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”
This is one of those healthy updates where it is really for my benefit, so I can refer back to how I’m feeling in March 2019. 
I have been really looking forward to bringing you my interview with our financial advisor. Or to use the correct terminology, Independent Financial Advisor, or IFA for short. IFAs rightly place great importance on their independent status in not being tied to a limited range of financial products and yet it is wider than that. I have already blogged about the importance of some kind of financial/life planning and here I talk to Jon Cobb, our very own IFA. 
We’ve been away once again and have paid our daughter Hannah a visit in north Wales for the third time this year. With our latest trip to Wales I wonder if Rachel and I are secretly falling in love with the area. And why wouldn’t you? With stunning scenery, a beautiful coast line, interesting communities and a feeling of being a step away from the hustle and bustle, why wouldn’t anyone in our position fall for the place? 
I’ve found myself reflecting on parenthood, just that stage in life. The things I’ve learned as a parent have taken me a little by surprise at times. As Rachel and I are both only children, we never had older or younger siblings and therefore we were slightly inexperienced at family life.