I live in a representative democracy, where I vote for someone to go away and represent me and make all these decisions. If they were to start referring everything back to me I think I would want a rebate.
Entries from February 12th, 2008
On the fiddle
February 10th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
If you were writing some sort of political satire, and invented an unlikely and blatant abuse of parliamentary expenses you would give up in despair. Whatever outrageous scheme you came up with would be trumped by a real MP before the ink was dry.
Unworkable and unfair
February 8th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Life
I have been thinking about Caroline Flint’s comments on social housing tenants, and listening to the debate about it in my local Labour party, and I will probably return to that topic, but for now here is something else that is totally unworkable and unfair…
I smell a rat
February 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on I smell a rat · Work
I think I may take sandwiches into work tomorrow. Just in case. Our canteen seizes on any event as an excuse to do a topical menu, hence the shark steaks and pavlova on Australia Day, everything cooked in alcohol on Burns Night and so on. Today we had an e-mail telling us that they are […]
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Attenborough
February 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on Attenborough · Life
Over at the Assistant Blog, Jonathan is heaping well-deserved praise in nearly equal quantities upon David Attenborough’s new series Life In Cold Blood and Nancy Banks-Smith’s review of it in the Guardian.
Fingerboris
February 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
You can laugh, but you’ll all be raiding the stationary cupboard tomorrow!
Absolutely rental
February 5th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics
With all the shenanigans about dodgy donations, backhanders to invisible relatives and other ‘administrative errors’ I expected a steady stream of similar examples to be uncovered. I didn’t expect to see the whole expenses thing taken to a whole new level of piss-taking.
Spam trouble
February 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on Spam trouble · Technology
Everything has been suspiciously quiet lately. I have not been getting many e-mails and I thought there were no comments here: I rarely look at the site itself but rely on e-mail notification that a new comment has been made, and I haven’t been getting many e-mails.
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This week
February 4th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Work
There are a few notable anniversaries this week: at Old Trafford Christiano Ronaldo and Carlos Tevez both celebrate their birthdays on Tuesday while over the other side of Manchester Sven does the same. It is also the 20th anniversary of the first Red Nose Day – so Alex Ferguson gets a look-in too.
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Auto emocion
February 3rd, 2008 · Comments Off on Auto emocion · Life
The other day I saw the new Seat advert, which is an early candidate for most annoying advert of the year. I can’t remember all the details, but it made the M&S food adverts seem down-to-earth and unpretentious.
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