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Remembering my old friend and comrade Richard Billam
I posted the following on my Facebook on 18 Spetmeber 2022 on hearing that Richard had passed away. It was not written as an obituary as such but I want to leave it as originally posted. My condolescences go to his friends and family. I was privileged to speak at his funeral and I spoke […]
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Fascists – whose side are they on?
This posting is dedicated to the memory of my old friend and comrade Richard Billam. It was posted by myself the day before his funeral on 14/10/22. It relates to a leaflet in boxes of his political papers that I had picked after he passd away. Digging through a box of stuff from my dearly […]
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Public Service cuts, the next Tory Push-Me-Pull-You is born
The context of the following piece is a tumultuous events in which yesterday Liz Truss announced the sacking of Kwasi Kwarteng as Chancellor and his replacement by Jeremy Hunt. It was posted as my thoughts on Facebook. I later add the section at the bottom as an update. Rather than re-write I will leave this […]
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Resources on the secret history of British atrocities in Kenya
The following is a list first compiled on 18th June 2020 of Facebook. I asked people to suggest reading on this topic and from that I compiled this list. I have reposted that today 12th Sep 2022 and received some new suggestions which I have added. Thanks all who made suggestions and to Jason and […]
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The Exeter Bread Riots of 1854
“The women, as usual, were the, beginners of the disturbance” Article by: Dave Parks First Published: 06/05/16 In January 1854 a crowd of around 300-400 people, mostly women and children, went on a riotous rampage through Exeter fuelled by hunger and class anger. The New Year saw a week of severe weather which led to […]
The Ramblings of Dave Parks 