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Make Royals Pay
When we’re told there isn’t money available for the most vulnerable, for our schools, for our hospitals, for our essential local services, spending £369m of *OUR* money to renovate the home of an unelected, unaccountable, obscenely wealthy family is not only an insult it’s an overt affront to the principle of equality that one family,…
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Sorry, you were born in the wrong place
An attempt at demonstrating the idiocy of borders, and discriminating based on the accident of a birthplace.
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Feeling RESTful
A month ago I took a (relatively) short train ride into the beautiful Derbyshire countryside to spend a week coding in the middle of nowhere. I was attending A Week of REST – a training event put on by the excellent folks at WordPress agency, Human Made. Part of a group of about 20, we descended on Darwin…
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I might join the Conservative Party and vote for Gove
Well, I already joined the Labour Party because of Corbyn, I might as well complete the set. But also, as much as I despise Gove, Theresa May will be the absolutely worst option for Prime Minister. She has consistently attempted to undermine our fundamental human rights. She is capable, determined and commands the respect of…
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31
30 Another interesting year. Much of it, disappointingly (and to their detriment), was spent fighting yet again for my two children to be granted the relationship with me they deserve. That costs money, so while I kept my job, my other plan – buying a house to give the three of us a more permanent…
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Human Rights mean nothing to Tories – Brexit will give them free reign
We already know that this Tory government continues to actively work with Saudi Arabia despite their repeated violations of human rights. This morning we learn that the Tories helped lobby the UN to “whitewash” Bahrain police abuses. They’ve already made it clear they want to scrap the European Convention on Human Rights, too. Clearly while…
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Fitbit Surge – one month in
In December I started wearing a Fitbit surge (a work perk) and wanted to share my thoughts/experience. Steps seem largely accurate, although as you might expect it’s not so great at counting them when you’re pushing a pushchair! However, I have managed to achieve my steps target (7k per day) whilst; walking up to bed…
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People
During my pursuit of happyness I’ve been thinking a lot about what actually makes me happy. When I feel good, I’ve been taking note and it’s made it very clear what makes me happy. People. In 2015 I spent a huge amount of time with other people. Lots of existing friends, but I also met new people and…
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You’ve changed your avatar – so what?
So you made your own little statement. You made your Facebook profile picture turn into a French flag. Maybe you’ve shared some quote GIFs from fucking Ghandi or something. Perhaps you even shared something that said “Je Suis Pairs” or similar. Oh you put John Lennon on? So what? Have a sticker. Your little social media…