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'My roots or in London — Stepney, Barking and Bow. My family dynamic saw me sharing my youth there and with some family in Ipswich. My time in the East End was mainly weekends and holidays. It was part there and part in Chingford and Walthamstow near the dog track. It was a contrast in a sense from the big city to the smaller town but then Ipswich is a weird place, for one — for its size it has got a high crime rate which is strange. It also had quite a spectacular drug problem in the town. I don’t now what other word to use. It really is a thing to behold when you look at it. I saw very hands on how it was. The underbelly of the town that they prefer didn’t exist had deep problems and there is very little help to get them off the streets.
The music scene is also a strange one because the Adicts are from Ipswich and they are, obviously, an incredible punk band. Ed Sheeran is from round there and Extreme Noise Terror might be from round there as well. It’s a weird place and my connection between the two was pretty direct. When I was growing up someone would come and pick me up and I would shoot down the road on the one hour journey to East London which is the first part of London you reach off the A14. It’s very close after you cut through Essex, once you’re past Romford you are there in East London. Going there helped shape my view because many people never leave Ipswich and have an Ipswich state of mind. I’m lucky to experience both and see how things work differently in different places.'
I'm one of the people who was blamed for getting Paul Cook sacked. PM for the full post.
'My roots or in London — Stepney, Barking and Bow. My family dynamic saw me sharing my youth there and with some family in Ipswich. My time in the East End was mainly weekends and holidays. It was part there and part in Chingford and Walthamstow near the dog track. It was a contrast in a sense from the big city to the smaller town but then Ipswich is a weird place, for one — for its size it has got a high crime rate which is strange. It also had quite a spectacular drug problem in the town. I don’t now what other word to use. It really is a thing to behold when you look at it. I saw very hands on how it was. The underbelly of the town that they prefer didn’t exist had deep problems and there is very little help to get them off the streets.
The music scene is also a strange one because the Adicts are from Ipswich and they are, obviously, an incredible punk band. Ed Sheeran is from round there and Extreme Noise Terror might be from round there as well. It’s a weird place and my connection between the two was pretty direct. When I was growing up someone would come and pick me up and I would shoot down the road on the one hour journey to East London which is the first part of London you reach off the A14. It’s very close after you cut through Essex, once you’re past Romford you are there in East London. Going there helped shape my view because many people never leave Ipswich and have an Ipswich state of mind. I’m lucky to experience both and see how things work differently in different places.'
Geography not his strong point obviously, unless he was quoted wrongly.
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