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Finally, post Christmas and New Year Covid, Gill and I were able to go for a decent walk today. The weather recently has been wet and miserable so it was a treat that it was cold but very sunny today.
We used this out of date Ordnance Survey&nb…Read more…
I have just finished a year long TUC (virtual) employment law diploma taught by The College of Haringey, Enfield and North East London (hopefully I have passed) which I thoroughly enjoyed and learnt such a lot. If you are interested in union learn…Read more…
Today I downloaded who lived in my current address in Woodford Road, West Ham, London in 1921. L
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Keir wants to unite working people to support Labour and defeat the Tories. Bringing together the economic left and the social conservatives. A powerful coalition that wins elections.
Check out Labourlist report and full text of…Read more…
This evening I went out for a run (aka slow jog) around Wanstead Flats (aka wrongly by local estate agents as “Wanstead Heath” – sounds posher and more expensive).
It was a beautiful sunset over Alexander Lake. Tomorrow is due to be sunny …Read more…
Recently I completed a research project into Pension Provision for Housing Association staff. In the project I mentioned the pros and cons on the new CDC (Collective Defined Contribution) schemes that have very recently been allowed to operate i…Read more…
Hat tip https://twitter.com/Doranish
“Worth watching Vanessa Redgrave’s dramatic speech at the result of the count for the Newham North East constituency in the October 1974 general election.
Labour’s candidate Reg Prentice, was re-elected as MP…Read more…
This morning a small group of Councillors and local historians met in West Ham Cemetery at the memorial to the 26 young boys (see below) who suffocated to death following a fire at the nearby children’s Workhouse.
Author John Walker,…Read more…
“Blwyddyn Newydd Dda” and “Happy New Year 2022”. Boris “promised” a better Christmas than last year. Not for Gill and I since we were both stuck indoors with Covid.
Hopefully 2022 will be better.
Picture from my favourite walk of 2021,when I…Read more…
(Housing matters in Newham. Especially the Private Rental Sector. Take part in this really important consultation and let us try and keep and even extend the existing safeguards in Newham). Renewal of private rented property licensing scheme…Read more…
“Rogue squirrel bites 18 residents of Welsh town in bloodthirsty rampage – locals hide away”Hat tip ExpressRead more…
My self-isolation according to the NHS Covid app finished 23.59 yesterday. I double checked with this Lateral Flow Test (LFT) this morning which was negative. Previous tests had been positive. It was all a little confusing since NHS Track & Trace t…Read more…
Facebook reminded me to day that 8 years ago I had posted on a Festive Christmas Quiz on the website “Facing Reality” which described itself as a “Satirical view from the left”. The site has stopped publishing since 2015 which is a shame si…Read more…
Check out and update your personal and work details at https://www.unison.org.uk/my-unison/.
I have members complaining that they never hear anything from UNISON but when you check we have out of date email addresses, addresses and phone nu…Read more…
Merry Christmas everyone!
(View on way up to to Snowden, Yr Wyddfa, looking back on the Watkins Path. Now looking forward to Easter 2022 climb). Read more…
This is my traditional Christmas Eve Video. A little bit of Crimbo silliness that makes me smile at least.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all of you!
Hat tip Stroppybird! Read more…
Hat tip Frances O’Grady – TUC General Secretary “PoliticsHome”
“As 2022 begins, a pandemic is raging, nearly a million workers are on zero-hours contracts, two million workers have no right to sick pay and five million earn less than the real living wa…Read more…
Hat tip “Nearly Legal” and check out this sobering report on the regulation of private sector renting by the National Audit Office.
There are 4.4 million privately rented “households” in England. Those who have bad experiences of such renting may “fi…Read more…
This is a really clever approach by the PLSA to encouraging people think about their pensions seriously Once you decide what lifestyle you want after retirement you can then think about what you have to do to achieve it.
Do you want a “Minimum”, …Read more…
hat tip https://twitter.com/UnisonNbriaPol
Never been a better time to join UNISON. Click here: http://join.unison.org.ukRead more…