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Meet Veronica, a reformed alcoholic
My name is Veronica and I am a reformed alcoholic. And I don’t want it to happen to you too, which is why I have trained as a therapist and launched a training programme. There has been considerable media coverage about Alcohol Concern's idea...
A day of human rights
Today I shall be in Cambridge participating in human rights debates, including 'honour' based violence against women, secret detention, children's rights and the Israel-Palestine conflict. What better time to raise the mysterious disappearance of BBC...
Some green reasons to quit the Strasbourg travelling circus
If saving £200 million a year is not good enough reason to stop the ridiculous European Parliament's travelling circus sitting in Strasbourg to simply appease the French, then how about on grounds of saving carbon emissions. A green study of the European Parliament's...
Planning a Greek trip
I would like to take my mother Loula to Greece for a week next month, back to Thessaloniki, her birthplace. I'm planning to book a hotel via the internet and wondered which online site you would recommend for flights. I doubt I will be as lucky as Maalie and find a 1p...
Green is the new black
Who says celebrity endorsement doesn't work? I would have liked one of these £5 eco-friendly bleached cotton shopping bags too, but there was no way I was going to get up early and queue, even if Reese Witherspoon, Lily Allen and Alicia...
Tears of joy turn to tears of sorrow
I send my deepest sympathy to our fearless campaigning MP Richard Bacon whose tears of ecstatic joy have turned to tears of unimaginable sorrow within the space of two days. On Monday, Richard's wife gave Victoria gave birth to their first child. Tragically, his...
Labour’s leadership row hots up
Daggers are already all but drawn in Labour's leadership contest, with would-be contenders Michael Meacher and John McDonnell publicly rubbishing each other's claims. A campaign has also been launched on facebook called Stand Down Meacher by Labour blogger...
Meeting my blogging hero
One of my first blogging heroes was - and still is - Neville Hobson and I am really looking forward to meeting him this evening for the first time when he speaks at this PR Unspun event in London. Neville is a master extraordinaire in the social media field,...
Could you accept blood money?
How could any father accept money from a friend of his daughter's suspected killer? I thought at first that Tim Blackman was brilliant in travelling to Japan to highlight Lucie's disappearance, visiting bars with her photo. His relentless pursuit helped...