Henry Smith is answering questions in the Crawley News this week. His answer to most questions is, as always, that everything is the government’s fault.
Entries from January 18th, 2008
Strange answer
January 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
The saga of our council leader’s trip to South Africa is continuing to occupy the attention of the local press, and this week’s installment is particularly amusing.  The visit was part of some sort of training, and I think its safe to say that whether Bob Lanzer learned anything on the visit he has certainly […]
Oldboy
January 16th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Life
Tonight I continued catching up with the 30-odd hours of stuff recorded on the V+ and watched Oldboy. The warning before the film started advised that it contained violence, sex, strong language, torture and a man eating a live octopus… not a common thing to hear!
Splish splash
January 16th, 2008 · Comments Off on Splish splash · Life
Wasn’t it wet today? I haven’t seen such rain since the drought of summer 2006, although last year’s camping holiday on the Isle of Wight came pretty close. At lunchtime a few of us went out to the pub and the country lanes near Gatwick were awash.  A river had burst its banks and was […]
Die Hard 4.0
January 15th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life
Last night Jayne and I unwound by watching Die Hard 4.0 ((or Live Free Die Hard as it was called in the US)) on DVD. The plot is quite easy to explain – its the same as the first three films.
Moving Wallpaper
January 14th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life
This weekend I caught up with Moving Wallpaper and Echo Beach, which I had recorded on Thursday and Friday.  It all sounded a bit postmodern and trendy for ITV, more like the sort of thing you would expect to find on Channel 4, and I wondered how well they had treated it.
Question answered
January 14th, 2008 · Comments Off on Question answered · Politics
I found out a bit more about why Horsham’s Tory MP gets a column in his local paper but Crawley’s Labour MP doesn’t get a column in her local paper (owned by the same group).
Tags: Horsham·Local Papers
Now which button is it for the ejector seat?
January 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on Now which button is it for the ejector seat? · Technology, Work
I took a pool car from work to visit another site the other day. Being a pool car it was quite new and of a decent spec, and being a Renault it was full of gadgets
Usage question
January 11th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Life
A question for the pedants out there: is it ever correct to say “a tad bit”? ((maybe I should do a poll…))
Tags: Language
Whats good for the goose…
January 11th, 2008 · Comments Off on Whats good for the goose… · Politics
I just noticed today that the West Sussex County Times web site features a regular column from Francis Maude, the Horsham MP.  Just look at the URL for it: http://www.wscountytimes.co.uk/francis
Tags: Crawley·Horsham·Local Papers
