Tony Blair was awarded the "global legacy award" by Save the Children US. Apparently this is for his "commitment to Africa". But the former prime minister is central to Sir John Chilcot's inquiry into Britain’s controversial and protracted war in Iraq. Earlier this month, it emerged that Blair had signed a multimillion pound contract with a Saudi Arabian oil company in 2010 to broker secret deals on the firm’s behalf with Chinese state officials. The revelation raises serious questions over the former PM’s diplomatic role as Middle East envoy, and his personal vested interests in the region. Then earlier this year, Blair managed to successfully quash a Serious Fraud Office investigation into alleged corruption regarding an arms deal with Saudi Arabia. It is for these reasons that Tony Blair should not be awarded Save the Children’s Global Legacy award. His “legacy” in Iraq overshadows his achievements in Africa.

How far will we allow corporate interests to run our Government's environment policies and dismantle the biosphere before we finally scream "ENOUGH!" ? The natural environment we are leaving to our children and grandchildren is already massively degraded, and if narrow corporate interests continue to be pandered to by our government, who have instituted wicked mechanisms by which to undermine our care for the environment, even this damaged inheritance will be lost. Full details of the underhanded, cynical and biased way the Government is undermining our natural patrimony can be found in George Monbiot's excellent article on the following link: http://www.theguardian.com/environment/georgemonbiot/2014/nov/21/we-need-nature-wellbeing-act-protect-wildlife-decline?CMP=share_btn_fb The Nature and Wellbeing Green Paper drawn up by the RSPB and Wildlife Trust offers an antidote to the toxic behaviour of the Government. A link to it can be found on the article by George Monbiot (URL given above). We know that people power CAN change government policy, because it is WE, the VOTERS, who tick the boxes in elections. So please use your power for the sake of both Nature and future generations! Every email or letter sent to your MP, pressuring him or her to put Nature first by pushing for the adoption of the Nature and Wellbeing Paper as law, will make an important difference. Thank you !

Public bodies of the Scottish Government are organisations that are funded by the Scottish Government. It is a tightly meshed network of executive and advisory non-departmental public bodies ("quangoes"); tribunals; and nationalised industries. These public bodies are distinct from executive agencies of the Scottish Government, as they are not considered to be part of the Government and staff of public bodies are not civil servants. The Scottish Government is responsible for appointing a board of directors to run public bodies. The Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments in Scotland is responsible for regulating the process. SEPA (The Scottish Enviromental Protection Agency) is one of these quango's - It is also the licensing agency for all fracking licenses in Scotland. By bringing it into government control or by tying its hands through legislation, fracking could be stopped in Scotland despite the protestation of Westminster

These Tory cutbacks in care funding are KILLING people. Already thousands of people all over Britain who have had their care funding slashed or cut off and who are too ill to work or even to look after themselves properly are thought to have seen no option but to commit suicide because they can see no other way out. As the Tory 'Austerity Measures' cut ever deeper, there will be thousands more. Even the DWP have been obliged to admit that since 2012, up to 60 people have killed themselves as a direct result of cutbacks in care and benefit funding, and there are thousands more they will not admit to. Every week, there are stories of yet more disabled people denied the care they need, who are dying. There will be tens of thousands more who will be forced to live in worsening squalor and neglect because they can't pay for the care they need. The story of double amputee Mark Cotton, reported in the Telegraph and Argus on 15th November 2014 is just one of many. I am affected too; I have moderate to severe ME and am too ill even to shower without assistance, and have just had all of my care funding cut off. Many more people I know, members of Hampshire Friends with ME - some in even worse health than I am - have been denied any care funding at all. There will be a rise in hospital admissions as peoples' health is affected by neglect, leading to secondary problems and even malnutrition. At the same time, care companies are going out of business because people who need their help cannot afford to pay for the care they need; the latest casualty in my area is Both Worlds. If you are healthy and working now, but being paid so little that you cannot afford to save for retirement or emergencies, and you lose your health through accident or chronic illness, YOU COULD BE NEXT. You may need help, and find that there is none. The money exists, but the one percenters want to keep it all themselves in legalized tax dodges and corporate tax cuts amounting to billions of pounds. Don't believe the lie that there is not enough money, when the government does not hesitate to bail out the banks with billions of pounds of taxpayers' money while allowing global companies like Vodafone, Starbucks and Amazon to pay negligible tax on the profits they make in Britain. ORDINARY PEOPLE ARE DYING WHILE THE RICH MAKE THEMSELVES RICHER, and the gap between the wealth held by the richest and the poorest people grows ever wider. THIS INSANITY MUST END. CAMPAIGN TO STOP THE KILLER TORY CUTBACKS.

This is important for both people with dementia and their carers'. There are no good Emi / nursing facilities with Ceredigion. This restricts respite care available to carers' and means people with Dementia are having to be placed miles away from family and friends at a time when they need them most. Often it means relatives can't visit as often or even at all. Dementia is a growing problem and the lack of good support for carers and quality care puts even more stress on all concerned. This illness robs people of so much, and affects so many. It's hard enough to be with a loved one and watch helpless as the illness progresses, without having to worry about how they can be cared for and where.

I am a school governor of a school which is being closed, against the wishes of the community, children of three years of age are expected to get up early, travel in a bus and very possibly go without breakfast. These children will lose all the comradeship attained through living in a close community. The only community shop will close because parents will not be taking the children to school, and will no longer be customers. This is a disaster for a close community.

Prior to the last election ,the present Government made far reaching promises to protect NHS and ring fence the spending, even promising to increase it .They have renaged on all the promises outlined in their Manifesto, not only on this issue but many others too,we as the electorate should have right to take them to task .

When mothers who are suffering need specialist perinatal mental health staff. Also the bonding and attachment with the mother is so important. The knock on effects of this illness is splitting families up and having huge effects on the next generation. The new report by MMHA says it will save the country money if the services was in place. Wales is 70 per cent lacking in support and families need help today. Read more here: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/health/couple-launch-campaign-bring-designated-8394059

To volunteer to travel to an Ebola infected country, in order to treat patients infected with Ebola virus, takes a level of bravery which is beyond words, and is equally comparable with many military bravery medals. That high level of altruistic bravery cannot go unrecognized by the country at large.

Fracking and UCG cause environmental damage with little or no benefit to the local community.

It is a huge asset to our community. We must protest against this

We have a bewildering number of train tickets available, which can sometimes mean that for a long journey it is cheaper to buy 2 single fare tickets rather than one single fare ticket. Also, a return ticket can be cheaper than a single. It can even be cheaper to buy a ticket from one train company's ticket machine than from another train company's machine. Travelling to London Victoria can be cheaper than travelling to Clapham Junction (a shorter distance for me). Looking at a ticket machine screen can make your head spin, when all you want to do is get from A to B and be charged for the distance travelled. Legislation is needed to impose logic and fairness.