Category Archives: Equality

The 13th Doctor

Posted on 12/08/2017 by

So, the new Doctor Who is a woman. So what? I hear she’s a good actor, and casting directors tend to know what they are doing, and from all reports the stuff Chris Chibnall has worked on before has been … Continue reading →

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Irrelevance

Posted on 12/09/2015 by

At the time of the general election earlier this year, the membership level of the Labour party (which, despite protestations of the leadership and the media, has been at least centre-Right since 1995) was around 200,000. Four months later, and … Continue reading →

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Election Aftermath

Posted on 09/05/2015 by

That was the worst possible result from almost any perspective. From the perspective of anyone who cares about the environment, social justice and equality, economic recovery, the quality of life of the vast majority of people in the country (particularly … Continue reading →

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Election 2015

Posted on 02/05/2015 by

I suspect you’d either have to be living under a rock or in a foreign country to not realise that the UK is going to have a general election in a few days. It will be the most important general … Continue reading →

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Disabled Privilege

Posted on 21/06/2014 by

Being privileged is not something you associate with being disabled. Nevertheless, it exists, if only in a vague roundabout way. And it starts with a piece of legislation designed to eliminate privilege – the Disability Discrimination Act. This piece of … Continue reading →

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Hypocrisy

Posted on 14/06/2014 by

I was watching an episode of Jeeves & Wooster the other day. It was one of the ones in America, and Bertie’s fearsome Aunt Agatha has come to stay. At the start of the episode she had given Bertie the … Continue reading →

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Normal People

Posted on 31/05/2014 by

It occurs to me that I know very few “normal” people. By “normal”, I mean what the mainstream media think of as “normal”, and try and promote as such: White, Anglo-Saxon, heterosexual male with no physical or mental disabilities and … Continue reading →

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State of Mind

Posted on 10/05/2014 by

I am disabled: I have a neurological condition that severely inhibits my ability to recognise non-verbal communication, increases my anxiety in new social situations or with large groups of unknown people. I am not registered as disabled: I claim ESA … Continue reading →

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Comparative

Posted on 08/03/2014 by

Apparently this week it’s the Winter Paralympics. I’ve barely heard anything about it in the news. And there’s two problems right there. Problem 1 – Coverage. Okay, the timing isn’t the best, what with a rather large war potentially brewing … Continue reading →

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