The “positive, cup half-full” me is on the brink today. Last night I went for a really nice meal on the southbank at Strada, which gave the car a run out and charged the batteries more since they had depleted last week. Woke up this morning feeling good, got in the car and BOOM! Cars… Continue Reading
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Inclusion
Having read around the Fiona Pilkington case further I am still sticking to my point that less is sometimes more. Without enough knowledge on the legal aspects I would hate to comment in a blaze of glory I would regret later. I will say that any news that highlights crimes against someone due to disability… Continue Reading
Sam and Jamie come to town
Having decided to not risk my intellectual voice of reason on disability being clouded by my social ongoings, I debated lessening the video coverage of my nights out. And then Sam and Jamie who I have known since we were born came last night to visit me in London :-p Seriously though every time I… Continue Reading
Disability markets
As you know the car has been out of action for over 3 weeks and last nights video showed how stressed and tired I’ve become for it. Having got my car back and calmed down I have looked at the occurences more objectively and want to share my thoughts. So I have had a new car… Continue Reading
Disability Hate Crime
Todays news included the following link http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/8272794.stm The legal side of disability is not my strong point so I do not want to comment so strongly in an area I have less knowledge on. Despite this it is too strong a story to ignore. Overall I invite comments to the simple question of whether this… Continue Reading
Fabian society: Manchester
Just want to thank my good friend Graham Witham for mentioning martynsibley.com on the Manchester Fabian society website. He linked my “political rant” blog. Graham is a political guru of many proportions both with his policy work at one of the large childrens charities, and also in his spare time for the Labour party. He… Continue Reading
Political Rant
I had a much needed lie in today after 2 weeks of early, busy starts. I then managed to catch up with email, read the news and catch up on my book. Had a grand afternoon with the family. wandered around clissold park in Stoke Newington and then had some red wine and greek food…. Continue Reading