This afternoon I went down to The Friary (the hall attached to the main Roman Catholic church in town) to see the hustings. All the local parliamentary candidates were there, except for the BNP. Even Arshad Khan was allowed to spout his nonsense. Afterwards I was chatting to one of the local Tories (one who […]
Entries from April 30th, 2005
Planning application
April 30th, 2005 · Comments Off on Planning application · Politics
I may have to return to the Town Hall some time this year after all. In the Crawley Observer this week is a public notice about a planning application (CR2005/0304/FUL) for Mann Close. As Mann Close is right across the road from me I am very interested in this. Last year we gave planning permission […]
Tags: Buildings·Crawley Council·Housing·Shopping·Town Planning
Airbus A380 (Again)
April 28th, 2005 · Comments Off on Airbus A380 (Again) · Technology
Another thing about the Airbus A380 is that it could be a very significant plane locally, depending on how the air travel industry turns out. If long-haul flights from Gatwick change to larger capacity planes like the A380 we could see the increase in passenger numbers at Gatwick, helping to bolster the local economy, without […]
Election material – Labour
April 27th, 2005 · Comments Off on Election material – Labour · Politics
Another A4 sheet folded in half. Semi-glossy this time, and the only one personally addressed to me. Obviously its brilliant and the best so far… Still waiting to hear from the Socialist, the Tories, and Arshad Khan. I do hope Arshad produces a leaflet: his work is always amusing, even if a little disturbing, and […]
Tags: Elections·Labour Party
Election material – Liberal Democrats
April 27th, 2005 · Comments Off on Election material – Liberal Democrats · Politics
Another A4 sheet folded into 3. One side has a photo of their candidate in front of the Crawley Hospital sign (just like the BNP have), a photo of Chas Kennedy with a multi-racial, gender-balanced crowd , a photo of Chas in front of an anti-war banner, and some words. The other side has a […]
Election material – BNP
April 27th, 2005 · Comments Off on Election material – BNP · Politics
We also received a BNP leaflet – a single A4 sheet folded into 3. By the time I got home from work our oldest boy had already added horns, a tail, a pitchfork and flames to the candidate’s photo, and written “nazi” across his forehead. Well… it saved me the trouble. The contents are exactly […]
Election material – UKIP
April 27th, 2005 · Comments Off on Election material – UKIP · Politics
I have been looking at the UKIP leaflet – a single glossy A4 sheet folded in half. The only topics or policies mentioned are withdrawal from the EU and immigration. The candidate’s biography states that his career has been sales and marketing. I hope he does a better job of selling his automotive parts than […]
Airbus A380
April 27th, 2005 · Comments Off on Airbus A380 · Technology
I have just been watching the first test flight of the new Airbus A380 “super-jumbo” on the news. In France there was a crowd of 50,000 to watch the take-off, live broadcasts on television, and a giant screen in the local town square. There wasn’t quite as much fuss about it in the UK, but […]
Tags: Aviation
In the merde
April 27th, 2005 · Comments Off on In the merde · Life
I’m reading a book at the moment. There is nothing unusual about that. I am always reading a book. Sometimes I will read 4 or 5 books in a week. Usually I have a couple of books on the go at the same time: one to read on the train and one to read at […]
More Tory stuff
April 26th, 2005 · Comments Off on More Tory stuff · Politics
Today I got my own copy of the leaflet from Broadfield’s own population explosion, Marcella Head, through my door, along with Henry’s little postcard. But what do I care about election literature now? Jayne and I have already cast our votes for both elections by post, so thats two votes in the bag already for […]
