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I am introducing a new section to this Blog. It is one area I intend to develop and invite contributions. Every Trick in the Book Those who like some local colour in their crime novels might want to read this … Continue reading →

Worth a read https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/uk/2024/04/09/hammersmith-bridges-role-in-exposing-cracks-in-global-britains-facade

We have to decide how to vote in the GLA elections on Thursday 2nd May. I have made no secret of my Lib Dem leanings, especially in respect of principles which I regard as fundamental to functioning democracy: fairness, community … Continue reading →

Richard White is a retired solicitor and former Tribunal Judge I have been living in the area of East Sheen for over forty years. In the last few years since retirement I have become more interested in what is happening … Continue reading →

Good afternoon One and All. And Welcome. And thanks to Sir Ivan I prepared a speech and then wondered, as a white, male, elderly, middle class, allegedly privileged, lawyer, interested in cricket, whether I should tear it up and start … Continue reading →

On 24 February 2022 a warmongering billionaire tyrant, a latter-day would be Tsar of all the Russias, invaded Ukraine, an independent and largely peace-loving neighbour in mainland Europe. Western countries fulminated and imposed sanctions on a few of the tyrant’s … Continue reading →

I heard Michael Marmot speak at a zoom seminar of the Dartington Social Research Unit in the summer of 2021. If you google his name you will find a number of references to his work on health inequalities. What he … Continue reading →

I used to be proud to be able to call myself English, not for John Bullish reasons, but because largely I thought we had standards to be proud of: in legal terms Rule of Law, Separation of Powers, independent judiciary, … Continue reading →