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  • Puddles and Swamps

    The furore about Angela Rayners mistake of under paying stamp duty tax on a ‘second’ home is understandable and it was right that she resigned from her government post. It’s a very high bar for a very high public office. I suspect that unless she gets offered or finds a role in life beyond being…

  • Vote at 16

    The current Labour government is planning to allow 16 year olds to vote in future elections. They have said that young people make an economic contribution and can be part of our armed services and so should have that right.  Some 16/17 year olds work, but only with training involved, many don’t and are in…

  • Knife Crime and Education

    13th July 25 Lots of discussion today on TV and in press about the recent sad loss of life of a young man aged 17 through the actions of another young man who had decided to carry a knife. A very, very sad and life changing event of the boy’s family and those all around…