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My Cab Company Are Angels of Mercy.
I moved from my humble abode in Yorkshire to be with my wonderful partner in Newcastle in 2009. This wasn't so much a decision as an only choice. My partner had looked for work in my area and could...
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Keep On Rolling, Mick Keith Et Al
Firstly, I’ve never been to Glastonbury. There are a few extremely simple reasons for this. 1. I hate crowds and get frightened silly if I feel I can’t “get out” of the middle of one. 2. I love my own...
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Do We Really Care So Little About Our Right To A Private Life?
It may come as a surprise to many Americans, but due to the influence the USA has over the world, and in particular, the UK, we (the British) were completely overjoyed to see Barack Obama, a man who...
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The Abject Terror of Ageing Is Not Simply Confined To Women.
The issue of ageism and misogyny in almost every aspect of society is a universally known and unpalatable truth. Chasing the ever receding rainbow, and the elixir of youth that sits at the end of it...
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Denise Fergus Does Her Cause No Favours By Believing In Mob Rule.
Denise Fergus In previous blogs I've written about the neglect and abuse my siblings and I received at the hands of my birth mother. One sister was so badly damaged by her actions that she took her...
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Psychiatric Services – Pushing The Pauper Into Penury.
It's a tired and well-worn cliché that the Cinderella Service of the NHS is Mental Health Services. For a start there is nothing glamorous about a psychiatric ward, and I've seen enough of them to...
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What We All Owe To The Men Who Died In San Francisco.
Whilst the original genesis of HIV/AIDS still remains an area of debate and dispute, some things are now part of the written history of this disease – an intensely human story of loss and hope. San...
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Don’t Let Gazza Near Piers Morgan’s Wife.
Morgan & Walden. You've probably heard of Piers Morgan. If so, you'll be relieved to know he married an equally odious individual, daughter of once Tory MP, George Walden. Her name is Celia...
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What’s So Wrong With Charmaine?
I'd completely forgotten that Katie Hopkins had ever existed, and then a friend sent me a link to a YouTube clip of her on ITV's This Morning. A show you tend to watch if you've had a nervous...
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No Way Back.
Medieval & Barbaric. One might say that to pick on the United States for belonging to a small but unsavoury club of nations that retains the Death Penalty is unfair, but I think quite the...
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Digging Up The Liverpool Care Pathway.
Following a government commissioned review, headed by Lady Neuberger, the long emplaced, but highly criticised Liverpool Care Pathway is to be phased out over a 6-12 month period. My own personal...
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Don’t Line Geldof’s Pockets. Give The Money To Oxfam.
Hmm.. I've seen that wave before… The reformed Boomtown Rats has an apposite kind of ring to it. A bit like reformed bits of pork gristle and fat turned into something barely palatable. But...
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The Ecstasy Of “Ecstasy” Is Now A Deadly Thing.
In under three months, approximately 18-19 people have died as a consequence of ingesting “fake Ecstasy”. The substance to blame is now widely believed to be the highly dangerous chemical,...
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UK: We’re No Longer Apathetic, But Hateful.
Usually in the UK, in the past when adversity has struck, we seem to have come together for a common cause for the greater good. Probably the best example of this was both WWII itself, and it's...
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Do As We Would Be Done By.
In previous blogs, I've spoken about my good friends leaving to start a new life in Australia. And I don't blame them. If I could get out of the UK, I would. Because, following on from my last blog, I...
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What Is Making Us An Angry Nation?
Several detailed surveys conducted over the last 24 months have confirmed that as a nation we have are becoming more prone to anger, and less able to resist it. Many psychological bodies are...
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Losing & Finding Kindness.
Many who hang to the left believe that kindness, was the baby that got thrown out with the bath water of society during the Thatcher era. Some see this as the “Me” Era. I disagree. Certain things that...
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The Cult of Cruelty, Entitlement & Delusion
Hannah Smith The appalling death of 14 year old Hannah Smith has at last cast stark light on ask.fm, a website geared towards the 13-20 age range. The arc-lights placed by journalists have exposed...
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NHS Mental Health Cuts: The Truth.
Throughout this blog, whilst at times it's been impossible, I've tried to approach the issues surrounding austerity, welfare cuts, and the impact of the (Lib Dem) and Tory Government from a...
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A Small Tale About A Big Lie.
One of the Big Lies spun by the current government is that those receiving JSA (Job Seeker's Allowance) or, the benefit for ill, disabled or mentally ill people, ESA (Employment Support Allowance) are...
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