tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post1928795980275976279..comments2024-03-26T23:41:10.319+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Wasted Journeys to Westminster? Julia JonesKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-66484795437789311172023-04-10T19:52:58.313+01:002023-04-10T19:52:58.313+01:00Keep fighting. I am in awe of your tenacity and co...Keep fighting. I am in awe of your tenacity and courage. <br />mishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02817380292408084414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-7960264113703087512023-03-12T16:15:26.119+00:002023-03-12T16:15:26.119+00:00As excellent piece, Julia. This would make for a v...As excellent piece, Julia. This would make for a very disheartening read were it not for the lessons learned and the fact that those who campaigned aren't going away! If anything, armed with the wisdom gleaned from our experience, we will collectively be better equipped to fight the fight. <br /><br />I say 'we', but in truth, some campaigners were sidelined and ostracised for our stance at the time, which argued that lobbying Ministers without wider political engagement and activism on the ground to win wider public support, was unlikely to bear much fruit.<br /><br />I truly hope that as campaigners with common cause, we can all move forward, put our differencs behind us, and come together in solidarity and common purpose as we seek justice for those who lost their lives because of the decisions taken by Ministers and civil servants behind closed doors. You are right: the decisions taken were neither ethical nor democratic. We need to stand together and make the case for reasserting our democratic rights and putting the public front and centre of political decision making. <br /><br />Thank you Julia for all you have done and continue to do to champion the interests and democratic rights of older adults and other vulnerabl members of our society. <br />Manduccihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280327425723967405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-86977529301666511452023-03-10T22:39:51.331+00:002023-03-10T22:39:51.331+00:00Thanks Peter. I'm an optimist too - but someti...Thanks Peter. I'm an optimist too - but sometimes it's hardJulia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026558663622148671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-21057847947723854062023-03-09T20:16:20.222+00:002023-03-09T20:16:20.222+00:00Very moving Julia. We must be angry at what is ha...Very moving Julia. We must be angry at what is happening in our so called caring society as you show here and the use of the de la Mare poem is brilliant. If enough people shout, things will change. I really believe that.<br /><br />Yours from an eternal optimist.Peter Leylandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717370262319438102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-59708639607532260942023-03-09T12:50:03.827+00:002023-03-09T12:50:03.827+00:00The time for brick-slinging will come before the t...The time for brick-slinging will come before the time for despair. I am pleased to be a 'core participant' in the COVID enquiry though I fear it'll be brick-slinging through thick ooze. Help will be needed to take careful aim...Julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026558663622148671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-50311178773028123572023-03-09T12:38:45.286+00:002023-03-09T12:38:45.286+00:00Thanks for fighting, Julia. The time for despair, ... Thanks for fighting, Julia. The time for despair, I suppose, is never. Hard though, isn't it?Jan Needlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15823078224282953782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-25776662384843086002023-03-09T08:23:34.687+00:002023-03-09T08:23:34.687+00:00Thank you. I think she's bullied and impotent ...Thank you. I think she's bullied and impotent -- but as a minister she ought to b able to fight. The people who really shock me are the civil servants who are meant to advise and find ways to do what ministers want but behave as if THEY are in a bunker, (There doesn't mean there aren't some good ones somewhere. We don't seem to have met them yet) Julia joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026558663622148671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-57548813474971362422023-03-09T08:18:15.900+00:002023-03-09T08:18:15.900+00:00I can't believe Helen Whatley has let you down...I can't believe Helen Whatley has let you down. <br />They talk the talk but nothing more.<br />I feel so frustrated so can't even begin to imagine how you all feel.<br />Thank you for continuing to fight for us all. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08068822740061469249noreply@blogger.com