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July 2025

• Energy Bills And Net Zero (17 Jul 2025)

January 2025

• Labour Government Paves the Way for Large Scale NHS Privatisation (07 Jan 2025)

December 2024

• The Tragic Consequences of Profit in Healthcare - More Lessons from the U.S. (11 Dec 2024)
• Spotify Wrapped (10 Dec 2024)

November 2024

• Trump (06 Nov 2024)
• NHS Privatisation in Bath and NE Somerset (01 Nov 2024)

June 2024

• By The End of Tomorrow You Will Know Who You Can Vote For. In Bath, One Of Them Will Definitely Be Me (06 Jun 2024)

May 2024

• Sunak Calls General Election (22 May 2024)

September 2023

• Politicising Climate - Part of the 'Populist Playbook' (21 Sep 2023)
• Dangerous Dogs (11 Sep 2023)

May 2023

• Record Migration Figures (26 May 2023)
• Coronation Protest Arrests (09 May 2023)
• Local Elections - The Votes Are In! (05 May 2023)
• Local Elections - Vote Today! (04 May 2023)

February 2023

• 15 Minute Cities and Conspiracy Theories (23 Feb 2023)

December 2022

• Asylum Seeker Drownings And Who Is To Blame (15 Dec 2022)

November 2022

• Interview With 'Bath Time' Magazine on COP27 (21 Nov 2022)

October 2022

• Far Right Terrorist Attack on Kent Refugee Detention Centre (31 Oct 2022)
• On Despising What Tories Stand For (11 Oct 2022)
• Ban On Solar On Agricultural Land (10 Oct 2022)
• £18bn Spending Cut Announced (03 Oct 2022)

August 2022

• Web site update (23 Aug 2022)

December 2019

• Impartial Voting Guide, 2019 Edition (11 Dec 2019)

September 2019

• Dangerous School Crossing - Bath Chronicle (24 Sep 2019)
• Youth Strike For Climate (20 Sep 2019)

October 2018

• Bath Studio School Closure Announced (22 Oct 2018)

June 2018

• Clean Air in BaNES - Working Together to solve the problem (BBC TV) (04 Jun 2018)

April 2018

• Ethical Toilet Paper... or not? (09 Apr 2018)

March 2018

• Facebook Data Harvesting (21 Mar 2018)

February 2018

• UCU Picket - University of Bath (22 Feb 2018)
• Bath Tories Slammed Over Food Poverty Views (21 Feb 2018)
• Disappointing Spin From Labour (10 Feb 2018)

December 2017

• Labour And The Single Market (13 Dec 2017)
• PPC Selection (06 Dec 2017)

October 2017

• Festival of the Future City (19 Oct 2017)

July 2017

• BBC Pay (19 Jul 2017)
• NHS Vacancies (14 Jul 2017)

June 2017

• General Election 2017 (07 Jun 2017)

May 2017

• Money Buys UK Elections (10 May 2017)
• Free Hospital Parking (09 May 2017)

March 2017

• Triggering Article 50 (29 Mar 2017)
• Bath Tourist Tax (12 Mar 2017)

January 2017

• May and Trump (27 Jan 2017)

December 2016

• Metro Mayor Nomination (18 Dec 2016)

November 2016

• Letter - Bath Community Academy Closure (21 Nov 2016)
• Keep Abbey Green (15 Nov 2016)
• Virgin Care Awarded BaNES Community Health Contract (12 Nov 2016)

August 2016

• Virgin Care and BaNES Community Health (18 Aug 2016)

July 2016

• Open Letter to Ben Howlett MP - Support the Representation of the People Bill (18 Jul 2016)

June 2016

• Leaving the EU (24 Jun 2016)
• EU Referendum (19 Jun 2016)

May 2016

• Why You Should Vote in The PCC Election (04 May 2016)

March 2016

• Forced School Privatisation (20 Mar 2016)
• NHS Reinstatement Bill (11 Mar 2016)

January 2016

• Tory Contempt for Democracy (19 Jan 2016)
• Kier Recycling Dispute (15 Jan 2016)
• Housing Bill (13 Jan 2016)
• Fracking Planning Permission Relaxation (09 Jan 2016)

December 2015

• New Year Message (28 Dec 2015)
• Letter - Fracking vote (17 Dec 2015)
• Hayesfield A-Level Politics Talk (09 Dec 2015)

November 2015

• Syria Air Strikes Vote (30 Nov 2015)
• Letter - Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill (09 Nov 2015)

