I INTERIOR: Kitchen strewn with fishfingers, damp washing, playdoh and paperwork. A (still) 30-something mother is attempting to persuade her 6 year old to tell her about the day’s events… MOTHER: So did you enjoy today then? Did you like Daddy looking after you all day? DAUGHTER: Yes. Sort of. (Shrugs). It was a bit […]
Looting Hits Huddersfield!
‘It’s KICKING OFF HERE NOW!!’ I heard. Answering the call of a distressed husband, I dashed to look out of our living room window. Our usual stunning view of the Holme Valley. But a new blot on the landscape…. Immediately I spotted two elderly walkers, behooded in a sinister shade of red Goretex. They were SHAMELESSLY TEARING innocent blackberries […]
Dragons with Heart and Ethics
Many of our friends and business/ charitable contacts know that myself and ‘that Ian’ have set up some very ground-breaking social enterprises. Stuff that has captured a hell of a lot of attention from around the world – i.e. www.oromocoffee.org http://www.lyf.org.uk/programmes/ ….We have set this kind of thing up on zero funding – just a shoestring and calling in […]
Death Penalty – a light-hearted distaction for Tory screw-ups…
I know that I shouldn’t be shocked. But I am. Apparently it’s the power of the public. The power of the petition. If enough people have enough strong views about something or other – our adorable Members of Parliament get to collectively debate it. With the potential of re-establishing the legal -snuffing out of human […]
Sister Fatima dodges the Soldiers…
Last year I was lucky enough to attend the FODIP study tour of Israel/Palestine. http://www.fodip.org/ This tour consisted of a group of Muslims, Jews and Christians who wanted to work together as UK citizens to try and understand how the issues in Palestine/Israel had arisen and how we can work together better in order to alleviate […]
An American Wail? or English Repression?
First of all – I will lay this on the line. Any anti-American vitroil is not welcome here on ‘comments’. Now, I don’t mind for a minute if you want to lay into USA world foreign policy to date, or the way that the country is managed at present. Or hell – the whole foundation of the country if you like! […]