Category : Dave Rowntree

The Arts, Disability and Change

I really enjoyed chairing a panel this morning at Breaking Down the Barriers at The Garage in Norwich. My co panellists have been a very impressive bunch, virtually fizzing with power and enthusiasm. They included Actor, director and campaigner Jami...

Five Easy Ways to Campaign From Home

Local Elections are on Might 4th intently followed by a Common Election on June eighth. You’re registered to vote, but you’re snowed beneath! Perhaps juggling work and family commitments, however convinced you must do one thing to help el...

Rags to Rags

A pal mentioned one thing the other day I hadn’t heard shortly – the thought of ‘Rags to Rags in Three Generations’. The story happens more often than you might think. The ‘first era’ of a household begins with nothing, however via onerous work and i...

No need for Labour MPs to struggle with TV interview questions about shadow cabinet appointments

No want for Labour MPs to wrestle on TV with questions on shadow cupboard appointments – the solutions are incredibly simple: Q. Was it proper for Jeremy Corbyn to appoint xxx to the shadow cupboard? A. It’s considered one of Jeremy’s fundament...

Star Boot Sale – Raising Money for Refugees

I’ve helped organise an eBay public sale of movie star memorabilia and bric-a-brac. In an try and be funny, I’ve referred to as it a Star Boot Sale, but don’t let that put you off… Tim Burgess, Alex Turner, Paul McCartney, Da...

I think I may have had a brilliant idea!

My favorite Pizza Categorical pizza is a basic base Margherita with additional Scorching Green Peppers. It prices £10.10 – £eight.45 for the pizza and £1.65 for the extra topping. However it’s also potential to purchase it one other method. You...

A career in film!!! (all I have to do is make a video in my underpants…)

This can be a genuine e-mail I acquired this morning: — from: pq <pjq71@sbcglobal.internet> reply-to: pq <pjq71@sbcglobal.internet> date: Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at three:15 AM topic: Hello, David. That is Paul from...

Make sure you can vote on May 7th

It’s an important election in many years – but are you positive you’re going to have the ability to participate? To have the ability to vote, it is advisable to be on the Electoral Register. Are you? Within the previous days, one in...

Justice for the rich, McJustice for the poor.

This is the speech I made to the #Just4Justice Legal Assist protest on 7 March 2014. As you in all probability know, we’re going to be listening to rather a lot over the subsequent yr concerning the Magna Carta, because in 2015 it is going to be 800...

Human Rights, Human Wrongs

It is 20 years in the past immediately that the primary Human Rights Day celebrated the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. An enormous amount has been achieved since then in lots of nations around the globe, but not every...