One of the eye opening, mind boggling features of today’s Radio 4’s Today program was news reporting on the Prime Minister’s European visit Continue reading →

One of the news items that has been running for these past few months is the case of a Christian bakers (Ashers) in Northern Ireland that refused to bake a cake for a gay organization that would include an inscription promoting gay marriage. Continue reading →

The significance of and context for Southend’s “Rainbow” coalition has been touched on in a recent posting. Continue reading →

I mentioned in my earlier post on Cluny Residents Association (CRA) that the meeting held last night may be our last. It wasn’t and we have another meeting in six months time to decide our fate. Continue reading →

“Let us meet across differences – intellectual, cultural, national, racial, religious” Jean Vanier. Continue reading →

One of the more remarkable, although not so surprising, outcomes of the General Election that has just gone is the polling of the two newest minority parties: UKIP and the Greens, Continue reading →

Stop Press: Just been listening to the play off final. Continue reading →

Some will know that one of my community involvements is with my local Cluny Residents Association (CRA), which along with others I helped set up over eight years ago. Continue reading →

One of the consequences of putting one’s head above the proverbial parapet is one can be shot at by all and sundry who take offence at what one has said or done. Continue reading →

I was struck by an image a Facebook friend (of the Green variety) posted on his Facebook page the other day. It showed, with respect to the General Election that had just taken place, the Conservatives, Labour and especially the SNP having done particularly well out of the First Past The Post (FPTP) voting system that operates Continue reading →