Justice for Grenfell

It was just before 1am on June 14th 2017 when the emergency services were informed of a fire in a North London tower block. What came next shocked the world. Grenfell Tower was a high-rise block of social housing in the North of the London Borough of Kensington. It was home to around 600 people,

Human Rights: Our Greatest Asset

This week, it’s been reported that Theresa May is considering repealing the Human Rights Act 1998 after Brexit. I consider this to be one of the greatest threats to our country of the last decade. First, some background to the act. This piece of legislation enshrines the European Convention on Human Right 1953 in UK

Changing Direction.

I am ashamed at the state of this country. We were supposed to be heading into a more prosperous future, sunlit uplands and all that. This is not what I see. It’s worth noting that I am a privileged person in a wealthy area – I imagine this situation is much worse than I believe.