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Entries from August 1st, 2006

A tale of two websites

August 1st, 2006 · Comments Off on A tale of two websites · Politics

The two websites concerned are Redwatch and Dadsplace. Redwatch I have already written about. It is a site which aims to ‘out’ communists and identify them. As Richard S pointed out, the Brighton Argus featured a story about Sussex people featured on the site over the weekend. Dadsplace, on the other hand, is a site […]

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More on council housing

August 1st, 2006 · 7 Comments · Politics

In the debate about whether to transfer or retain council housing, supporters of retention always end up mentioning at some point the high quality of the housing stock and the care taken of it by the council in the past. Personally, although I support retention, I think this is rubbish. You only have to look […]

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Council Housing

August 1st, 2006 · Comments Off on Council Housing · Politics

The whole issue of the future of council housing in Crawley has been simmering for some time. Since the Tories took control of the Town Hall it has started to become even more prominent. The Labour administration were going through the motions as required by law, but at the same time were actively pursuing the […]

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Carry on camping

August 1st, 2006 · 3 Comments · Life

After many years of [insert non-sexist politically correct synonym for ‘nagging’ here] from the Mrs I have finally given in and agreed to go camping. The other week we bought a 2-bedroom tent, complete with airbeds and sleeping bags, and maybe next week we will take it down to Dorset for a few days. I […]

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