Why my MP is so disappointing

Ministry of Justice, Petty France
Ministry of Justice, Petty France

My MP is Andrew Selous.  This is about why my MP is so disappointing. Firstly, he is a member of the Tory Party.  He was briefly a Minister while the disastrous privatisation of the Probation Service took place in 2015.  It was all Chris Grayling’s idea while he was Secretary of State for Justice and Selous supported him.  Grayling and Selous were told many times how the misguided reforms wouldn’t work and yet they pressed ahead with their ill fated ideology of privatising the Probation Service.

I was amongst those voices warning against privatisation on such a huge scale; I was in the management team in a Probation Trust, although I corresponded with him in my private capacity.

Explained below is, in my opinion, why my MP is so disappointing and, you could argue, is such a disgrace. Continue reading “Why my MP is so disappointing”

My position on Brexit

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Time to post my position on Brexit.  From the outset, let me make it clear I did NOT vote for Brexit and I certainly didn’t agree a referendum was such a great idea.

I recently clocked a Brexit related post on A Retirement Blog and I made a comment from which a nice little conversation flowed.  Happily I broadly agreed with Carre Risover and Tracy Altieri who is from the US. Continue reading “My position on Brexit”