Category: politics
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Truss Us
She is appalling. And Kwasi. Oh Kwasi. He is appalling too. But have you noticed the relative ease the media has had at pointing this out? Where was this energy with Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson? The man who broke his own law and partied as people died. Literally. 330k deaths from austerity, 208k Covid.…
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Long live the people
In the trenches of blighty, the enforced mourning is exhausting. Across billboards and headlines we are told that we must feel deeply devastated about the death of an elderly women who lived a very long, comfortable and privileged life at the expense of the general public. For those of us in genpop who are generally…
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hope +glory
Let us not forget that this vote of no confidence was brought about NOT because their Right Honourable leader – broke the law – the laws that he himself imposed across the land. NOR for lying about breaking the law or lying to the Queen. NOT for the 4am parties with vomit and red wine…
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Awfully Unlawfully
Last week I was back at Parliament for a class trip to teach the children about democracy..however it was a tad difficult to explain how we live in a democratic society when we couldn’t watch any elected MPs debate as Parliament had been 🎉UNLAWFULLY🎉 prorogued by an unelected Prime Minister, selected by 92,153 people (…
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The paper cut that would cost thousands..
So last week I was reframing some artwork when I cut my thumb. The cut wasn’t that much bigger than a paper cut so besides washing away the blood, I basically ignored it, didn’t put a plaster on then started on the gardening… By Saturday morning it had started to swell and become painful so…
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It’s not the deal she seeks, it’s just to REMAIN in power.
As awesome as the Reprise of Gollum is #andyserkislegend …it’s not a second referendum that the UK needs, but a General Election. Just like the rumours in the Evening Standard yesterday, I also believe May orchestrated the leadership challenge. A defeated challenge now holds off any further challenges for a year and apparently “strengthens” her…
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Was The Hate U Give, given enough love?
****SPOILER ALERT*****. This post is really for anyone who has seen the film, read the book or is not planning to do either. The Hate U Give is a powerful film but has the book’s original message been scarificed for commercial backing. For me, it was the incredible performances, rather than the writing and direction…
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Why the Government needs PREVENT training.
Figures released today show that hate crime has risen in the last couple of years. This comes as no surprise to anyone who has undertaken PREVENT training recently. PREVENT is part of the Government’s counter terrorism initiatives which aims to prevent people from turning to terrorism. The hypocracy of the iniative however, is hard to…
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Land of the free
Our world feels unstable at the moment. Brexit. Trump. Backstabbing. Resignations. Scapegoats. Uturns. New Laws. Innocents murdered. Victims villianised. Cognitive dissonance. I can’t keep watching the news and hearing people talk of not being racist then proceeding to find excuses for condoning the murder of a black person by an officer sworn to uphold the…
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Scapegoat Britain
Utter disbelief. The results of the London mayoral elections lulled me into a false sense of security. A belief that the British could not be fooled by racial propaganda or scapegoating. I was fooled by common consensus in social and wider circles and the general sense of bewilderment at the hypothetical nature of the Brexit “political” arguments…and…
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That time I almost burst into tears on the treadmill..
Music pumping in my ears, feet pounding away on the cross trainer, I gaze up from the flashing dashboard to the row of televisions hanging from the gym ceiling. Ivory poachers in Gabon, a posh gardener in a tight squeeze, the usual random something or nothing on London Live all bid to grab my attention with…
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