As someone with a Scottish surname (Maxwell) and a Gaelic first name (Kevin), I believe I qualify for this particular blog! For most of my adult life, I have been very much interested in politics although I’ve never been a member of any party and tend to vote for what is right for me and…
Having served with Greater Manchester Police for 7-years, I more than most am mindful of the dangers faced by officers going about their duty. Every one though, has the right to go to work and return home to their family and friends. This sadly, was taken away from the two women today whilst serving the…
A week or so ago, I was asked on Twitter why wasn’t my police union funding my employment case against the Metropolitan Police and today was asked on Facebook what prompted me to start writing about my experiences. So, I thought I’d kill two birds with one stone… UK law doesn’t allow Police Officers to…
Ask Prince Harry. The Sun may think it’s funny invading others privacy, but it is not. The tabloid is not above the law, no one is. My Fight for Justice campaign is exactly for this reason, challenging The Sun newspaper at the High Court for invading my privacy as a gay man with depression. Rupert…
I was up early this morning as I couldn’t sleep properly, and for some reason I was thinking about my Achilles Heel and whether it was justice. I say you are a product of your parents in many ways, I know I am for sure – very much like My Mum. Although she is no…
Last month, I tried once more time to put my dispute with the Metropolitan Police to bed hence my post… A letter to… the police, about discrimination. I published a video blog yesterday, about My Fight for Justice against Scotland Yard & News Corp trying to highlight the real impact discrimination has on people. Today,…
Earlier this year, an Employment Tribunal ruled that the Metropolitan Police Service leaked my private data to News International. This is now subject of an appeal by the MPS, and in the hands of the justice system. However and separate to the above, I am trying to gather as much advice as possible before I…
The only thing that surprised me about the Twitter tweet of the Tory MP Aidan Burley on Friday evening during the London 2012 Olympic Games opening ceremony, was the timing of it and not his thoughts. I’ve never been a member of a political party and don’t speak for one, but did anyone really expect…
When I was 5-years old and at primary school, my mum bought me my first bike… it was covered in police stickers along with the necessary ‘CHiPs’ highway patrol motorcycle helmet. When I was 15-years old, I wrote in my secondary school Record of Achievement what I wanted to be when I was older… a…
I have just finished watching the BBC Panorama documentary, about racism surrounding the forthcoming Euro 2012 games in Poland and the Ukraine. Incidents of racism in the UK at football matches disgusts me, but Polish and Ukrainian hooligans take racism to a whole new level in such a public way. I watched whilst black, Asian…
Today, I was informed that the judgment in my recent Employment Tribunal has been appealed and is now to go before an Employment Appeals Tribunal. Before I received the ruling of the lower employment court in February 2012 after a 6-week hearing, I had written a blog about Justice and asked ‘Is there such a…
As The Sun newspaper prepares to publish The Sun on Sunday tomorrow, it reminds me of my horrible experience with the tabloid which in part was publicised earlier this week through other matters. It was on 24 July 2010 whilst I was in Regent’s Park (Central London), that I was made aware by email and…
I’ve wanted to write this blog for a couple of days, and had resisted until it got the better of me. I’ve been really disgusted by the ‘many’ comments on the web, and in particular on social network sites like Facebook with regards to the death of the singer Whitney Houston. More so because, the…
Kevin doesn’t realise that Homosexuality is an “ABOMINATION” to God..it is a Perversion….there can be no marriage except that between a man and a woman…sexual immorality means that he’s NOT a Christian…then again Romanist Popery is not Christian anyway its a False religion and NOT biblical Christianity. Kevin needs to REPENT then submit to God…he…
With Her Majesty the Queen celebrating 60-years on the throne today, The Guardian newspaper asks… What does being British mean to you? This question gave me ‘food for thought’. Personally, even though I was born in England (sunny Liverpool to be exact) I see myself as British and not English because it encompasses most of…
I read this morning that, nearly half of all the UK’s ethnic minorities live in London and their vote in deciding the capital’s next Mayor will be crucial. This got me thinking… As a young (debatable) British Northerner whose mixed-race, gay and living in London, I started to think who am I going to vote…