I was watching the local news on the BBC this evening and there was our community centre again. This time it was film of a meeting where Geoff Hoon and Eugene Sully were talking to youngsters (and listening too I hope) about why they (the young people. Not Geoff & Eugene. Duh.) are so uninterested […]
Entries from May 3rd, 2006
Broadfield on the telly again
May 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Broadfield on the telly again · Politics
Tags: Broadfield·BYCC·Elections·TV
Brighton & Hove Elections
May 3rd, 2006 · 1 Comment · Politics
If you go to the ever-helpful BBC web site and look at their election map you will find, if you click on Brighton & Hove, that: There is no local election in this area. Not all local authorities hold elections at the same time. Choose another from the map or from the scrolling list on […]
Taking the piss
May 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Taking the piss · Life, Work
If you think that standing for election and having to go round persuading people to vote for you is somehow diminishing your dignity you obviously do not work for a company where regular drugs & alcohol testing in the workplace is a feature.
Tags: Drugs·Medicine/Health
The Devils Trust
May 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off on The Devils Trust · Life
Don’t write to complain about the punctuation – there is not supposed to be an apostrophe in The Devils Trust; it is a group of supporters of Crawley Town FC (AKA The Red Devils). They are holding a public meeting next week on May 9th with the intention of forming a supporters’ trust. There is […]
Tags: Crawley Town·Football
Light at the end of the tunnel
May 3rd, 2006 · Comments Off on Light at the end of the tunnel · Politics
It is nearly May 4th, and thank Trev for that! After work Jayne and I went out to help Eugene deliver his last few bits in Furnace Green, although he had to spend most of his time appeasing autograph-hunting children, and then we rounded the day off with a campaign meeting to discuss details of […]
Tags: Elections
The Third Policeman
May 3rd, 2006 · 3 Comments · Life
I have just finished the 3-hour ‘Lost’ marathon (two episodes on C4 and next week’s on E4) and it has not really made anything any clearer. There was a prominent glimpse of a copy of Flann O’Brien’s book The Third Policeman at one point. Apparently when this episode was shown in the US and Eire […]
