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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?

Douglas Hurd

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

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...

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

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

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...

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?

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...

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...

Charlie Brooker says "Don't vote for Boris"

Here in the Guardian. Via OnionBagBlog.

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?...

Obama mix free mp3

Get it here, not heard it yet, but I think I'd urge people to vote Obama anyway. I'm not sitting on the fence like KISS. It's obviously not my call, but how often has the Conservative candidate been the better choice?That link courtesy of billy squie...

Obama vs McCain, battle of the t-shirts

Of those two t-shirts I posted here a while back, the Barack Obama one has been viewed twice as many times as the John McCain one. I think Obama's going to win....

A new dawn, a new hope, a new America, etc

A shift away from Conservatism, it's Obama what won it. The number of seats makes it look like a proper drubbing, Barack Obama winning two for each one that John McCain did, and it wasn't close like George W Bush's controversial win, but it looked li...

Michael Howard's expenses

So should we be angry about this sort of behaviour, or pleased that Mr Howard is spending money in the area (in Hythe rather than Folkestone, but still)? Have we been cheated more than we've benefitted? I can't work it out? Remember to vote tomorrow ...

Due Day plus ELEVEN

Even NHS Pregnancy Desktop has given up on us now. This is an annoying thing Clare installed once, starts up with the computer and shows a little timeline of how close you are to your due date and some pregnancy related news stories, from the NHS. Fo...

Remember to vote people!

Lovely day today, nice to have a little stroll before work. And as a bonus I got to do my bit fighting against fascism! Didn't actually get to vote against the BNP locally, our ward is seemingly not deprived and ill educated enough to put up a candid...

Remember to vote people!

Plenty of parking down at Trinity Church if you are in the same ward as me, so no excuses about it being too far or nowhere to park....

Due day plus lucky THIRTEEN?

No actually, no movement today either. Clare doesn't feel any more like she's about to go into labour than she has done any day so far, so looks like we will be keeping our appointment with the indcucinator at 7am tomorrow.Before that got a bit of a ...

Harry sick again

He didn't cry at all in the night until just after five but he was caked in vomit when I went in to him, poor little lamb. He was chirpy enough and pleased to be up. So nice early start changing him and his cot and bathing him. I stayed up, but Clare...

There's room to park at Trinity church hall

That's my polling station. Better to walk there than to drive (I did, *double smug*) but better to drive than not to vote.

A disappointing election all round

I had to go to bed before any but the very earliest seats came in. Lots of Conservatives won, but not our one. I would have preferred they had all lost but David Gold won.So a hung parliament probably, does not sound like it can be a good thing for a...

Cameron missed a trick there

All the TV cameras were watching his front door in Notting Hill this morning, he was live on BBC, he should have come out in just his pants. I knew he was not to be trusted.Of secondary importance, he also missed a chance to make Vince Cable chancell...

Latitude Festival 2010 in Suffolk

One of the newer festivals and an instant hit with all you revellers. Latitude aims to be different. Poetry, politics, comedy and of course excellent...

Women, Power & Politics: Now

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