Tag Archives: Coronavirus

The nature of a Battle, let alone War requires some clarity


All of us are currently being heavily impacted by Coronavirus in differing ways. Even though the numbers of people seriously wounded or killed by it may be relatively small in proportional terms, the rest of our nation are either being … Continue reading

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A fantastic story for today and a vital call for our Government


A few hours ago a story has emerged on LinkedIn that relates to a piece of work carried out over the last week by a sheet metal company based up in Telford. There are probably similar stories that are being … Continue reading

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A very useful question from Hannah Al-Othman regarding C-19 testing


The presentation from Matthew Hancock yesterday has been for very obvious reasons largely focused on the PPE equipment that is needed to protect people working in the Hospitals and other settings. However another critical issue is the ability of the … Continue reading

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I am very grateful to many people for their good wishes, albeit some from short distances away


Its hard to make sense of the fact that some people who I would like to spend the day with are only a mile or so away and yet I cannot do the most natural thing of dropping down the … Continue reading

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Clapping for the health of one man, in a London Hospital makes no sense


As I wrote on this blog a few days ago I strongly support the idea of clapping for all of our NHS and other key workers every Thursday evening until the high profile impact of Coronavirus comes to an end … Continue reading

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Will a high profile death change the current C-19 funeral rules?


Last night a good friend of mine, Barry Osborne sadly experienced the death of his lovely wife Doreen. Neither of them are young (Barry is in his mid 70’s) and his wife has been ill for several years. However they … Continue reading

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As we stay off the Streets, the challenges of future residential settings must begin to be addressed


It is very hard to make sense of what the next few days will be like, let alone the rest of April given that the numbers of deaths and illnesses related to C-19 are appearing to rise across the nation … Continue reading

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Today is the first day for our nation, and arguably the rest of the World


I am personally very disappointed that large numbers of people in the Labour Party have acted as if the departure of Jeremy Corbyn was essential for the wellbeing of their party or indeed for the rest of our nation. He … Continue reading

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This is why I’m going to carry on clapping


At 8pm last night a group of people in our Street and its adjacent Street came out of their homes and we clapped for some time as a way of acknowledging that although we are stuck in our homes because … Continue reading

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A Collaborative approach by Government is clearly needed to deal with COVID-19


As I wrote in my blog yesterday, the claim by Michael Gove during his speech on Tuesday night that Boris Johnson and Matt Hancock “are working with companies worldwide to ensure that we get the material we need to increase … Continue reading

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