Twitter Updates
- Bent's Saab reappears at last :) #borgen 21 hours ago
- Night at the dogs with the NCT lads, and I came out even and avoided the notorious Trapz night club #result #middleclassnightsout 1 day ago
- This time next week, @soclibforum NE will be meeting with Ian Swales MP. All Lib Dem members welcome to join us: http://t.co/8KOqIlT0 2 days ago
- @talktalkcare once again, misleading doorstep sales tactics from yr employees. Insulted you take people for fools. Reporting to ofcom again. 2 days ago
- @natfedsw thx for tweets - sounds like you had an interesting day. Particularly liked the 'walking distance' point - worth looking into! 2 days ago
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Category Archives: Everything
The Express : The World’s Worst Newspaper?
One of the joys of moving back up north is that we’ve got a friendly local newsagent who’s willing to deliver our papers (something which evaded us in London). He’s generally pretty efficient, but everyone’s allowed an off-day, and today … Continue reading
Posted in Everything, Politics
Tagged alex folkes, bins, channel 5, daily express, hate, narrow mindedness, newspapers, suntan lotion
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Irish general elections past and present
The next Irish General Election will be on February 25th, and I’ll be keeping an eye on the RTE website between now and then. My feeling’s that there’s a few twists left yet. Fine Gael have a weak leader in … Continue reading
Posted in Europe, Everything, Politics
Tagged general election, ireland, progressive democrats, rte
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And you think single figures is bad?
I see from the excellent UK Polling Report that the Lib Dems are back in double figures. The dizzying heights of 10% to be exact. I wrote back in September about the experience of the various liberal/centre parties that had … Continue reading
Less than the sum of their parts (or what happens when parties merge)
There’s been much gnashing of teeth (especially since the Oldham by-election) about the merits or otherwise of an electoral pact, or even merger, between the Lib Dems and Conservatives. For the record, I’ve read Nick Boles’ Which Way’s Up? and I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Everything, Politics
Tagged alliance, canada, coalition, Conservatives, Lib Dems, merger, nick boles
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I didn’t see that coming…
I mean, who would have thought – Darren Bent at Aston Villa? Apparently the Shadow Chancellor’s also quit. Once again, Red Ed’s ignored my advice and failed to give Andy Burnham the job. I have, at least, been proved … Continue reading
Posted in Everything, Politics
Tagged alan johnson, andy burnham, douglas alexander, Labour, red ed, shadow chancellor, yvette cooper
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Why today’s Independent isn’t all bad news
Oh dear. The front page of today’s Independent wasn’t at all pleasant for those of a liberal disposition… But, even taking into account the fact the figures the Indy story is based on were slightly wide of the mark, there … Continue reading
Posted in Everything, Politics
Tagged coalition, Lib Dems, politics, reasons to be kind of cheerful, the independent
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