In the Horsham part of this general election hustings are like buses: you wait ages and ages and then three turn up at once. Yesterday we had the event in Crawley Down and at lunchtime today it was Collyer’s school in Horsham, where the audience was not only younger but also considerably larger.
Entries from April 30th, 2010
Hustings #1
April 30th, 2010 · Comments Off on Hustings #1 · Politics
Yesterday we had the first hustings of the election which, at just seven days before election day, is maybe a bit later than normal to be starting this sort of thing. Not only was it the first one of this election in Horsham but the first one I have ever done myself.
Francis Maude caption competition
April 30th, 2010 · 4 Comments · Politics
Let take five minutes out of electioneering for a little bit of light-hearted fun: Any suggestions for a caption? Try and keep to suggestions that won’t get me into trouble.
Tags: Photos
Kicking myself
April 28th, 2010 · Comments Off on Kicking myself · Politics, Technology
When I get home from work each day and fetch the day’s stack of emails my normal routine is to go through them quickly and delete all the obvious spam and junk. Then I go through the junk mail folder and extract any ‘real’ mails that have found their way in there. After that I […]
Spotify getting social
April 27th, 2010 · Comments Off on Spotify getting social · Music, Technology
The new release of Spotify is looking seriously good – can’t wait for mine to update. I have to agree with a lot of the comments on the article though – some features for sorting playlists would have been welcome, and a higher priority for most users.
Tags: Spotify
Not just a rubbish idea
April 25th, 2010 · Comments Off on Not just a rubbish idea · Politics
I’m still a little staggered by this story of Cameron’s latest big idea – to force a new Prime Minister to hold an election if they take over mid-term. This is a bit rubbish, but read further and you will find not only other rubbish ideas but one in particular that is extremely worrying.
Tags: Elections
Leaders’ debate lack of interest
April 24th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Life, Politics
I have to admit I wasn’t paying full attention to the second leaders’ debate on Sky News. This was partly due to Sky’s even-worse-than-ITV production, partly due to the blatant bias towards Cameron, but mostly due to having this sort of thing going on at the same time… You need to a flashplayer enabled browser […]
Mid-Sussex candidates
April 24th, 2010 · Comments Off on Mid-Sussex candidates · Politics
Obviously David Boot, the Labour candidate is the best in Mid-Sussex, but he doesn’t have the best name of the seven. That accolade must surely go to the candidate from the Monster Raving Loony William Hill party: Baron von Thunderclap. In fact that might be the best candidate name in the country, or has anybody […]
Tags: Elections
So that’s what happened to Hoon
April 24th, 2010 · Comments Off on So that’s what happened to Hoon · Life
Geoff Hoon has been low-profile since his attempted overthrow of Gordon Brown and here is the reason – it looks like he has been down under, and in the process has performed some sort of agamogenesis and reproduced himself, judging by the start of the story: Intimidating bikies and packs of hoons who cram into […]
Only two weeks to go
April 23rd, 2010 · 2 Comments · Politics
Yes it is only two weeks until the big wobbly sausage! If that makes it sound like I am losing my marbles a bit, I refer you to this story in the Telegraph, specifically the end bit.
