This week saw the anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre. On 16th August 1819 at St Peter’s Field Manchester, cavalry charged a crown of 60-80000 people. They had gathered to protest about a lack of parliamentary reform at the time. Of… Continue Reading
Yesterday I visited Brighouse to spend some time with family. We had a drink and a meal in the Wetherspoons pub there which was called “the Richard Oastler”. I’m always intrigued by names from the past which I’ve not heard… Continue Reading
At 1pm 100 years ago in a field hospital in Belgium Captain Noel Chavasse died of his wounds. He was one of many who died that day – the early days of the horrific battle of Passchendaele. To me looking… Continue Reading
It is August the 1st and another Yorkshire day. Twitter, Facebook and the Yorkshire Post are full of things to make you proud to be from Yorkshire or to have chosen God’s own county as your home. Last year I… Continue Reading
About three weeks ago I was walking to the train from work and, as I often do, I was listening to the radio. It happened to be Radio 4 and the programme was “In the Criminologist’s Chair”. Not my usual… Continue Reading
On Tuesday, the rumours that had grown more certain were made official at Beautiful downtown Bramall Lane. Sheffield United officially announced that they had re-signed Ched Evans.I’m not going to go into the details again of why Ched Evans was… Continue Reading
There is a massive disconnect between those that rule and those that are ruled in this country. Politics and politicians have never been so poorly thought of. The UK (or England in particular) has never been more centralised. Personally I… Continue Reading
This post originally appeared in my education site mrchadburn.co.uk So it appears we will have a General Election on June 8th. The perceived wisdom is that the election is going to be dominated by Brexit and the type of… Continue Reading
So it appears we are to have a General Election on Thursday June 8th. Has Prime Minister Theresa May been clever, opportunistic or or just calculating? I think a case can be made for all three. Clever because she knows… Continue Reading
The dictionary definition of Bigot is a person who is intolerant towards those holding different opinions Bigotry certainly drove a number of leave voters in the EU referendum last June in the way they voted. A front page by the… Continue Reading