...but you better not kill the groove." Yep, it was chaos on the railway platforms in both Reading and Bristol Parkway today and yesterday. I had, crazily, agreed to commute to and from Devon to cover a clinic in Reading both today and yesterday and the traffic chaos was evident each time. Although the RMT strike had yet to begin on First Great Western (FGW) trains until 6:30pm yesterday my 3:30pm train was standing room only for virtually the entire 2.5 hour journey. This morning I headed for Reading via Bristol Parkway, this now being the only route available unless I ...
Are We Waving Goodbye to the Welfare State?
Today I am on my travels and am very excited to be brain-dumping guest blogging over at Political Mummy. So, now the drama of the election begins to fade I am asking what happens next. Are we waving goodbye to the welfare state? Why not pop on over and have a chat with me. I'll put the kettle on and I hear Political Mummy bakes pretty good cake. ...
The Following Week…
So, a few days have passed. The country has not yet entirely imploded, although the protests in London did appear to fall victim to somewhat of a media blackout, and we have begun the next five years of Tory rule. There is a positive right there. We can tick off five. We are five sleeps closer to our next chance to change things. And, I know it seems unlikely, this is the point of this post. What can we POSITIVELY do now? I have read many articles about this in the last few days and this is my somewhat re-hashed version of the bits that work for me. We ...
The Morning After The Night Before…
Last night I approached with much excitement. Last night I was prepared. I had wine, I had snacks, I even had a fully kitted out sofa bed in front of the TV. At 11pm I marched an asleep Mr B off to bed and settled in. I was excited. I was excited to see how this general election would change the face of the last five years of British politics under Tory (Coalition) rule. And then the BBC exit poll happened. My heart in my mouth I searched #GE2015 and #BBCexitpoll frantically on twitter looking for some solace. For confirmation that it couldn't possibly ...