Janus was a Roman god of doors and gateways and was often depicted with two faces, pointing in different directions. It is from Janus that we get the word January is it is the month that sees the end of… Continue Reading
This is the full version of a post which appears on the Yorkshire Party website with full references. In 2015 I became the Yorkshire Party’s first directly elected representative when I was elected to Penistone Town Council, a role I… Continue Reading
Yesterday, in the Barnsley Chronicle, I read an article about how our newly elected Lib Dem councillor Hannah Kitching had been treated when she had turned down the nomination to sit on the planning board of Barnsley council. You can… Continue Reading
Two years ago on Yorkshire Day, as part of a campaign to raise awareness of Yorkshire’s voice being strangled and the region being ignored by Westminster, I ‘gagged’ the statue of Dickie Bird in Barnsley town centre. (no harm was… Continue Reading
If I said to you that you needed to pay £5000 before you could stand for election would you be shocked? Would you feel like democracy only works if you are able to pay? Would you be surprised to know… Continue Reading
I mentioned briefly in my last post, “A new year plea on behalf of those already in the teaching profession” that I was a mental health sufferer. Very few people know this. I’m one of those that have (and to… Continue Reading
This is a re-post of a blog piece I wrote on my education site, mrchadburn.co.uk Excellence takes time. It isn’t an instant thing. This is what frustrates me about one of the debates on the future of teaching. Most discussion… Continue Reading
As one of, I suspect, a silent majority, I want to deliver an alternative New Year message. I’m not going to wish you a happy new year because, if you are part of the silent majority you won’t appreciate the… Continue Reading
This week, it appears, saw the demise of the (certainly for me) detested South Yorkshire Combined Authority Devolution Deal. It broke up in acrimony when, after the non-South Yorkshire councils had already withdrawn, two of the 4 South Yorkshire authorities,… Continue Reading
One measure the Conservatives want to push through parliament is where, in a ballot for strike action, a union needs to persuade 50% of its membership before a strike can take place. I don’t want to argue one way or… Continue Reading