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Quote of the week – election special

May 10th, 2007 · 12 Comments · Politics

The local elections here in Crawley generated a few surprises, but little of the nail-biting excitement we are used to here. Anyone in need of entertainment at the count had to rely on a speech by Arshad Khan of the Justice party. Arshad is well-known within the town, and nothing he can says or does […]

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Comparison of the week

April 24th, 2007 · Comments Off on Comparison of the week · Life

After working all day, then going straight out delivering election addresses it was quite late in the day before I got round to reading what should have been my morning paper, but it was worth it for the West Ham/Everton match report. describing the end of West Ham’s season and the effect it has on […]

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Disillusion with Labour?

February 20th, 2007 · 16 Comments · Politics

From that book what I am reading: There was also a degree of disillusion with the political direction of the Labour Party. To the political left and the radical underground, the progress made by Roy Jenkins enacting liberal laws [*] was outweighed by a subsequent drift to the right in 1969 and early 1970: continuing […]

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Nostalgia

February 18th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Life

Nostalgia is a weapon wielded by old people to deny young people their dreams I came across that in the introduction of a book I just started reading, and I am sure it is nowhere near as profound as it sounds, but I like it. It relates to how the 70’s generation were repeatedly told […]

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Unfortunate quote

February 18th, 2007 · Comments Off on Unfortunate quote · Politics

I have mentioned before how easy it is to get carried away in a planning committee, and make hyperbolic statements, but this is a classic. Broadwater Farm will be an everlasting memorial to my committee Chair of Haringay planning committee, 1967 Apparently its nowhere near as bad as it was 20 years ago, but still…

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Asimov on religion

January 2nd, 2007 · Comments Off on Asimov on religion · Life

I used to read a lot of Isaac Asimov, but I barely scratched the surface – he wrote something like 500 books and I only have about 50 of them. Incidentally, how do you manage to write 500 books? Thats an average or 7 or 8 a year if you start as soon as you […]

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Pretentious? Moi?

September 1st, 2006 · Comments Off on Pretentious? Moi? · Life

The death of artist Vladimir Tretchikoff has kicked off another round of discussions/arguments about whether his work was ‘real’ art or just kitsch commercial product. I do know that we had a copy of the green lady (real name Chinese Girl) on the wall when I was a kid in the 60s, so I have […]

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Book review

August 4th, 2006 · Comments Off on Book review · Life

My proof copy of the book to review arrived today. The review has to be in on the 14th and the book has 600 pages in a large format. I don’t think I will have time to savour the prose if I am to finish it and write about it in a week which is […]

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Consultation

July 18th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Life, Politics

I have recently finished a book called The Tyranny of Numbers by David Boyle, sub-titled ‘why counting can’t make us happy’. Its an interesting book, but possibly less than the sum of its parts, by which I mean there are lots of specific parts which are fascinating but I am not sure about the overall […]

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London Transport

June 12th, 2006 · Comments Off on London Transport · Life

I know just how Martin feels – thats why I try to avoid the tube generally, and especially during the summer, and stick to the mainline trains. Now that all the trains in my region have been replaced with air-conditioned carriages with tinted glass I can feel even more smug. This would be a good […]

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