Prorogue Protests

Tomorrow will see a great number of protests and demonstrations against Boris Johnson's undemocratic and dictatorial decision to prorogue parliament at this crucial stage of the Brexit negotiations. 

You can find your nearest demo here - not just for tomorrow, but for the coming days ahead. Personally, I'll be at Liverpool's St George's Plateau tomorrow from 12 noon. If you're local, then maybe I'll see you there? But wherever you are, I encourage everyone to make a stand in their neighbourhood. These are scary times and it's easy to feel saddened and frightened. But those feelings don't help anyone but the people who want to ride roughshod over us and the core values of this country. We need to turn those feelings into passion and positivity. We need to fight for our freedoms. Join us tomorrow, and the next day, and the next day...because you really don't want to be the person who stood idly by and let this country slide not only into a fascist dictatorship but also oblivion.

But, wherever you are protesting, please remember these words from one of Liverpool's greatest sons

#Stopthecoup

Out On Blue Six: The Undertones

John Peel would have been eighty today.

It's impossible to find the words to mark such a momentous occasion or to remark upon the tragedy that he isn't here to celebrate it and to continue changing people's lives by introducing them to whole new worlds of music. So here instead is his favourite song

Teenage dreams, so hard to beat indeed. Happy birthday Peelie

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So Farewell Then, Ruth Davidson

As Ruth Davidson, leader of the Scottish Conservative Party resigned today, let's take a look at her achievements in office...

Yes, it was the photo op wasn't it? There was nothing else she excelled at, nothing else she gave to Scotland. But hey, wasn't she good at them? She was the ABBA of photo opportunities, whereas Kezia Dugdale was the Brotherhood of Man

Quite why it took Davidson all of yesterday evening to consider her position is beyond me, and it's telling of just how pathetically two-faced she was as a politician that even her resignation this morning was mealy-mouthed enough to not point the finger at Boris Johnson's dictatorial actions over Brexit as the root cause.

Farewell and good riddance.

Out On Blue Six: Oasis

It was twenty five years ago today - the release of Definitely Maybe

That makes me feel old! But the music is of course timeless. Indeed, you could say that it will Live Forever

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Out On Blue Six: Wet Wet Wet

Following this tweet directed at Boris Johnson from Hugh Grant today... 

...I can safely say that Love is All Around for the Four Weddings actor.

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PS: Sign Labour's petition to stop Boris Johnson's plan to suspend parliament here

Wordless Wednesday: Untitled Film Still #21

Stop Social Cleansing, Save Walden House and Cundy Street

At just twenty-eight years old, the Duke of Westminster own more land than Her Majesty the Queen. He is the world's richest man under the age of 30, with an estimated wealth of £9.3 billion.

And now, he wants to evict 40 families from London's Walden House and Cundy Street council housing to make way for high-rise luxury investment flats. His plan is to socially cleanse the area, making over 40 families and the elderly, many of whom have lived their all their lives, homeless. All to add to his astronomical bank balance.

If, like me, you think this is morally wrong and needs to be stopped then please unite behind the residents and sign this petition.