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Diane Abbott is a racist and that makes me sad

Well this last week has certainly been one for the racists. With Diane Abbott MP making racist comments on Twitter and (yet another) sensitive millionaire footballer alleging racist taunts and abuse. In all honesty this comes as little surprise to many people since racism is still endemic in our society and, in my opinion, it’ll …

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What I’ve learned from spending the last 5 days at scout camp

Some of my friends will know that I’m a leader of an Explorer Scout group and for most of this last week (4 nights in fact) we’ve taken 15 scouts to Snettersham in Norfolk for our annual summer camp. It’s been a great time and we’ve all come back very tired (and smelly) but definitely …

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Please don’t shout at your child’s teachers because the school is closed

Not many people like to defend teachers, it seems, when schools are forced to close because of extreme weather. However, I’d like to point out something that many parents don’t seem to take into account. When we send our little darlings to school we expect them to be looked after and cared for as if …

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