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 [...]
Why I Struggle With “Progressives”
Many of my friends and colleagues would describe themselves as “progressive.” I want to agree with them. I really do. I want to be one, but I can’t and [...]
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 [...]
A Policeman, a (Former) Lawyer, and a Fire (no fireman)….
This week, one of my kids — along with others I’d taken away — built a fire on a beach. All innocent. All safe. All fun. Their North Face [...]
The Sugababes, a Viking Ship, and Our Digital Footprint
Bang-average British girl band The Sugababes started in 1998 with Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena, and Keisha Buchanan (according to my research!). Over the years, Siobhán left and was replaced by [...]
Lefty Lawyers
Few things irritate me more than the lazy accusation that some legal outcome happened because of “lefty lawyers”—especially when that accusation comes from a politician. For most of my 45 [...]
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 [...]
Mass Delusion
This morning, after feeding our insatiable Labrador—whose pet insurance costs more than many people’s monthly food budget—I wandered to my local coffee shop for my daily caffeine fix. All the [...]
Arise, Prime Minister Musk
Let me get this out of the way: I’m no longer a practising solicitor and never touched immigration law. But here’s a prediction you won’t see anywhere else: forget [...]
