Today we were out doing our Labour Party #labourdoorstep campaigning for Catherine Fookes in Portskewett, Monmouthshire, which is the next village up the road from me in Caldicot so is quite local. Bridie Sedegebeer was there, running the session. It is quite hard ot actually co-ordinate and organise the movements…
This episode of Vine Line by DJ Wez G has a nice summer feel and has a few hits from Glastonbury 2023 plus a surprise couple of songs from the 1960s. :::Tracklist::: # Artist name Track name 1 Bananarama Cruel Summer 2 Taylor Swift Cruel Summer 3 Warpaint Champion 4…
View More Wez G – Vine Line – Episode 4
The author recounts a 26-year ordeal in South Wales’ mental health system, misdiagnosed with schizophrenia. Despite never experiencing typical symptoms, they’ve endured forced treatments, including injections and hospitalizations. They argue that the diagnosis has been manipulated for political reasons, comparing their struggle to historical cases of psychiatric abuse in the Soviet Union.
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Chatham House is the Royal Institute of International Affairs. It is based in St. James’ Square, Mayfair, London, a short walk from Piccadilly Circus and Leicester Square. I have been a member of Chatham House for several months but with me being based in Wales all of my interactions thus far have…
View More Chatham House: How Effective Are The United States’ Sanctions? 19.06.2023
Today I was invited to Parliament on a scheduled visit with my MP, Jessica Morden, the Labour Party representative for Newport East constituency. I’ve known and been friends witH Jess for years and this is the first time I’ve actually been to Parliament with her in person, although she had…
View More Wez G in Parliament with Jessica Morden MP
I have previously read a lot of material on World War 2 codebreakers and the likes of Alan Turing and their critical work against Enigma and the invention of modern computing during that period. Of course, codebreaking and cryptography is not a new science and has been a critical part…
View More Review: Before Bletchley Park – The Codebreakers of The First World War – by Paul Gannon
The Cuban Revolution was an earth-shattering event with huge consequences internationally, not just in Latin America, but further afield. I felt the impact myself whilst travelling across Scandinavia in 2005. I’d run out of clean underwear and, while scanning the aisles of a Göteborg department store, I came face to…
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I had previously read Alison Weir’s most excellent book specifically on Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine many years ago so the author was familiar to me. I chanced upon this title in my local library (Caldicot) and thought I’d give it a go. It covers the lives of several British Queens,…
View More Review: Queens of the Crusades – by Alison Weir
There was only a small team of us out today at the far end of Chepstow, in Thornwell, near to the Old Severn Bridge… Catherine Fookes , Labour Party candidate for Monmouthshire, joined us and was active alongside us doing #labourdoorstep – There was, as ever, a warm response from…
View More Labour Party campaigning in Thornwell, Chepstow
A small team of us were out for the first part of the morning doing #labourdoorstep here in Caerwent on behalf of Labour Party candidate for Monmoutshire, Catherine Fookes. We went up by St. Tathan’s Place and I turn up at my old mate, Terry’s address but unfortunately he wasan’t…
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Silvio Berlusconi has died today at the age of 86. It has been said that not a day has gone by in Italian news media over the past 50 years without him making headlines of some sort. He certainly was a larger than life character and a major figure on…
View More Riposa In Pace Silvio Berlusconi
The author expresses deep dissatisfaction with banks, particularly Revolut, due to a recent failure to process a vital DWP payment, leading to financial distress. Despite reaching out multiple times for assistance, customer service remains unresponsive. The piece emphasizes the struggles of those reliant on financial support, highlighting systemic issues within both banking and social welfare systems.
View More Revolut – The Bank that Preys on the Sick and Disabled
At the end of World War 2, after, in particular, the disaster of the Holocaust becoming apparent, many leading Nazis were hunted down and brought to trial to face justice for war crimes. One of the main international trials, indeed the biggest international trial to date, occurred at Nuremburg in…
View More The Nuremburg Code 1947
On May 28th 2023, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was giving a victory speech to the excited Turkish masses, who had democratically elected him to a third term as President of Turkey. He achieved 52.2% of the vote in the second round of elections compared with the 47.8% of the challenger, Kemal…
View More Erdoğan’s Third Term as President of Turkey and What It Means
It is important to understand the priniciples of crytography and hashing etc as they are crucial components of digital security and cybersecurity professionals need a good understanding.
View More CompTIA Security+ (SY0-601) Cert Prep: 3 Cryptography Design and Implementation