That programme on Five last night was remarkable. Whereas the BBC1 programme last week went out to Madrid and filmed in the city, at the royal hunting lodge, at the riding school, at the palace, at the Prado and possibly even in Rome (I lost track) with huge amounts of Ken Morse rostrum work, this […]
Entries from November 2nd, 2006
Rotten Borough
November 2nd, 2006 · 4 Comments · Politics
I have been reading about Worthing today. I saw a headline in the Argus at the station this morning and decided to check out their website to find out what it was about. The headline was “Is this any way for a councillor to behave?” The councillor in question is a Mark McCarthy of Worthing […]
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Geography Lesson
November 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Geography Lesson · Life
Will somebody please tell Sky News that Crawley is not in Surrey! At least they don’t repeat that mistake on their website. Instead it is just a smorgasbord of mangled language and misplaced apostrophies: a veritable pedant’s paradise… The Queen’s place at the investiture her place will be taken by the Princess Royal. Her time […]
MP Expenses
November 2nd, 2006 · Comments Off on MP Expenses · Politics
The response to this week's publication of MPs' expenses was met locally with a response so predictable that I didn't even bother predicting it. The story is that our MP, Laura Moffatt, now has the second-highest level of expenses in the county after being just about the lowest last year. The criticism is so facile […]
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Royal visit update
November 2nd, 2006 · 1 Comment · Life
I noticed this story on the BBC website earlier. (Honest. I really did see it hours before Richard’s comment, I justgot distracted) It seems the Queen is having back trouble and has had to cancel several engagements. At the moment she is still coming to Crawley but will cut the visit short and leave before […]