by Jamie Snape | Apr 30, 2018 | Blog
The South Hams in Devon is undoubtedly a very special place to live. I feel so incredibly lucky to have called it my home now for the last seven years, and indeed to be raising my family here. Recently though, having observed so much change in the area, I’ve begun to...
by Jamie Snape | Mar 23, 2018 | Blog, Family and Parenting, Politics
As the father of four young children, one of the great fears I have looking forward is that they might one day be bullied online. Obviously as they get older, I will spend lots of time coaching them on using the internet and social media safely and responsibly, but I...
by Jamie Snape | Mar 16, 2018 | Blog, NHS, Politics
On Wednesday of this week, I awoke to the terribly sad news that Professor Stephen Hawking had passed away, a man who I’d found so incredibly inspiring for so many years. His work was undoubtedly brilliant, and I’m happy to admit that even when he sought to...
by Jamie Snape | Mar 8, 2018 | Blog, NHS, Politics
Coincidentally I write this post in the same week as Prime Minster Theresa May slammed private developers in her speech on the UK property crisis stating, “The bonuses paid to the heads of some of our biggest property developers are based not on the number of homes...
by Jamie Snape | Mar 7, 2018 | Blog, NHS, Politics
This coming April, without being properly evidenced and openly debated in Parliament, Jeremy Hunt (the Health Secretary) plans to quietly introduce legislation that fundamentally changes our NHS forever. As the plans stand today, they allow him to hand the running of...
by Jamie Snape | Nov 17, 2017 | Blog, NHS, Politics
There is a great deal about the United Kingdom that as a nation we can be exceptionally proud of. Our culture, music, sports, industry, politics and arts have for a long time influenced people throughout the world. For me though, our nation’s greatest achievement was...