Excited by the books!

I think the thing that gets me about the government’s unlawful action to prorogue parliament, isn’t that they did it – with the clear intent (and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise) to prevent parliament from scrutinising a potential no-deal Brexit, but it’s that BJ has said publicly that ‘profoundly disagrees’ with the judgement. Leaving aside the obvious irony that one of the reasons people voted for Brexit was ‘to take back control of our own laws’ – clearly only ones that Brexiteers like – it’s the inciteful ‘disagreement’ by senior politicians that is wholly irresponsible. We’ve already had previously, I think it was a Daily Mail headline, that the judiciary were the ‘Enemy of the People’. Profoundly disagreeing with a unanimous decision by the highest court in the land can only reinforce that view. And that is dangerous – and mindfully so.

Gove, the AJ and Boris could easily have said ‘fair enough, now let’s move on’, and they would have lost nothing. By publicly disagreeing with the courts they do not strengthen their politics, they just unnecessarily enrage an already angry base. For what reason? Civil war? Insurrection? Intimidation? Have they really thought this through? The Tory Party have completely lost its way, I’m afraid. And whilst they may be winning the battleground for popularist politics, Maggie Thatcher (and clearly John Major) would not, I’m sure, subscribe to their approach. It is all very sad. And, as I’ve said already, very dangerous. We live in fearful times.

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printing off Unsuspecting Hero (Edition 2) for Rosie (the proofreader)

Oh well. At least I’ve finished Unsuspecting Hero including a read out loud to C. It’s now in the post to Rosie the proofer and I am hopeful it will be on the shelves in its new and much better form in early November. I am, just now, more excited by the whole book thing than I have ever been. Sales are good (not strong), still without marketing, and with messages coming  through that people continue to love the series I’m v hopeful that this may just get somewhere.

And you wait for book 6! The Prologue is going to be v special and have a twist in it! How exciting is that?

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for The Innocence of Trust

I’m off to Farnham tomorrow to run a leadership clinic and session one of my middle leaders course. That’s all set fair and I am also excited by that …

… but it’s the books that are my main drive now. I am really hopeful! Hurrah!