Citizens Advice Bournemouth Christchurch and Poole has launched a Hate Crime Project.
The aim of the project is to tackle extremism by ensuring there is a consistent approach to the services provided to victims of hate crime.
It will do this through the training of frontline workers, improving knowledge, supporting victims...
Who will fill these vital jobs?
"Brexit ... predictable and looming crisis heading towards us and the warning signs are already apparent."
Your appeal perhaps a tad late in the day John?
The looming crisis wasn't apparent two years ago ? one year ago ? even six months ago ?
And the same...
In the early nineties I reached a tipping point. It was during the pre-Christmas period and I was drunk. I was watching commercial television and was galvanised out of my seat by a particularly inane, enraging, advert. I grabbed a carving knife that I'd been using to cut up...
I’m English, which means I have European blood and believe that my country ‘belongs’ in Europe. And I’m interested in our history. It is a matter of record that for millennia Europeans have continually fought each other, culminating in two devastating world wars. There’s a lot wrong about the...
I spoke to a typical Tory today who when I informed him of the homeless epidemic & freezing weather conditions currently he replied "No such thing as being cold if you've got the right kind of sleeping bag & tent. There are soup kitchens & libraries to go to...
The reality for an increasing number of dairy cattle now that small farms are finding it ever-more difficult to stay in business. 1500+ cows with a short life spent in concrete sheds until they can no longer produce calves or economic quantities of milk. And have you ever wondered...
Since the EU referendum what has become horrifically clear to me is that Brexit is a Tory neoliberal wet dream. My own view had to undergo a sea change after the referendum. I voted leave because I am deeply uncomfortable with globalisation and neoliberalism in the EU, I feared,...
The divisions tearing at the fabric of the United Kingdom have not been this pronounced since Suez. Neighbours, friends and even relatives have found relationships strained - in some cases to the point of not talking. It is unsurprising that these social fissures are reflected at a political level...
I keep seeing people criticising Corbyn for not being firm or clear enough on policy.
Really?
You’re looking at Theresa May who said she wouldn’t hold an election then did, that promised to hold a Meaningful Vote then wriggled out of it twice, who said “there is no other deal to...
The following is probably not entirely accurate in places, that's because I am still learning and looking behind the myths and bullshit. It's not easy because the myths and bullshit rule.
One the many egregious crimes of George Osborne was to liken the national economy to a household economy. He...
