Health Is Wealth (and Then Some)
Poor health has a way of sharpening the mind. Lying in bed - again - grounded by illness, strange thoughts emerge. Proust, Nietzsche, (Gray?) and others did their best [...]
The House of Commons Select Committee
Presenting Suffrago to the House of Commons Select Committee on Science, Technology and Innovation this Tuesday was meant to be the pinnacle of my personal and professional journey. Alas, life [...]
Burden, Fortnite, and News
Suffrago work, health, chaos. That’s been my life lately. Zero complaints. This Sunday morning, at last, a moment to reflect — and blog. For many of the dozens of new [...]
How is Your MP Performing?
In what is a UK-first, I’ve helped to launch 650 MP performance polls! What a jolly good idea, even if I do say so myself. https://www.suffrago.org/question?id=3cec8091d49e1e18f58a25b7f217dce8 The voting is all [...]
Making Sandwiches and Making the Political Weather
For much of this week, my blood pressure was so low that I couldn’t think. Making a sandwich was a physical challenge, but worse, I couldn’t even work out what [...]
My Happy Place
Sitting here in the shade of a palm tree, near the sumptuous church and vicarage of the Anglican parish in Puerto De La Cruz, I can confidently tell you: heaven [...]
Knock, Knock, Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door
Knock, knock, knockin' on heaven's door Many years ago, I stood for the Labour Party in a council by-election in Bilton, Harrogate. I hated canvassing—the intrusion into someone’s privacy—but I [...]
The SEIS Secret: Why Didn’t Anyone Tell Me About This?
Why isn’t the Government’s seriously sexy Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) better known throughout society, just as ISAs are? I only came across SEIS recently, and none of the professionals [...]
Introducing Suffrago.org: Your Voice, Your Data, Your Constituency
Hello friends, Today, I’m excited to introduce you to: Suffrago.org. This is my life’s work coming together, a project grounded in decades of involvement across the political spectrum and [...]
Angels of The North
It’s 8:30am on Friday, 25 October 2024. I’m having an emotional moment, which I need to capture. In the bed to my left, here in Harrogate hospital where I’ve [...]
