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Category Archives: Equality
The 13th Doctor
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
Posted in Equality, Philosophy
Tagged 13th Doctor, analysis, bbc, Doctor Who, equality
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Irrelevance
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
Posted in Equality, Politics, Reform
Tagged economy, equality, Labour party, political compass, political spectrum, politics, power, progress, reform
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Election Aftermath
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
Election 2015
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
Posted in Economics, Equality, Politics, Power
Tagged economy, election, election2015, politics
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Disabled Privilege
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
Posted in Brian, Equality
Tagged aspergers, education, equality, Learning disability
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Hypocrisy
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
Posted in Equality, Politics, Poverty
Tagged equality, hypocrisy, politics, Poverty, question time
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Normal People
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
State of Mind
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
Posted in Aspergers, Brian, Equality
Tagged aspergers, disability, Learning disability
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Comparative
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