September 2015

• Corbyn (22 Sep 2015)
• Trade Union Bill (14 Sep 2015)

July 2015

• July 2015 Budget Response (09 Jul 2015)
• NHS Reinstatement Bill Letter (01 Jul 2015)

May 2015

• Election Result and Analysis (10 May 2015)
• Vote for hope on Thursday (05 May 2015)
• Cameron in Bath (04 May 2015)

April 2015

• Somer Valley FM hustings (30 Apr 2015)
• BBC Points West Debate (29 Apr 2015)
• Bath Spa University hustings (27 Apr 2015)
• A Note on Copyright (24 Apr 2015)
• Hayesfield School hustings (22 Apr 2015)
• Manifesto Launch (14 Apr 2015)
• The Final Sprint (01 Apr 2015)

March 2015

• Bath and Beyond at Bath University (28 Mar 2015)
• St Andrew's Primary School Mock Election (27 Mar 2015)
• Carers Centre Hustings (25 Mar 2015)
• Bath College Hustings (24 Mar 2015)

January 2015

• New Year Message (01 Jan 2015)

December 2014

• Free Education Demo (06 Dec 2014)
• Small Business Saturday (05 Dec 2014)

November 2014

• Letter - Wealth Tax (05 Nov 2014)
• Letter - Child Poverty in Bath (01 Nov 2014)

October 2014

• NHS Strikes (13 Oct 2014)

September 2014

• Iraq Bombing Vote letter (28 Sep 2014)
• Scottish Referendum (15 Sep 2014)

August 2014

• Gaza (02 Aug 2014)

July 2014

• Data Regulation and Investigatory Powers Bill (19 Jul 2014)
• Public Sector Strikes (10 Jul 2014)
• Glastonbury 2014 Roundup (09 Jul 2014)

June 2014

• Thoughts On The European Election and What It Means For Bath (19 Jun 2014)

May 2014

• Letter on Election of First Green MEP in the SW, Molly Scott Cato (26 May 2014)
• European Election (21 May 2014)

March 2014

• New Look (28 Mar 2014)
• PPC Selection (13 Mar 2014)

January 2014

• Gagging Law (22 Jan 2014)

July 2013

• Internet Censorship (22 Jul 2013)
• Royal Mail Privatisation (10 Jul 2013)
• NHS Charges for Foreign Visitors (04 Jul 2013)

March 2013

• The Budget (20 Mar 2013)
• The Truth Behind UKIP (11 Mar 2013)

February 2013

• Gay Marriage (06 Feb 2013)

January 2013

• NHS Privatisation - More Deaths (06 Jan 2013)

November 2012

• Police Commissioners - To Vote or Not to Vote? (03 Nov 2012)

October 2012

• The Troubling Case of Gary McKinnon (26 Oct 2012)

September 2012

• NHS Vultures (16 Sep 2012)

April 2012

• Big Brother (02 Apr 2012)

March 2012

• Cameron's 'Big Society', and how he ignores it (01 Mar 2012)

January 2012

• New Year Rail Fare Increases (05 Jan 2012)

December 2011

• Cameron in Europe (08 Dec 2011)
• Privatisation of NHS Maternity Services (07 Dec 2011)

November 2011

• Government Document Admits to NHS Privatisation (24 Nov 2011)
• Letter To The Bath Chronicle About the NHS Changes and Circle (21 Nov 2011)
• Circle's NHS Takeover (15 Nov 2011)
• NHS Efficiency (09 Nov 2011)

October 2011

• RIP Steve Jobs (06 Oct 2011)
• Planning Laws (04 Oct 2011)
• Motorway Speed Limits (03 Oct 2011)

September 2011

• Reply To Letter About Health Bill From Don Foster MP (15 Sep 2011)
• Open Letter To Don Foster MP About The Health and Social Care Bill (06 Sep 2011)

July 2011

• Minimum Waiting Times, Deaths and Spin (29 Jul 2011)

April 2011

• Election (24 Apr 2011)
• Bin Charges and the Big Society (14 Apr 2011)

March 2011

• Blog moved to Jekyll (12 Mar 2011)

June 2010

• Recycling and Charging (08 Jun 2010)

July 2008

• Glastonbury 2008 Roundup (09 Jul 2008)

April 2008

• GM crops (14 Apr 2008)
• Glasto (08 Apr 2008)

March 2008

• 2008 (31 Mar 2008)

