No its not a post about Dave the Chameleon, but about Vernon Atkinson, who is standing as a BNP candidate in Furnace Green. I noticed today that a Vernon Atkinson stood in the Wandworth borough elections in 1978 and 1982 as a candidate for the National Front. Either its a common name in far-right circles, […]
Entries from April 22nd, 2006
Do leopards change their spots?
April 22nd, 2006 · 2 Comments · Politics
Tags: BNP·Furnace Green·Racism
Love Music Hate Racism
April 22nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Love Music Hate Racism · Music, Politics
Most of us will probably be busy with other things less than a week before the local elections, but there is something going on in Trafalgar Square on Saturday, April 29th from 12 noon.
Anti-Nazi League
April 21st, 2006 · Comments Off on Anti-Nazi League · Politics
I had an e-mail today about the launch of a new book called When We Touched the Sky by Dave Renton, a history of the Anti-Nazi League from 1977-1981. I like any books about that time, covering the years between my 15th and 19th birthdays I obviously have lots of fond memories, but especially of […]
Postal votes confusion
April 21st, 2006 · Comments Off on Postal votes confusion · Politics
This is an example of a postal vote ballot form, correctly delivered (and correctly filled out). It could be a bit of a rarity in Crawley. Its also proof that I did vote for the Mrs. Apparently there have been reports of postal votes being sent out with no ballot paper in, two ballot papers […]
Pound Hill North
April 21st, 2006 · Comments Off on Pound Hill North · Politics
Frankie came out with me today to deliver election addresses to the last few roads in Pound Hill North. There are two polling districts in PHN and we have delivered to every house in one of them and about 85% of houses in the other one. I only missed out a couple which had signs […]
Tags: Elections·Pound Hill
Odd One Out
April 20th, 2006 · Comments Off on Odd One Out · Politics
I took this while I was out delivering election addresses in Pound Hill North this morning (over 80% of houses reached so far!). It symbolises how it sometimes feels to be a Labour candidate in a relatively safe Tory seat. I took another photo of this flower which is not afraid to stand out from […]
Tags: Elections·Photos·Pound Hill
Dave the Chameleon
April 20th, 2006 · Comments Off on Dave the Chameleon · Politics
I sort of half-watched the now-legendary Dave the Chameleon party political broadast yesterday, and I have to say that I have mixed feelings about it. I don't really think that negative campaigning on a personal level aimed at national figures is the way to go for local elections, but if you are going to do […]
Election Pack
April 19th, 2006 · 5 Comments · Politics
I am very impressed by how organised the borough council has got about elections since I left. In my last year there was a general concern about two things which sound mutually exclusive but are not: how difficult it was to attract more people to become candidates and how often people would become candidates without […]
London by night
April 18th, 2006 · Comments Off on London by night · Work
Here are a couple of photographs from a little stroll I took at 4:00am today. First of all the obvious one – The London Eye. This is Spur Rd. outside my workplace. 4 in the morning is about the only time it is not crammed full of queueing taxis. This is the tunnel under Waterloo […]
The city at night
April 18th, 2006 · Comments Off on The city at night · Life
I've just taken a short walk around the block, as a sort of lunch-break. I guess its not recommended to go wandering the streets here at 4:00am, but I needed to clear my head a bit. Its a bit strange seeing the streets so empty where there would normally be huge crowds, but there are […]
Tags: London
