I hear people constantly telling us that the Labour Party is not living up to its promise of being caring. They cannot. They have to abide by the financial system and that system is not ethical and never has been. so leaders want to care and they say they do but none of them can…
Author: Daniel
Today’s Waste, Tomorrow’s Riches
I listened years ago to readings from a Victorian Butler’s diary. He took it upon himself to record everything in the household for a whole year and he stuck to ot. His last entry was how fed up he was with the task but what he left us is a snapshot of life, the visits,…
The Beautiful Days of September
We have some wild rain here – lasting all day at times and certainly so heavy it reminded me of the Monsoon. But the sunny, dry days have been utterly amazing. Walking the moors has been a benediction, the wind gentle and cold, the grass pathways empty of people, the heathers full of colour, the…
Piracy
So today all day I was a pirate on a TV show i am not allowed to tell you about because the episodes are secret until they are released. It was a warm day on a beach with the tide receding and many friends on the Supporting Artist network working with me. I even got…
Narcissism
It was a very sad experience to work with someone for three years and to be lied to on the phone by that person mentioning four other people in order to get them fired and for all that was said to have been utterly false. To tell that person they had to admit their lies…
What is Weakness? What is Strength?
Despite all the talk and philosophising society still seems to think that strength is powerfulness – military and physical – and weakness is the opposite. Principled behaviour based on empathy and a high regard for ethics is never military and never based on physical prowess. \that is why much of the time it is seen…
All is Human
I don’t know about the academics of the world and the brilliant commentators on every aspect of human behaviour – but I do know about populations and there is not just a tendency but as acceptance to judge other countries, other ‘tribes’ other ‘peoples’ as distinct. They are not. We are all human beings and…
When all the World is Young Lad
When all the world is young, lad, And all the trees are green; And every goose a swan, lad, And every lass a queen; Then hey for boot and horse, lad, And round the world away! Young blood must have its course, lad, And every dog his day. When all the world is old, lad,…
Prisoners
As we welcome home two people who were imprisoned in Afghanistan we should do well to recall how Russia arrests and detains people, how countries around the world will hold people who break the law and how long it takes for the UK to get them out. We would do well to recall that some…
Astonishment
On linkedIn a good many people have banded the word genocide around and recently I suggested the person did not know its definition and they should read up on it. The response was ‘if you have something to chare why don’t you?’ to which i politely replied the charter on genocide was adopted in December…