV
Due to the election last week, ITV felt obliged by the rules of the television regulator to embargo all basic publicity for John Pilger’s landmark
The election in the media: against evasion and lies, good journalism is all we [don’t] have – Alan Rusbridger
Hang Your Heads
According to Wikipedia, Tanka (短歌, “short poem”) is a genre of classical Japanese poetry and one of the major genres of Japanese literature. A Tanka
YOU REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED AFTER THATCHER’S 1987 LANDSLIDE?
Not long after she was forced to resign, writes Pete Morgan. “It’s the biggest election victory since the Thatcher landslide in 1987”, commentators are telling
#GE2019: IT’S TIME FOR REAL CHANGE FOR WORKING PEOPLE AND THEIR FAMILIES. VOTE LABOUR ON DECEMBER 12.
The following has been taken from the Labour Unions website and can be viewed by clicking here. *** Working people are finding it harder to
The government’s disinformation campaign has been facilitated by a complicit, biased, undemocratic media
#VoteLabourDecember12 #JC4PM #MaryWimbury4Wrexham
#GE2019: ROFA Election Special
A little light reading before bedtime. I received a link to the following information from Reclaiming our Futures Alliance (ROFA) this morning. This group of
#GE2019: Select Tweets
As we get ever closer to the General Election on Thursday, December 12th, I will be sharing a number of Labour Party tweets in this
ENIL Busts Myths on EU Funds and Independent Living
I am taking precious time out of my campaigning for the General Election to share the following email from the European Network on Independent Living (ENIL), concerning
You get what you vote for, use your vote wisely… #GE2019
The following post has been taken from the excellent Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC) website. This video is a must watch for everyone who is
The Words of Boris Johnson…
You know what you have to do on Thursday. #VoteLabour2019 #JC4PM2019 "One person said all these?" pic.twitter.com/N6nJ0NMYRA — Jeremy Corbyn (@jeremycorbyn) December 8, 2019
Suddenly
**MUSICAL INTERLUDE** No wonder Mr Anderson is angry, so would you be if you had his dentist. I wish I could stop watching TOTP 1988
THE SKWAWKBOX: VIDEO: TORY PARLIAMENTARY CANDIDATE SAYS DISABLED SHOULD BE PAID LESS AS ‘THEY DON’T UNDERSTAND MONEY’
The following blog is from the excellent SKWAWKBOX blog that is a rare bright left-wing light shining through a sinister mainstream media. I will be
Guide on Voting for Disabled People
Shaping Our Lives have created this fantastic Guide on Voting for Disabled People below, which I’ve just seen (thanks to the GMCDP!). Please share this with your local Disabled