I will not go quietly

As a 66 year old bloke, a post war baby boomer, it is incredible to witness that the NHS and the welfare state aren’t even going to make it through the life cycle of one whole generation. Out of the debt and destruction of war came the greatest revolution in social care that this country […]

Working class and proud of it

You may recall George Osborne cynically using the brutal and vicious murder of six children by Mick Philpott to monster benefits recipients and the welfare state. This is what he had to say, “Philpott is responsible for these absolutely horrendous crimes and these are crimes that have shocked the nation. The courts are responsible for […]

Letter to America (to Eileen , a friend) (may contain class prejudice)

It’s a steel grey Monday morning, not so much light coming in to my living room as creeping in and stealing all the colour. There is really only one word to describe it – melancholy – and it is infectious. I’ve woken late, for me, and I have two things on my mind, you and […]

Self sabotage

One of the reasons I am in therapy is my unfailing ability to sabotage myself. Three months ago I received my next oncology appointment for the 23 February 2017 at 10:40am. I have the paperwork, it’s written in my diary, I have lost count of the number of times I’ve checked it. On Monday (13th […]

“I cry Bullshit!” Email from a dear friend

I am sharing this from a dear friend, it is an email and shared, as is, with permission. It’s the kind of email only a good friend can send you, built on years of love and trust. It speaks for itself and I hope it is as useful to you as is to me as […]

Rip off Britain

The Tories want to shrink the state, if not dispose of all state provision completely and (so called) privatise it. The problem, just one of many, is that we’re still paying for it all. The burning question is, where is all our, tax payers, money in all the cuts, caps, sell offs, sanctions, sell outs […]

In a world run by liars

We are facing a tsunami of fake news, PR on crack, from people with not one shred of decency or humanity amongst them. It is worth bearing in mind that these are all power plays, it’s all deception from the utterly corrupt, but more than that is the cynicism of fake news, driven by pictures, […]