'On Merit' - my latest short story....

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'Hair brained' - my latest short story. This one is about Donald Trump...

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'From Prince to Pauper' - a short story I created recently about the possible future of Prince Andrew...

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Can Keir survive? Inside the plot to bring down the prime minister With his government mired in scandal, an operation to dethrone Starmer is now under way

The majority of the time before the next GE is yet to come, but there's already rumours, plots and infighting.

What should have been a well oiled machine is now breaking down on the side of the road.

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Reform UK councillors obstructed by officials, Nigel Farage says The Reform leader tells the BBC his councillors are being "hamstrung" by existing bureaucracies.

Reform UK claims to want efficiency in local government is catastrophically wasteful. Not surprising at all!!

BBC News - Reform councillors obstructed by officials, Farage says
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Wes Streeting considers writing off part of doctors’ student debts to avert strike Exclusive: Health secretary looking closely at ‘forgiveness’ scheme as crucial talks with resident doctors begin

Any doctors who have thoughts on this?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Voting age to be lowered to 16 in UK by next general election 16- and 17-year-olds will be given right to vote in all elections as part of changes including easier voter registration

An excellent change and something that I've supported for years.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

'Lost and found ' - a poem about my grief and mental health journey since January last year.

Some of you who have lost a loved one may recognise some of this.

I know it's good to talk about mental health, but sometimes I don't want to share everything to everyone.

This poem - one of my latest that'll go into my book - is all about moments like this.

UK's deal to hand over Chagos Islands to Mauritius can go ahead, court rules The deal - which was halted by a last-minute injunction at 02:25 this morning - could now be signed today.

Worth keeping an eye on this through the day. Some interesting developments going on.

BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cl...
UK's deal to hand over Chagos Islands to Mauritius can go ahead, court rules - BBC News

Story of sign-language educated West Harling pair 'remarkable' The story of the achievements of the 17th-Century brothers and their teacher is little known.

BBC News - Story of sign-language educated West Harling pair 'remarkable' - BBC News
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I hope so too. I'm doing my best.

As for your cancer treatment, I hope it works for you and you come out the other end of it cancer free. 🙂

My first new article in months and an honest look at my own mental health.

#mentalhealth #grief #mentalhealthawareness

Pissed off yet again
I am such an angry man
I would love some peace

#haiku #poetry #poem #mentalhealth

I wasn't like this
Angry and so frustrated
Not in times gone by

#haiku #poetry #poem #mentalhealth

I'm on my own now
Need to think about myself
Nobody else will

#haiku #poetry #poem #mentalhealth

Great debut review on Rockfiend from Julie Visgandis.

A talented writer, reviewer and singer who has some great perspectives on the recent Darkness gig in Hull, as well as Justin Hawkins

www.rockfiendpublicationsscotland.co.uk/the-darkness...

National Council for the Training of Journalists The NCTJ’s leadership programme is created by journalists for journalists, taking widely-used leadership principles and theory and applying them to an editorial or content-driven environment.

If I wanted to become a professional investigative journalist, are their qualifications worth it?

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Canterbury slam poet wins second place in European contest Sven Stears wins second place in the European Championships of Slam Poetry, held in Slovakia.

What other competitions (e.g. regional and national) do you have to enter to get to things like this?

No info in the article and genuinely thinking about having a go.

BBC News - Kent poet wins second place in European contest
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The fact that he doesn't have to worry about electability means he will just go to even more of an extreme before.

Basically he's that older guy who's reached an age where he just doesn't care anymore and does (and says) what he wants.

I also have a long term and deeply personal creative writing project that I've been working on that's been taking up my time. It has done wonders for my mental health.

I will reveal more eventually.

I have a part-done article on honour killings that I will complete eventually, but with everything that's happened to me this year it's taking some time.

Please bear with me.

I think the only times I'd really venture onto X is to share anything about work I want to publicise because, despite all the problems with X, it still has a large user base.

I've spent some time evaluating my social media use.

I don't really use Twitter/X in a personal capacity anymore. I tend to use Threads and Instagram for that. Musk's recent activity doesn't make me want to go back.

BlueSky will be used more for my writing - e.g. articles and poetry.

Men’s Health Week: David’s story To mark Men’s Health Week, WAY member David decribes how he is looking after his own mental and physical wellbeing since his wife died…

An edited version of my mental health awareness article can be found on the Widowed and Young website as part of their work during Men's Health Week.

My story is untouched and remains the focus. I hope it helps others.

www.widowedandyoung.org.uk/news/mens-he...

Mental Health Awareness Week Awareness about mental health issues is more important than ever and whilst progress has been made, there is still some way to go

For my first article in a while, I look at the importance of mental health awareness and use my own story as an example.

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Yorkshire Dales Mighty Hike David Kirlew-Morris is fundraising for Macmillan Cancer Support. Donate on JustGiving

Doing a marathon length hike around the Yorkshire Dales on June 29th in memory of my beautiful wife and to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Support.

I'll be grateful for anything you can donate.

#justgiving #cancer #hike #charity

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My latest article following on from a recent claim from the Chair of NatWest that it's not difficult to buy a home.

It's so incredibly out of touch and deserved a response.

I've been attempting to pitch an idea for a book about rough sleeping to literary agents.

It's a subject I've written about before and one that I care about greatly.

If any literary agents see this message and you're interested, please get in contact. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Bonus points for anyone who can Photoshop Tories into this photo.