This morning we went out campaigning on my estate in the local Dewstow Ward, Caldicot. Catherine Fookes, the Labour Party candidate for Monmouthshire, was present and vigorously knocking the doors. Henry Higgins, the Severnside Chair was out as was Counsellor for Magor & Undy, Frances John Crook. Plus my regular…
Today we went out campiagning locally in Caldicot for Catherine Fookes’ general election campaign to become Labour Party MP for Monmouthshire. We covered the area around the Caldicot Comprehensive School and hit over 100 houses. Support for Catherine is strong here in Caldicot.
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I attended a Labour Party fundraiser event for Catherine Fookes at the Priory in Monmouth. This was to raise money for her campiagn to become MP for Monmouthshire at the next General Election. There were some political heavyweights at the fundraiser, including Welsh First Minister, Mark Drakeford MS, who as…
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This is not a story of a random Ukrainian musician that I have plucked out of the ether. I’ve been following the progress of the female DJ superstar, Marika Rossa, since 2012, before the crisis in Ukraine started. The internet brings musicians and fans together from every corner of the…
View More Dance for Ukraine: Marika Rossa – Female Techno DJ Ambassador from Kyiv
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…
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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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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
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
Henry Kissinger, a prominent figure in U.S. foreign policy, celebrated his 100th birthday on May 27, 2023. Known for his role as National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, he is credited with pivotal moments like U.S.-China relations renewal and criticized for human rights issues in Latin America. His insights remain relevant in contemporary geopolitics.
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We were ou campaigning locally, doing #labourdoorstep for our Labour Party candidate here in Monmouthshire, Catherine Fookes. Out on this sunny Spring day today as can be seen from the photo, are Wez G, Severnside branch chairman, Henry Higgins, Cllr Angela Sandles (Magor / Undy), Cllr Frances John Crook (Magor…
View More Severnside Labour campaigning in Magor
For our #labourdoorstep campaigning session today for the Labour Party we were up in Monmouth. The main goal, of course is to support the successful campaign of Labour candidate for Monmouthshire, Catherine Fookes. Today we were joined by a powerful rising star and cabinet politician from Welsh Labour. Jeremy Miles…
View More Labour Party campaigning for Catherine Fookes in Monmouth with Jeremy Miles MS