Yesterday evening after a family birthday celebration I ventured a short stroll. Just to snatch some fresh air you understand. For that reason I carried no camera other than that provided by my mobile phone (Moto G), not noted for Read More …
The Forest of Dean, situated on a plateau of land between the the Severn Vale and the river Wye, partly in Gloucestershire and Herefordshire and Monmouthshire, and currently managed by the Forestry Commission has long been a part of our Read More …
Today I heard yet again a government spokesman stress the urgent need for savings in local government and how that could be achieved in a relatively painless way by cuts in back-office staff: he meant firing people of course. As Read More …
A few days ago I checked out the YouTube video of 91 year old Harry Smith addressing the Labour Party Conference about his life experience and the NHS. If you have seen it you will understand that Harry’s words were very Read More …
All political parties now agree that there is a major need for a concerted and long term house building programme and inevitably there is a push now to provide more dwellings on ‘green-field sites’ which may mean intruding into our Read More …
The sudden death of the Leader of the RMT, Bob Crow, came as a shock to many, friend and foe alike. Someone who had seemed larger than life and only a few weeks ago had been criticised by the media Read More …
It’s been a case of all quiet on the political front so far as the Opposition has been concerned over the summer holiday period. Day after day Government ministers have appeared on TV either berating Labour, blaming Labour, or anouncing Read More …
When David Cameron became leader of the Conservative party his ambition was to change the image of his party so that it was no longer regarded as the ‘nasty party’ by the electorate. An admirable aim, but perhaps we should Read More …