Leon Spence Articles

It is a week now since Britain changed significantly and quite possibly for at least the rest of our lifetimes. There is very little doubt that for any of us – it does not even matter which political party that you support – the political landscape in the immortal...

Local government officers are people to be hugely admired. Not only do a large proportion of them go above and beyond the duties of their job description, they do one thing that people in many other walks do not have to consider. They do not let on their own opinions....

The very worst feeling in the world, as I was growing up at least, was when I heard my father utter the words ‘I’m not angry, I’m just really disappointed.’ I had a great dad who loved me very much and, I can testify to this now I have children of my own, could not...

Something funny happened to me in the run-up to last week’s general election: my Vote Labour garden stake was stolen. The day after it went missing I received a ransom note saying it would be returned on 8 May or, in the words of an anonymous ultimatum, it would be...