January 2025
Vigil 6 th Jan 2025 Hello and thank you for coming to the first vigil of 2025 and to the first vigil under our new banner of AWE – the Alliance for Women’s Equality. Ironically without a banner… I’m going to keep this fairly short because when we started 8 years ago I declared myself to be a fair-weather feminist and it is so very cold this evening. I’m going to start by reading the list of the names of the women whose details we have been made of since we last met, who were killed by men 26 November 2024: Kristine Sparane, 37, was found dead at the home she shared with her children in Spalding, Lincolnshire. Brian Simpson, 64, has been charged with her murder. 26 November 2024: Alana Armstrong, 25, was killed in a crash whilst she was a passenger on an e-bike. The bike was pursued and rammed by a 4x4 vehicle. The driver Keaton Muldoon, 23, was charged with Alana’s murder and the attempted murder of the e-bike driver. 29...