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Actions speak louder than words — how West Ham and West Yorkshire Police reacted to racism

Say no to Racism. Let’s kick racism out of football. No room for racism. Standing up to racism. Show racism the red card. #takeastand. We…

7 min readFeb 23, 2023

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Actions speak louder than words — how West Ham and West Yorkshire Police reacted to racism

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Richard B

Using taking the knee to open up a culture war

My thoughts on how I feel about England players taking the knee, the gesture in general and booing fans …

2 min readJun 10, 2021

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Covid stories 26 — vaccines, side-effects, work, West Ham

So the gaps in time between these blogs has gradually increased. I think it is nearly two and a half months since the last one. What does…

5 min readApr 11, 2021

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Covid stories 26 — vaccines, side-effects, work, West Ham

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Covid stories 25 — Lockdown 3.0, vaccine nationalism, value of lives, Bonzo and Joe

These little reflections are becoming more infrequent. But I’ll keep trying to jot down my thoughts … last time I wrote anything down was…

6 min readJan 31, 2021

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Covid stories 25 — Lockdown 3.0, vaccine nationalism, value of lives, Bonzo and Joe

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Covid stories part 24: Reflections

So it’s very nearly the end of 2020, a horrendous year that will (hopefully) not be repeated in my lifetime. Christmas like no other, with…

5 min readDec 28, 2020

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Covid stories part 24: Reflections

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Covid stories 23 – a vaccine & tiers of a clown

So will today be the turning point? The Pfizer vaccine is given the green light by the regulators. Perhaps the Moderna and Astra Zeneca…

2 min readDec 2, 2020

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Covid stories 23 – a vaccine & tiers of a clown

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Covid stories 22 — Cummings (again), Lockdown 2.0

So its mid-November, and nearly halfway through Lockdown 2.0. Except Lockdown 2.0 is nothing like Lockdown 1.0. Lockdown 2.0 is like a mini…

3 min readNov 15, 2020

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Covid stories 22 — Cummings (again), Lockdown 2.0

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Covid stories 21 —endchildfoodpoverty, Burnham, tears and Lanzini

Inevitably, when I read these blogs back, they will no doubt feel partial accounts of what happened and it’s tricky to judge what history…

3 min readOct 25, 2020

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Covid stories 21 —endchildfoodpoverty, Burnham, tears and Lanzini

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Covid stories 20 — too much to ask to wear a mask?

So as the second wave of Covid waves across Britain, the division across the country becomes starker. There is talk of Lockdown 2.0 but…

2 min readSep 27, 2020

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Covid stories 19 — summer sad(mad)ness

So it’s September 13th. It’s a beautiful day. A proper Indian Summer day, and even though it’s warm, it has the feeling of the beginning…

2 min readSep 13, 2020

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Covid stories 19 — summer sad(mad)ness

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Richard B

Richard B

Still love The Clash, inequality, class, social security, food, stigma. Trustee @ Welfare Benefits Unit. 5ker. West Ham till I die.

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