Five.
In the entire country.
I remember more than that in the Consett and Stanley areas alone, back in the day.
"Exonerated" (His Honour Judge Nathan Adams, Durham Crown Court, 8 May 2025). Two-time political prisoner. Beaten up in prison, so I fear only God. Activist, journalist, hymn-writer, emerging thinktanker, aspiring novelist, "tribal elder", 2019 parliamentary candidate for North West Durham, Shadow Leader of the Opposition, "Speedboat", "The Cockroach".
Indeed, Consett remembers the days of the Watson dictatorship only too well.
ReplyDeleteEnough to keep putting him at the top of the poll.
ReplyDeleteA very great man.
As is Clive, a very great loss (for now).