There is a chap in Surrey who has written a children’s book and published it himself. He has decided that it will only be available from independent booksellers and not from chains like WH Smith or Waterstones, not from volume-discounting Internet operations like Amazon. The BBC have covered this in the Southern counties part of […]
Entries from December 21st, 2006
Big Idea #1 – reforming parliament
December 20th, 2006 · 13 Comments · Politics
There is a lot of talk about reforming the House of Lords. The way I see it there is a spectrum of legitimacy of power. Right at one end, lets call it 'the bad end' for convenience, is the idea that someone is there because their Dad was and right at the other end is […]
Tags: Elections
Light reading for Gordon
December 18th, 2006 · 5 Comments · Politics
If Gordon Brown is hunting around for some big ideas to make an impact in his first 100 days, he should go and have a look at Parburypolitica. I have a few big ideas myself. Probably impractical, but ideal for one of those 'blue-sky' sessions where you think the unthinkable to try and stimulate new […]
Tags: Links
Twins Basil!
December 18th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Politics
Has the BBC News website fallen victim to hackers, or is this story actually true? Flamboyant MP Lembit Opik has announced he is dating one of pop duo the Cheeky Girls, after confirming he and weather presenter Sian Lloyd have split up. I think it is true. No hacker could possibly invent the wonderful detail […]
Time person of the year
December 18th, 2006 · Comments Off on Time person of the year · Life
I would like to thank Time Magazine for finally recognising my talents and making me their person of the year. About time too! It is a great honour and I will try not to let it change my lifestyle. I would also like to offer congratulations to the several hundred million others with whom I […]
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Just a bit of fun
December 18th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Technology
Have you ever fancied having a go at the old circus knife-throwing? No. Neither had I, but having had a go at this game from Mousebreaker it is now a lot more tempting. Not only can you choose whether to be a male or female knife-thrower, but you can choose which one of 21 celebrities […]
Love music hate racism
December 17th, 2006 · Comments Off on Love music hate racism · Music
A few last-minute Christmas shopping ideas from those people at Love Music Hate Racism. Apparently t-shirts ordered by Monday 18th will get delivered in time for Christmas and everything else can be ordered up to Tuesday 19th.
Alan Curbishley walks on water!
December 17th, 2006 · 5 Comments · Life
Now why couldn’t the players have done that last week, and the week before, and the week before?
Ugliest building in Britain
December 16th, 2006 · 7 Comments · Politics
When I saw the Crawley News on Wednesday my curiosity was piqued by the teaser on the front page which said “Library is branded ugliest building in Britain: page 10” and I was quite looking forward to getting to page 10. I imagined it was a verdict from some relevent body like CABE or RIBA […]
Tags: Buildings·Crawley Council·Hyperbole·Local Papers·Town Planning
Defection reaction
December 16th, 2006 · 4 Comments · Politics
The reactions to Councillor Marcella Head’s defection from the Tories to the Lib Dems have been interesting and varied. First of all there is the local Tory website which, a whole week later, is still listing her as my Conservative councillor in Broadfield South. They seem to have either forgotten that they have a website, […]
Tags: Crawley Council·Labour Party·Lib Dems·Local Papers·Tories
