I know I am getting on a bit but when I was a young man #veganism was really straightforward and easily understood by vegans.

With it's growth there are endless debates on the likes of twitter and reddit with vegans discussing eating oysters and eggs.

Irrespective of the harm it causes to animals, what it does is dilute veganism to the point where non-vegans think it is about picking and choosing what products to eat. That's more dangerous because we end up with debates about wool and leather etc. It's then not hard to get to 'but cows need to be milked'.

Is eating oysters and honey that important to you?

It's notable that whilst Corbyn has been treated badly by Labour, the responses from much of the left are calling on him to 'lead a new party'.

One can accept that mild social democracy under Corbyn would be better in the UK than what we have now - however, many on the left haven't learnt about how political parties behave, and despite their wish for socialism, still want a leader.

So many are wanting to fight by rules and on terms that are dead against them.

I have a lot of respect for mostly young people who were energised by Corbyn's Labour and got off their arse leafletting and canvassing. I am struck by how powerful that energy would be if it wasn't spent trying to get a party elected.

1) Many organisations seek to help people. They may use words like #strengthsbased or #personcentred or #community. If the people who do the work are managed in a hierarchical system with baked in dominance, decisions removed from people who do the work then they will fail

2) I am influenced by the notion of preconfiguration, that the 'means become the end' and this applies in so many situations.

Orgs often tell workers what to do, don't involve them in decisions and don't grant them authority.

Then tell them to work differently with people.

3) So what I think happens is that for the worker there is a disconnect. The values they are asked to use when working with people and communities are different from the values that keep them safe in a job.

4) It's grim irony that we ask workers in health, social care, community to listen and learn and support- to be facilitators and enablers, but they don't have that freedom back at the desk

5) Something then has to give, they have to 'put on a different coat' depending on who they are working with. That leads to inauthenticity (and yes, it is seen through!)

6) It also means the worker can't really work in the way you ask them to, because the hierarchical, management by dominance culture has system conditions that create tensions between doing the right thing and doing what keeps you in a job

7) Last one - so if you don't want people to make decisions on behalf of the people you support, don't do it to the staff. If you want to enable choice and increase freedom and autonomy, start with your people first