Championing voices of change, challenge and hope
For the last years, I’ve been getting political. My political posts will share some of my activities, ponderings & thoughts!
YOUR SKIES ARE NOT MY MINE My skies are your skies but your skies are not mine. As you hover in the darkness lurking behind the clouds, You watch over us from above but you don’t ever see me. Father tells me you’re our friend. But you scare me. Last week when Kori, Abena and me… Continue reading “Your Skies are not my Skies”
New analysis released today shows that 18,000 children in the North East with a parent working in the public sector are now living in poverty. That’s a 37% rise, with some 4,000 more children falling into poverty since 2010. So why is this happening? It’s simple. While the government has been handing out tax giveaways… Continue reading As Britain’s billionaire count rises, our public servants are being forced into poverty
https://youtu.be/Z5uZq_jEwzw I was off to do final big of campaigning before I did, I wanted to send a message to the one group of people, powerful enough to stop the Tories.. The Non Voters. It looks like the Conservatives are going to win tommorow. All the polls, bar one show that it is going to… Continue reading A message to the non voters – the future of the country is in your hands
(Key messages from my speech at Trump Inaugeration Protest in Newcastle 20-01-17) I want to begin by saying, I don't hate Donald Trump. I don't Hate racists. I don't hate those people heckling with their congressional flag. The reason why, is it is hate that has got us here in the first place. It is… Continue reading I don’t Hate Donald Trump
As the new Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake lifts the lid on what is happening to people in our welfare system and more and more people begin to speak up about the refugee crisis, with even voices like Lily Allen and Gary Lineker becoming embroiled in the debate, we see a vehement attack from… Continue reading Politics of compassion
Where do you go to put the world to rights? For some of us it’s our local hairdressers, other’s it’s in the staffroom, or at our Dads house after Sunday lunch. For a few of us, it’s our local boozer. John Christie knows this only too well. Running The Golden Smog micro pub in Stockton… Continue reading Introducing RePublik… Politics down the pub
I’ve been reflecting on poverty this week. On Sunday I was at a music gig at Golden Smog micro-pub in Stockton. It was organised by the amazing landlord John Christie, as part of a national weekend of music events called “We Shall Overcome”. It’s aim was to make a political statement about the human cost… Continue reading We Shall Overcome
