If you look at most prime ministers, certainly going back as far as I can remember, they are strange fish. Odd people who seem to get to their position often because they are the least offensive of the jockeying candidates. One thing that unites them is t... See more
My 80th birthday came surrounded by ordinariness. No big events. Some eating and drinking. Staying in the Premier Inn in London’s Putney Bridge. Family, just family. The idea of staying in Putney Bridge was so that on my actual birthday, 30 January, I cou... See more
My daughter told me recently that a group of young men standing in a Norwich pub were saying they didn’t like immigrants. They rejoiced at their spirited, unifying call, and talked loudly about getting rid of immigrants. I just hope they don’t have to go ... See more
This week I turn 80. I’m fascinated as to why a poorly raised slum body who often ate nothing managed to survive to be an octogenarian. But here I am, on the eve of my big birthday, with my thoughts preoccupied with the Big Issue, like on many an eve befo... See more
Because the public who give money to Big Issue vendors are not taking the magazine, the public are once again demonstrating their enormous power – to change businesses. We bring our vendors to the marketplace to trade but unfortunately they are being turn... See more
