New Blog & Portfolio
I won’t be updating this version any more – please use my combined Portfolio and Blog at www.jonchambers.co.uk or jonchambers.co.uk/work.
The Laws of Lost Opportunity
Switching the television over to the twenty-four-hour news channels and finding out what wasn’t breaking news was never particularly difficult and so following unfolding political stories was normally easy for me. But recently, thanks to being at university, I’ve been relying on Twitter for instant news – a little less bias than the Murdoch empire and more reliable than the BBC, although the latter is more reliant on there not being a major sporting or entertainment event which crashes the site! It’s quick to find out what’s happening, and it’s even easier to relay your response straight away. But if there is one downside to Twitter, it’s this ability to comment on things without knowing the full story, without thinking about the whole story and giving rash instinctual, or at least party political, reactions. Read More »
Don’t be fooled, Be Proud and Get Talking
The process of ‘Labour’s renewal’ is not one that will be complete in September – it’s one that will continue for much longer but there is no reason to be silent, it is not the time to be disengaged – nor is it a time to sit back and give this new government a free ride, without challenge. Labour is in opposition right now, and unless it begins the fight back today, it may well stay there for longer than is needed. During the week I was told by a party member that Labour should be silent, step back from the front-line and apologise. But that is not the Labour Party I joined 3 years ago, and I’ll try to give my best answer as to why. Read More »
