Political prisoner, activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, 2024 parliamentary candidate for North Durham, 2028 candidate for Mayor of the North East Mayoral Combined Authority, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach", banned from Twitter so officially more dangerous than the Taliban, eagerly awaiting the second (or possibly third) attempt to murder me.
Monday 20 August 2007
Ten Years On
Ten years ago, when Princess Diana died, there was genuine sadness, mostly for her two sons (who, incidentally, are not now “boys”, but Army officers). But the outpourings of hysteria reported by the media were altogether exceptional, and largely whipped up by those depicting them. And there was certainly no threat to the monarchy. Just give that suggestion a moment to sink in, and the point is made.
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