Concert for the Young at Heart

Just back from a fantastic FREE concert at the Victoria Theatre in Halifax, it was brilliant.

The acts were magnificent, ranging from some littlies to some older citizens, and all ages in between, all-singing all-dancing giving their all. From the Irving Berlin numbers to Michael Jackson's Thriller, via Oklahoma and Lennon & McCartney.

A big thankyou to all who took part, front of house, performers, the MC, and the backroom boys and girls.

When certain people tell you that we are living in a "Broken Britain" tell them that they are talking rot.

The overwhelming majority of people, are good the overwhelming majority of the time doing their best by their friends, family, and community.

Yes there is such a thing as society, and we should celebrate it.

Britain not "broken" - Tories wrong again

In this week's Economist there are two powerful pieces, "It has become fashionable to say that British society is in a mess and getting worse. It isn’t" and "Crime, family break-up, drunks and drugs: the Conservatives, and apparently plenty of voters, think that Britain has a “broken society”. Does the claim stand up?" that well and truly scotch the Tories' dangerously seductive narrative of "Broken Britain" and go on to argue that in fact it could be a calamitous misdiagnosis of the state of affairs.

They go on to conclude that, "Britain has a crunched economy, an out-of-control deficit and plenty of social problems; but it is not 'broken'".

Lib Dems like me concur wholeheartedly.