Introduction to the book read by Ryan Clement https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09F16L5VX/ (PAPERBACK) or https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B09FH26KKJ/ (KINDLE)

Chapter One read by Ryan and Friend

Until now, I have kept out of the public debate about the “blacklash” against the English footballers who missed their penalties in the final of the Euros against Italy. I hadn’t contributed because there were already excellent contributions that either reflected what I thought and would say or were more eloquent than I could have expressed myself and with which, again, I agreed.

It is important to note, as with the statutory definition of ‘race,’ the definition of ‘#disability’ under the Equality Act 2010 is a statutory one. In other words, it is not inconceivable that someone may be deemed disabled on one level but fail to meet the statutory requirements to qualify as ‘disabled’ under the 2010 Act. Under the 2010 Act a person has a disability if they have a physical or mental impairment, and that impairment has a substantial and long-term adverse effect on their ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities. There are, therefore, at least four key elements.

Ryan reads the opening chapter, which is an exchange between two of the main protagonists, Rupert and Dexter on New Year’s Eve.

This is a story about Past, Present and Future, recording their journey in life in real-time, expectations by others of them and the omission of ‘their’ ancestral history from ‘their’ schooling ‘education’

This is a podcast about a young Ryan, speaking to a future Ryan in the present and the present Ryan updating his younger self on his life’s journey so far. The future Kofi’s life is yet to unfold! ✍

Unfair dismissal is a statutory concept found in the Employment Rights Act 1996 whereas Wrongful dismissal is found in common law.

This podcast explains s.15 of the Equality Act 2010 (discrimination arising from disability) with reference to s.13 (direct discrimination)