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Author Archives: john graham
Flue Jab Cold.
Is there a link between the flue jab and cold? I am beginning to think so. I am the living example☹️ Flue jab three weeks ago And BINGO, Cold starts a week later☹️ Not just any old cold A real … Continue reading
Bungalow Moonshot.
This post follows on from my last, on my favourite subject 🤡 BUNGALOWS. It’s obviously popular with journalists because they keep writing about it and with politicians, who keep talking about it. Older people too, keep dreaming about it. Sadly … Continue reading
Bungalow Illusions
It’s that time of the year again. The Party Conference season. The time when all Government Housing Ministers and shadow housing ministers try to explain why they haven’t built much housing lately and how they now have the answer to … Continue reading
More 🌻 Seeds.
I haven’t just been involved with large charitable organisations, I have also helped set up several smaller groups who are no less important to the people they help. Cluster headache is a rare a little understood neurological condition. GP’s and … Continue reading
Tagged Sunflowers
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Growing a 🌻
My last post was about a brief encounter with a small charity in Liverpool. So if you follow it, who knows where will this thread will lead? My first experience of working for a charity was when I joined Coventry … Continue reading
Tagged Sunflowers
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For Want of a ….
I met someone really interesting last week. Someone I had never met before, but who answered my enquiring questions directly and without hesitation. No guarded or ambiguous answers, just open straightforward replies. A far cry from our politicians who these … Continue reading
Tagged Sunflowers
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Falling Edukashun Standards.
A recently published report by the OECD – Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has shown that UK students are falling behind other European countries in terms of standards of literacy. This follows on from an earlier study that pointed … Continue reading
Tagged research
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Drink More Water ?
Researchers at Liverpool John Moores University have come up with some very inconvenient advice. They have been studying how much water people drink compared to the NHS advice of one and a half litres a day. Firstly they found most … Continue reading
Tagged NHS, research
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Robo LLLP – Step 4
With the help of ChatGPT and AI, the Last Laugh Looney Party of Robo MP’s have solved all of the biggest domestic issues that were concerning the electorate. Now it is time to turn their attention to major international events, … Continue reading