Thanks for all the encouragement on the last post - I've agreed to it so looks like I'm going to be speaking in front of a few hundred people at the TUC strike rally in Birmingham on thursday. Will be saying roughly this:
http://onehundredmilesfromthesea.tumblr.com/post/6983134094/june-30th-why-i-will-be-standing-up-to-a-government A bit scared...