Europe needs to get real on defence; Britain needs to get real on Europe
13 February 2025
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29 September 2016
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Seems the Tory government is attempting Brexit by soundbites. If sense prevails, it should be put in the trash can, somehow, in any way.
I’m reading the new diaries now. Loving them as I loved the others. One thing struck me; you commented on how you couldn’t say to your dad he had been a fantastic father in case it suggested to him the end was coming. I so empathise with that; the last time I saw my dad in hospital my last words were ‘see you soon’; even though I knew he was likely to die in the next few hours. I couldn’t do an emotional goodbye, for the same reasons. On the other hand; I missed my wife’s death by an hour. I held her hand and told her I loved her etc; but the great thing was, it didn’t matter that she wasn’t there to hear it; I wasn’t saying anything that I hadn’t said every time I’d seen her for years (she was very ill for a very long time). It brought home to me that you shouldn’t save these things for the end; you should say them regularly. With that in mind, although we don’t agree about everything, thank you for what you are doing for mental health, for your diaries, and for what you did for the Labour Party.
Good news for very early fellow subscribers who’ve not yet received anything; I got my first paper this weekend, a good read xxx