politics
-
I’m very lucky. I earn more than the average wage. And yet as a single parent I’ve been struggling in this cost of living crisis. But it’s not about me, it’s about all of us. Every single person form the “middle class” and downwards. We’ve all been having a hard time – surviving not thriving.… Read more
-
A colleague at work asked an interesting question the other day. He was quite sensitive of the fact that politics is personal and potentially quite divisive subject, so he didn’t expect us to have to answer, but he asked anyway; “Do you consider yourself left wing or right wing?” My immediate reaction was: “Well I… Read more
-
Margaret Thatcher was the UK’s Prime Minister for 11 years. In that time she started the sell-off of public services, caused massive unemployment, increased wealth for some as well as poverty for many, weakened the unions, cut funding for health and education, and created greater division and inequality which continues today. John Major was PM… Read more
-
Whilst the prime minister is embroiled in yet another controversy, his government has set out to throw “red meat” out to its voter base and back benchers. For one thing, saying the military should be in charge of handling migrant boats in the English Channel is just ridiculous. There are not enough Royal Navy vessels… Read more
-
So, the results came in on Friday 13th December – The British people want to “ get Brexit done”. Of course, they also didn’t like Jeremy Corbin, a radical Labour MP who was subjected to numerous character assassination attempts but who didn’t defend himself against them anywhere near strongly enough. They also had no love… Read more
-
I’m not a fan of Donald Trump, I never have been. I have a great many reasons not to support the man and his ideas but the latest “trade war” BS with the rest of the world is truly crazy. Read more
-
As a digital marketer and copywriter, I love bad data… NOT. When I have to look at web traffic, organic visits, pay per click, social media… I look at the data. When I write a report… I look at and present the data. Writing a blog post or news article? You have to look at… Read more
-
With less than two weeks to go until the election we now have a letter from 5,000 small businesses pledging their allegiance to one party and it’s the blue party again. Furthermore, that letter is once again published in The Telegraph where, this morning, the newspaper’s website calls it a “boost for David Cameron”… Read more
-
Having been out of the professional business and journalism loop for the last year, the item in the news today that caught my ear was that The Conservatives wheeled out their 100 business leaders as signatories backing another parliament of blue bosses. It seems that, in retaliation, The Labour Party said that “zero hours contracts”… Read more
-
On the 25th January 2012 I attended a meeting of North Camp residents, even though I live in the Fox Lane area of Farnborough (some might argue that it’s Cove, almost Hawley) The most important aspect of that meeting, hosted by Andrew Lloyd, the Chief Executive of Rushmoor Borough Council, was that he said he… Read more