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In all the post mortum of the event, none reference the charasmatic quality of the candidate, Hannah. No, they talk about the fall of labour, the inappropriaate Reform candidate, the politics of the greens (heads above the parapet wall) . Nigel Farage’s reaction to the Gorton and Denton result tells us far more about modern… Continue reading Hannah’s Green win at Goton and Denton

Fact Checked the record breaking Union address

Sitting under my washing drying from the raising heat of the fire, Yuka reminded me of her family story as she reflected on a cross roads of her life. Maybe fore the first time I know her exact age too, 56; she is over 10 yeas younger than I at 68. I knew more about… Continue reading Yuka

A second murder in a week of peoples lives. Alex Pretti, an intensive care nurse, who went to the aid of protecting a woman pushed to the ground by ICE. He was shot, point blank, 10 times. We all saw it. "The victims are Border Patrol agents," Gregory Bovino, a senior Border Patrol official, told… Continue reading Flood (and lie to) the zone – the killing of Alex Pretti

Big Conversation:Migration and Immigration / January 2026 Halesworth Greens were invited to a friendly gathering to discuss the complex topic of immigration. The proposal was to explore 3 questions: The facts, the Green view, Our view. It was full and colourful and it didn't go exactly to plan. On a dull January Sunday morning 16… Continue reading Migration and Immigration – Invitation

Invitation & Background reading Rev Dr Keith Brindle Jan 15, 2026Robert Jenrick’s defection from the Conservative Party to Reform is not just another Westminster reshuffle. It marks a further step in the normalisation of far-right ideology under the guise of being “centre-right”. In his speech announcing the move, Jenrick returned again and again to a… Continue reading Migration and Immigration – notes

Who controls the narrative? I feel drawn to this event, the other side of the word. In horror at the violence and interpretation, in sympathy with a fellow human being, a woman, whose last words on her easy smiling face were "That's fine dude I'm not mad at you" and his words: "Fucking Bitch". Her… Continue reading Flood (and lie to) the zone – the killing of Good

Going through old papers, clearing my metaphoric and physical desk, opening old draws, I find this anniversary: twenty years ago, 2006 January, completed the sale on Metfield Stores. It was one hell of a year. Not only the venture in to a village shop and all that rich tapestry of village life, but also the… Continue reading Metfield Stores at 20