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Rainbow over Penistone?

March 19, 2017Wayne Chadburn Leave a Comment

Whilst walking my dog this morning I took this photograph of a rainbow.  Ironically, considering the fact it has been in the local and even national news this week, the rainbow is arching over our local secondary school, Penistone Grammar… Continue Reading →

Barnsley, Conservatives, Education, Labour, Penistone

Ahmadiyya Muslim Wins Oscar

February 28, 2017Wayne Chadburn Leave a Comment

Over shadowed by the controversy surrounding the ‘wrong film’ being initially named the Best Picture at this years Oscar ceremony was the first Muslim actor to be awarded an Oscar.  Mahershala Ali won the Oscar for best supporting actor for… Continue Reading →

Ahmadiyya, Islam, Penistone, Uncategorized

They bleed us dry and leave us high and dry

February 21, 2017Wayne Chadburn Leave a Comment

At the start of each of our monthly Town Council meetings, Penistone Town Council has 10 minutes of public participation where members of our community have the opportunity to directly speak to their Town Councillors.  Yesterday at our February meeting,… Continue Reading →

Barnsley, Penistone, police

Court us and we will say no to dinosaurs and xenophobes

February 5, 2017Wayne Chadburn Leave a Comment

A bit of a political earthquake hit my home town borough of Rotherham last week. There was two council by-elections in the borough – Brinsworth and Catcliffe (containing the area made famous/infamous (delete as appropriate) by the battle of Orgreave… Continue Reading →

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The definition of a feckless pillock

February 5, 2017Wayne Chadburn Leave a Comment

Daniel Kawczynski is the Conservative MP for Shrewsbury and Atcham. According to his Wikipedia profile, he studied Business Studies with Languages at Stirling University. This weekend he posted at tweet on his twitter account explaining, he believed, that Labour should… Continue Reading →

Conservatives, Labour

Hillbilly Elegy by JD Vance

January 8, 2017Wayne Chadburn Leave a Comment

You may have heard of this book as it has been highlighted quite a bit.  I decided to see what the fuss was about as the back story sounded intriguing. It is a biography.  Not of a star sportsman, businessman,… Continue Reading →

Books, Uncategorized

We will remember them…

November 11, 2016Wayne Chadburn Leave a Comment

On this, the 98th anniversary of the end of the First World War, As well as my grandad who fought on the Somme and his older brother George who was killed there, I’d like to pay homage to Sgt William… Continue Reading →

First World War, Uncategorized

President Trump?

November 9, 2016Wayne Chadburn Leave a Comment

I am writing this with the distinct possibility unfolding across the Atlantic Ocean that the 45th President of the United States will be Donald Trump.  To me this is akin to Nigel Farage becoming Prime Minister of the UK.  Trump… Continue Reading →

US elections 2016, US President, USA

Boundary Review is Gerrymandering by another name

September 27, 2016Wayne Chadburn Leave a Comment

The current boundary review, if it goes through consultation in its present form, will see my tiny part of Barnsley and South Yorkshire snipped off and stuck on to the Colne Valley constituency in West Yorkshire.  This will see me… Continue Reading →

Barnsley, Conservatives, Electoral Reform, First World War, Labour, Penistone, Yorkshire

The wilting Labour rose

September 26, 2016Wayne Chadburn Leave a Comment

Jeremy Corbyn has been re-elected as leader of the Labour Party with a larger mandate than before.  This increased vote is a huge vote of confidence in Corbyn by the membership of the Labour Party and must now surely secure… Continue Reading →

Labour

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