F1 Turn Off
No matter how hard I try I cannot get excited about Formula 1. Don’t get me wrong I don’t mind others getting excited but there is no element of this … Continue reading F1 Turn Off
Politics from a 'Marginal Constituency’

No matter how hard I try I cannot get excited about Formula 1. Don’t get me wrong I don’t mind others getting excited but there is no element of this … Continue reading F1 Turn Off
Today has been about 2012, sport and volunteering for me. I chaired the Leicestershire County Sports Partnership Board this morning; chaired the Leicestershire 2012 Committee this afternoon and presented the 3M/Loughborough … Continue reading Volunteering
Robert Smyth school in Leicestershire hosted 2012 mascot Mandeville today. The school won the chance in a national competition. But it isn’t impossible for any school to be part of … Continue reading 2012 Comes to Leicestershire
There is still a feeling amongst some people that Paralympic sport is a bit of a consolation for people with a disability. I hope that view has started to disappear … Continue reading Wheelchair Basketball – not for the feint hearted
As I arrived in Westminster this evening to attend the Christian Socialist Movement Leadership Hustings I feared the worst. After all I had read the Polly Toynbee article about these … Continue reading CSM Leadership Hustings
I spent a great afternoon talking with my friend Gerard Kelly. I came across Gerard at Spring Harvest as a speaker a few years ago and he became one of … Continue reading Bless at Bethanie
Last week the viewing figures for the England v Germany game were 19million I believe? That means 40 million of us didn’t watch the game. Does our media over-hype these … Continue reading How Interested are You?
Sorry to say but England were outclassed by Australia this morning. The England scrum was powerful but we were outplayed in all other areas of the game. I then watched … Continue reading England Just Not Good Enough – in rugby for now!