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Talk about hedging your bets

New KISS t-shirts. I guess they're saying "just make sure you vote", but it's a bit like selling arms to both sides of the war isn't it?...

Ricky Gervais in Folkestone

I think this is at the Battle of Britain memorial in Capel. One of the sketches for The 11 O'Clock Show that he regrets not doing under a character name like Billy Bigot I assume.In Politics, Gervais's teenage enthusiasm for activism kicks off a seri...

Charlie Brooker says "Don't vote for Boris"

Here in the Guardian. Via OnionBagBlog.

Mr Gordon Brown refused my demand to abolish religious mythology in schools

Well fancy that. Do you think that one day a boy will ever be born who can swim faster than a shark one of these petitions will provoke anything other than a dismissal? We received a petition asking: "We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister...

Canterbury Twitter chatter kicking off

Been monitoring twitter.com for mentions of Canterbury, and it's all kicked off today after the archbishop made some ill judged comment or other about Sharia law:These messages were sent while you were offline.3:39 PM twitter: (conservatweet): [Jawa]...

Meet the new boss

How bizarre to have a coronation instead of an election to decide our new prime minister. I'm not sure if Gordon Brown will make a good / bad / better / worse prime minister, but it doesn't feel right to have him ushered in in this way, it's only goi...

So here's the Guardian story THE MAN couldn't hush up

Cash for honours: key document names LevyIt's been good for The Guardian I'm sure, I bought one today to see what the fuss was about; on BBC Breakfast this morning they were so wary of the story they didn't even have a copy of the Guardian on their d...

It's not just Adam Rickitt with his eye on Michael Howard's seat

45 other Tories are standing here, lawks it will be a bit crowded won't it?

Adam Rickitt aiming for Howard's seat, ooh

Some news from the weekend, just been reminded by This piece in the Telegraph, Adam Rickett formerly of [artist]Coronation Street and that has his eye on Michael Howard's seat.A former Coronation Street actor on David Cameron's elite list of would-be...

RE: BBC NEWS | Politics | Stags should pay for embassy help

Don't think you should go on any more. JUST IN CASE.

BBC NEWS | Politics | Stags should pay for embassy help

What on earth is this all about? I've been on lots of stag do's abroad (and have another two lined up, woo!) and no-one in any of our parties has been in trouble with the law. Where do they get this 24% figure from? Who did their research, was it the...

Comedy Club

Bah missed the latest comedy club this Saturday but there's a special one off for the Folkestone Literary Festival featuring the following acts: ROBIN INCE (back after appearing at the club just last June, Robin has promised to perform the best bits ...
Rated 5.28/10 on Folkestone Gerald

Blah blah London blah blah

US troops ordered to avoid London, thanks for that chaps! None are being ordered to avoid Iraq though I don't think. Personally I've been advised to pull my socks up and get right back on the tube, ah well. Travelling is rubbish at the moment, even n...

Folkestone to have water meters enforced?

The Guardian reports that we might have water meters forced on us, in fears of water shortages.

Lone Star Comedy

A message from Lone Star Comedy:Hope everyone is well and you all enjoyed the frankly bizarre talents of Andrew Lawrence last month. We have a phenomenal line-up for this month's club (taking place this Saturday 21st May), featuring:RICHARD HERRING ...
Rated 5.28/10 on Folkestone Gerald

A good word about Folkestone!

Simon Schama has a good word about Folkestone in The Guardian! Well kind of:Howard was bouncily affable as he trotted Folkestone high street, a place inexplicably bereft of the roaming hordes of ruffians and mendicant asylum seekers he says infest Ne...

Charles Kennedy's in Folkestone this week

according to the Independent...

Douglas Hurd

My train was held up yesterday by about 15 minutes, and his wasn't. Makes you think doesn't it.

Not in my constituency!

Sylvia Dunn, the Gypsy candidate standing against Michael Howard, has been refused permission to park her caravan here. Shepway district council say it would be an obstruction according to the Guardian......

Traveller to stand against Howard

A Gypsy pensioner from Essex is to stand against Conservative leader Michael Howard in Folkestone. I'm sure she'll do really well. From the BBC....

Tactical voting in Folkestone

At least one Labour party member, David Finnitch, 70, from Folkestone, has been won over to the idea of tactical voting, because he says there is "no chance" of the party winning in his constituency - so he may as well try to get the sitting MP, Tory...

Folkestone and Stokey in the same Guardian column?

The Guardian's Backbencher column today has a mention for Stoke Newington's own 73 and the fact that the reality TV winning political candidate has announced his intention to stand against Michael Howard in Folkestone. More on www.voterodders.org. Wi...

I want your mushrooms. Where are they?

Folkestone in the Guardian today, in a story about how magic mushrooms have come back into the mainstream and the highstreet, and then suddenly there's a superbad crackdown again:One retailer caught in the police crackdown was Andy Burgess, who runs ...

Politics I think

It might not be built in ASP, I don't think the new system's been designed at all yet, as the new project manager wants to see my design first, but basically someone they trust has told them they could have something better than they do. WAS IT YOU?

"myself, I'm supposed to be an authority on agriculture and rural development"

The UK Independence Party is setting it's sights on Folkestone, more here from the BBC...

Bloggerheads

Those hilarious animation taking a picture of an animal, putting human eyes on it and making it jig about to a popular tune, they're quite good aren't they? There's more can be done with Flash though apparently, see this little bit of politics from w...

Ricky Gervais not sold out!

Ricky Gervais has three new dates on sale for his "Politics" tour today, they're sure to sell out, why not treat yourself... He's playing Hammersmith Apollo (nee Odeon) on the 13th, 14th and 15th of July, and tickets range from 20 to 25 pounds.Get Ri...

St Anne's Home

St who? Home from where? St Anne's Home is a huge institution of some kind right near our house, and we're not sure what it is. Rumour is it's a nunnery or something, but you never see anyone in there moving about, so possibly it's some sort of retir...

Cuh, students eh?

A report out today from the university of Warwick reveals that first class graduates tend to earn 12% more than those who attained a third class degree, and students that studied law or politics were likely to earn more than those who studied creativ...