July 18, 2020
by Liz
Comments Off on The narcissists are in charge
Every day for what seems forever, but probably only since 2013, I have told myself that things can’t get any worse and almost every day I have gone to bed disappointed. There have been moments of cheer, but in reality … Continue reading
January 15, 2020
by Liz
Comments Off on Let’s Come Together now Brexit’s done. Really?
Boris Johnson says Brexit is done and now wants the country to come together, but his festival of Brexit will rub salt into the wounds he has inflicted on millions making his call for togetherness sound hollow and insincere. Continue reading
December 23, 2019
by Liz
Comments Off on Big lies, bigger cover up, slippery slope
Some things stick in the memory, others don’t. For some reason I’ve always remembered a university lecturer claiming that “Local people are more likely to challenge their council spending £200 on a park bench than £2 million on a swimming … Continue reading
May 25, 2019
by Liz
Comments Off on Brexit Stereotypes – a creation of and justification for Brexit?
In January Theresa May came to Stoke on Trent to make a speech in a bid to gain support for her Brexit deal. She was hustled in and whisked out and was probably back in London before most of us … Continue reading
September 6, 2015
by Liz
Comments Off on Small people in a big world – response to refugees
What the current refugee crisis shows me more than anything is that there are a lot of small people in a big world. On the one hand individuals and families fleeing from war and terror, reliant on their own wits, … Continue reading
June 2, 2013
by Liz
Comments Off on Stand up for girls and women
I just saw this Tweet quoting Desmond Tutu: “Boys, it is when you stand up for girls and women that you measure up as a man.” How brilliant. How true. All my life I have been lucky enough to be … Continue reading
October 28, 2012
by Liz
Comments Off on Up the down escalator
It was my birthday recently. Three years ago I was seven years from state pension age, now its ten! I feel like I’m running hard up the down escalator and even if I collapse I’ll have to keep struggling on … Continue reading
July 8, 2012
by Liz
Comments Off on Is God a misogynist?
My Mum is a member of the Catholic church. My Dad isn’t. When I and my siblings were growing up he wanted us to understand that the church didn’t have a monopoly on righteous behaviour and that he was no … Continue reading
February 17, 2007
by Liz
Comments Off on Double Standards
When my first husband died, aged 46, I was initially told that I was entitled to a widow’s pension for myself and my children. My husband had paid national insurance contributions and would not now be claiming his pension. It seemed … Continue reading
March 20, 2006
by Liz
Comments Off on Asylum and Immigration
Is the popular uproar about failed asylum seekers and illegal immigrants the last bastion of acceptable racism? I’ve only met one person that was, I later learned, an illegal immigrant and I bet none of the people making political capital … Continue reading
