Masthead
One of my photos

Entries from October 8th, 2009

Northgate byelection

October 8th, 2009 · 4 Comments · Politics

Next week there is a byelection in the Northgate ward of Crawley, following the resignation of a councillor.  It could be interesting.  The area used to be 100% Labour, but for the past 15(?) years it has had Lib Dem borough councillors and Labour county councillors, and earlier this year elected its first Tory to […]

[Read more →]

Tags: ··

Politicising the forces

October 8th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Politics

I hope I’m not the only one to be more than a little uneasy about the Tories politicising the army?   We have had civil servants passing confidential documents to the opposition for political capital, Boris has already been hard at work politicising the Met – and anybody who was on a CND or anti-apartheid march […]

[Read more →]

Tags:

The Liberty of Norton Folgate

October 8th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Music

Tonight I caught up with the Julien Temple film The Liberty of Norton Folgate that I recorded when it was on BBC Four at the weekend.  I already loved the album, a strong contender of album of the year IMHO.  I played a couple of tracks on Spotify when it came out and went straight […]

[Read more →]

Tags: ·