So, the government’s screwed the third sector again. Yet more overspend on the Olympics, so the lottery will be mined deeper still to make up the short fall. For all the talk of supporting the voluntary and community sector, there never appears to be much action. Or money. Take a look at government grants available. [Continue]

I wonder just how much state control/surveillance the average Brit can stand? It appears the country will quite happily swallow almost anything as long as it is dressed up in terms of “protecting” the vulnerable – particularly children. The Government’s “Every Child Matters” strategy is a classic. Don’t [Continue]

Sometimes I am certain of what I believe, what matters, what is right and what is wrong. Some nights I wake up too often to get into such lavish dreams. You see, I increasingly think life is just more complicated than the label-mongers would have us believe. We had my ‘rents and brother (who has [Continue]