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I am not turning into the person I had planned for myself, that’s a fact. The person people see is not, in fact, even the person I think they should be seeing. I know I’m not alone – at 18-19 anything was possible … then kids!

Lucy Thorpe, an old colleague, nailed the excuse for me when I was lamenting my existential crisis over on Twitter. I was feeling sorry for myself and she offered me someone to blame. It’s the children’s fault. Without them I’d be a jazz poeting traveller with houses and women around the world.

So let this come as a warning to you all! Yes, that includes you Charlotte and Dean …

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In the last week I’ve heard politicians utter the following pearls:

Politicians and the public need a new commitment to commitment, we need to put our trust in hope, we need to believe in trust and trust needs to be re-established so we all have hope … utter bollocks.

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Believe me, go to a small market town like Farnham in Surrey and most of the people have life very easy.  However, get caught up in a school gate chat, and you’ve be led to believe that the bored and very comfortable people have the weight of the world on their shoulders.  So little is going on in their lives that they snipe, gossip and get worked up about Strictly and extensions.