Driving Focus
Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 7:09PM I have been watching my son wrestle with the problem of getting motor insurance as a young man of only 19, and I've been really impressed with watching the way he has refused to back down in the face of madly yoyo-ing online quotations. It's clear that he is completely committed to running this car, and he is showing some serious resourcefulness in making it happen. He really wants it, and I'm doing my Proud Dad routine while I watch him beating the whole issue into submission. I've given him the whole lecture about how much it's really going to cost him, and, for sure, he has nodded and 'heard' what I've been saying in that rather detached and amused way that teenagers have when their parents try to teach them something that they don't want to learn.
What's missing in the gay marriage debate?
The CofE has announced a consultation exercise on the live issue of gay marriage, which I suppose is a step forward. This may be simply the kind of consultation much favoured by recent governments, where the appearance of openness and listening is simply a pause for breath before absolutely nothing changes and we return to business as usual. But perhaps I'm a little cynical, and should wait for the report.
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