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The following is the transcript of the talk I gave to the Socialist Workers Association last Thursday. I’ll preface this talk by a quote which is around 160 years old - demonstrating that the opinion is both long standing and has some eminence: a bloke called Charlie Dickens, then a young reporter covering an election in Chelmsford got right to the root of all problems - he wrote home to his girlfriend Catherine: (The Tories are) “A ruthless set of bloody minded villains...perfect savages...superlative blackguards.” (with thanks to Claire Tomalin). I am a member of DPAC Norfolk - a recently formed member group of the Norfolk Coalition of Disabled People - specially formed to campaign against the cuts in Norfolk. DPAC (TRANSLATE) is a midlands based national organisation that has grown to include 21 local groups around the country - from Southampton to the north east of England. A move towards a concerted voice for disabled people. I won’t be throwing numbers or statistics at yo...

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Under the aegis of 38 Degrees we now have a local user group to locally prompt the text of the 38 degrees petition ( http://action.38degrees.org.uk/ccg_found_o?postcode=NR14+6AJ&submit=Find+your+local+petition ): “Our NHS is precious, and we're relying on you to protect it. Please do all you can to stop local health services being broken up or taken over by irresponsible private companies. Protect local NHS services and consult patients properly before making changes Spend money wisely and don’t do deals with irresponsible private companies Adopt policies and a constitution which reflect these values” The petition, which only covers South Norfolk, has 985 signatures to date. If you live here, please add to it. Importantly, on Wednesday 30th January we delivered the petition to South Norfolk and afterwards met with the Chief Executive, Ann Donkin and a GP representative, Dr Jonathan Bryson. To me, and I think most of us (about 20 people), the meeting was positive...

From Andrew Roberts Secretary Survivors History Group http://studymore.org.uk/ studymore@studymore.org.uk telephone: 020 8 986 5251 home address: 177 Glenarm Road, London, E5 ONB The dates of the Survivors History Group meetings in London the rest of this year have now been fixed as Wednesday 10.4.2013 Survivors History Group 1pm Together Wednesday 29.5.2013 Survivors History Group 1pm Together Wednesday 31.7.2013 Survivors History Group 1pm Together Wednesday 25.9.2013 Survivors History Group 1pm Together Wednesday 27.11.2013 Survivors History Group 1pm Together Everyone is welcome at the meetings. Refreshments are provided. We are usually there from 1pm to 5pm and it is fine to come for just part of the meeting if you wish. We will be pleased to see you. If you forget the date of a meeting, just google Survivors History Group and, on our website, you will find a link that says "Click for next London meeting - Everyone welcome" The Together Office is ...