December 2007

• Festive Food (16 Dec 2007)
• Green Christmas (04 Dec 2007)

November 2007

• The Future of Genomics (30 Nov 2007)
• SQL Server - argh! (14 Nov 2007)
• Routemasters and Shibboleth (04 Nov 2007)
• Bath Film Festival (01 Nov 2007)

October 2007

• Running madness (29 Oct 2007)
• Inheritance Tax (10 Oct 2007)

September 2007

• Bibcursed bug fixes (28 Sep 2007)
• Green Taxes 'Making Billions'. Or not. (03 Sep 2007)

August 2007

• Festivals Ahoy (15 Aug 2007)
• Less privacy, more work (13 Aug 2007)

July 2007

• Trains, transport and money (24 Jul 2007)
• Convicted Traitor? No jail for you! (03 Jul 2007)
• Religious Exemptions (01 Jul 2007)

June 2007

• Glastonbury 2007 Roundup (25 Jun 2007)
• Honours and Dodgy Peers (19 Jun 2007)
• Embracing Facebook (15 Jun 2007)
• Hot Vegans, Almost (11 Jun 2007)
• Girls, Geeks, Google (06 Jun 2007)
• Developers Developers Developers! (05 Jun 2007)

May 2007

• Isn't The Internet Brilliant? (31 May 2007)
• Spiderman, Goya and Leaves of Glass (17 May 2007)

April 2007

• Slackademic (29 Apr 2007)
• Geeking Out (29 Apr 2007)
• New Job (18 Apr 2007)
• Eyejot (10 Apr 2007)
• Lunch With Simon Hughes (04 Apr 2007)
• The death of DRM.. and WMA? (02 Apr 2007)

March 2007

• Budget (22 Mar 2007)
• Crowded House, Thekla, Bristol (20 Mar 2007)
• Back (14 Mar 2007)
• It Is Considered Disgusting To Blow Your Nose In Public (06 Mar 2007)
• Woo - another weekend! (02 Mar 2007)

February 2007

• First Weekend in Tokyo (25 Feb 2007)
• Big In Japan (21 Feb 2007)
• Wind Farms Don't Kill (many) Birds. Fact. (13 Feb 2007)
• The BNP lie - there's a surprise. (13 Feb 2007)
• Billie is a Treat (13 Feb 2007)
• Hot Fuzz (06 Feb 2007)
• The Most Fantastic Alarm Clock Ever (02 Feb 2007)

January 2007

• Vista Will Steal Your Rights, Then Destroy The World (31 Jan 2007)
• Ha! Nice One, Bill... (30 Jan 2007)
• Labyrinthine Pleasures (25 Jan 2007)
• Who would tell us what to hate if it wasn't for the Daily Mail? (23 Jan 2007)
• BBC On Demand (23 Jan 2007)
• Vista and DRM (22 Jan 2007)
• PFI Deals and the NHS (22 Jan 2007)
• The Joys of Heathrow, and the lack of them in Uganda (15 Jan 2007)
• Slingbox (12 Jan 2007)
• Macworld (09 Jan 2007)
• On OSX and Vista (07 Jan 2007)
• Wind farms (05 Jan 2007)
• Win (05 Jan 2007)
• Water (04 Jan 2007)
• This Life (03 Jan 2007)
• 2007 Tech Predictions (02 Jan 2007)

December 2006

• Saddam Hussein (31 Dec 2006)
• Christmas (25 Dec 2006)
• Wii Greatness (23 Dec 2006)
• Church and State (23 Dec 2006)

October 2006

• Walnut Walnut (16 Oct 2006)
• National Blog (07 Oct 2006)
• Google great - again! (05 Oct 2006)

September 2006

• Nabaztag (27 Sep 2006)
• Lost? (27 Sep 2006)
• America (22 Sep 2006)

August 2006

• We're all going on a summer holiday (25 Aug 2006)
• Summer school (08 Aug 2006)

July 2006

• Hot (20 Jul 2006)
• Random Elephants (01 Jul 2006)

June 2006

• Moscow again (28 Jun 2006)
• Moscow observations (15 Jun 2006)
• Moscow (14 Jun 2006)
• From Russia, With Love (13 Jun 2006)
• More Googliness (06 Jun 2006)

May 2006

• Another night of music theory (30 May 2006)
• Project Red (16 May 2006)
• China and Hong Kong (03 May 2006)

April 2006

• Trips away (23 Apr 2006)