As part of his triumphant campaign for the Labour leadership, Jeremy Corbyn, MP, came to Bradford, where the Independent Labour Party was formed in 1893. He addressed an crowd of nearly a thousand for just over half an hour. His speech was filmed using EE’s new ActionCam. This is the first of two 15-minute extracts … Continue reading
One down – another on Sunday. I’ll be writing a summation of both events on Monday. But here’s full video coverage of last week’s Bradford West event. Post your comments, and add details of other UK hustings below, please. Make your comments below and list any hustings (anywhere in UK, not just West Yorkshire). Continue reading
It was announced as an inter-faith gathering. And while the majority of the several hundred who gathered in Bradford’s Centenary Square as the thermometer plunged to below zero were undoubtedly Muslim, there were at least two Christians and even one atheist of my acquaintance who had responded to the call to honour the Prophet. While … Continue reading
I haven’t used Hangouts on Air (HOA) for some time because of my illness and this was a test show preliminary to a regular Tuesday afternoon 2on2sday show starting Jan 13 at 2pm GMT insh’Allah. Below you can see the completely unscripted and unedited test run today. I played the whole thing of the cuff, … Continue reading
Click HERE to watch it. Featured are the Shaker dance hymn which gives the show its name, an excerpt from The Barley Mow DVD featuring Cyril Poacher singing The Nutting Girl, video of Fairport Convention, My Evening Song, composed in 1997, Peggy Seeger singing and talking about Swim to the Star, a song from her … Continue reading
Thousands packed Bradford City Park on Sunday July 13 for a monster rally in support of the people of Gaza. LINKS: ♦ What you can do ♦ Contact form This was just one city among many, showing what can be done at very short notice. Go thou and do likewise, brothers and sisters. Kids paddled in … Continue reading
Gerard Benson, great poet and wonderful friend, died from cancer at 9.30am. Condolences to Cathy and all those who will mourn his passing. Continue reading
And former Respect Councillors support them. An audio report from the Council chamber is in preparation and will be added to this posting ASAP. hy are we so well-mannered when we encounter attacks on the poor and disadvantaged? It is bad enough a Labour Council forgetting the “guilty and proud of it” legacy of its … Continue reading
Piers Telemacque has posted this brilliant coverage of the EDL coming to Bradford, which puts all other media coverage to shame. And here’s a link to my own coverage of the same event: Continue reading
NOTE: This is a response to a comment posted on the posting, Save the Media Museum – fight the cuts (http://wp.me/p38aoy-IY) You’re right – it’s not a matter of party politics. Labour, after all, deregulated the banks and laid the basis for our current economic woes. But we need to break through the current Con-Dem-Lab … Continue reading
