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So I’m back in England, it’s grey and drizzly. I’ve been back a few days and so far Lou has left for a new life in Falmouth, I’ve been trying to catch up on the work stuff – just the 4535 e-mails I’ve missed by going away, and I’ve got…

Another day, another outrage. Who is this woman? She’s been on some demo, marching against Brexit or Trump or some other gluten-free cause. She’s probably nice. I probably know her. Definitely seen her. Odds on, a Facebook friend. Looking at her idly tapping on her phone. What’s she doing? Making…

So I was thinking. If I ever say that Corbyn is an antisemite, I generally get one of three responses. 1) Yeah, but Palestine. 2) He can’t be. He’s a man of principles. He’s fought racism all his life. 3) Lalalalalalalalalala can’t hear you. We need to get rid of…

Can you imagine what it’s like living in Corbynland? There can’t be enough hours in the day to discuss Israel and Palestine and Jews and Zionism. Daytime meetings. Evening meetings. Meetings about anything – the Left love meetings – that turn into meetings about Israel and Palestine. Everyone you know…

I know I said this isn’t all going to be about The Labour Party, but…. I’ve got a feeling I’m going to saying that a lot. Maybe it’s what I should have called the site. Maybe not. I’m guessing there’s going to be a lot of sites called that. Oh…

Most of my life has been on the Left of the political spectrum. Like most people I know, I was always more devoted to talking about doing rather than doing. Ideas, I had. Lots of ideas. And they all came with a glass of something. Action, not so much. I…

I grew up in east London, in a working class Labour family. The Daily Mirror was the family newspaper. The family fought in Cable Street. So why now do I fear The Labour Party? Why do I bristle when I hear reports about Israel? Why do I get angry about…

It’s not even been a week and I’m tired. A month of module outlines, academic health reports, assessment jigsaws, timetables, workloads… being asked to take on a new module three days before life starts. I’ve got an eye infection and my daughter’s just left home for three months in Sri…

Having your own website – it seems a very 21st century thing to do. Apart from the undeniable fact that this is the 21st century, why do this? Already I’ve got three blogs, a Facebook account and now I’ve got hundreds – really, hundreds – following me on Twitter. I…

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