Exeter (my city), Devon (my county) and the rest of the UK (my country) held elections yesterday and many of the results have been announced today. I voted for the green party where I live and I am very pleased to say that a green party councillor called Amy Sparling won the local ward on … Continue reading From small acorns do mighty oaks grow
So I went on a train trip down to Cornwall, a couple of weeks ago, where I was able to celebrate Christmas, Easter and pubs reopening all in one week with my parents. I also even found time to get my hair cut for the first time in 6 months to ensure that I no … Continue reading The weighting game
The following definitions of democracy are commonly understood and accepted Government by the people especially: rule of the majority A government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised by them directly or indirectly through a system of representation usually involving periodically held free elections. All that sounds very straight forward … Continue reading All people should be treated equally
A day of mixed emotions today I have been advised that I no longer needed to shield and so stepped out of my home and walked to work this morning and returned to the office. Its the first time I have walked into Exeter since I had my coronovirus jab, so things on the up … Continue reading A day to remember them
On 11th March 2020 the world health organisation announced that COVID-19 could be characterized as a pandemic and that a pandemic was not a word to be used lightly. The early stages of the pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns were hard on many people, in different ways, unemployment, families trying to live, work and study … Continue reading Your Coronavirus Pandemic 1 Year on
Today is a good day to have a Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine injection. Today is a good day to finally let myself out of my home after having been told to shield since Tuesday. Today is a good day to walk to the doctor’s surgery in town and meet and que with other residents of Exeter waiting … Continue reading Today is a good day
Along with an Extra 1.7 million people in England I have been asked to shield at home starting from today. So no more trips to work, the shops or the pharmacy or meeting up with people outside or inside of my home or theirs home. I have been working full time with 2 days at … Continue reading I have been asked to Shield at Home
A 400m cordon was set up before the bomb – which was 1,000kg heavy, around 2.5m in length, and would have fallen from a Nazi bomber in 1942 – was detonated at about 6.10pm on Saturday 27th February. I could hear the explosion from my house which sounded like a firework going off when they … Continue reading WW2 bomb detonated in Exeter
The 28th February 2021 will be 6 years to the day since we lost my brother to him taking his own life on Saturday in 2015. In the early hours of the morning the young warrior was slain, and it was his own hand that pulling his trigger too. So I am the last of … Continue reading Oh Brother Where Art Thou?
Or Money for nothing and contracts millions given to friends and party donors for free. I normally don’t get my news from Facebook but today a meme was doing the rounds about the lack of news on an important story. Matt Hancock the UK Health Minister has been found guilty of not disclosing NHS contracts … Continue reading If a job’s worth doing, it’s worth doing well
