At least it’s all over now, and we know what that means don’t we?  I can get back to my comfort zone of off-colour joke, blatantly partisan insults, and wittering about prog rock. Talking of which, I had a text from the Northern branch of the family saying “I think the phrase is ‘yours is […]
Entries from May 7th, 2010
Still up?
May 7th, 2010 · Comments Off on Still up? · Politics
Not sure why I am still up after more than 25 hours. Could be the small nap I got last night, or possibly the buckets of strong coffee I got through at the count. My money is on the caffeine. Conflicting emotions: very glad it is all over although I really did enjoy the campaign. […]
Halfway house
May 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Politics
It is going to be a long day today. I was round at my agent’s house at 7am, having already met my first voter of the day. It was an old lady sitting on the wall outside the place that used to be the polling station at 6:45. Our first port of call was, ironically, […]
For The Win
May 6th, 2010 · Comments Off on For The Win · Life, Technology
Another book I recently finished is For The Win by Cory Doctorow.  At nearly 500 pages it is a substantial read, but I got through it really quickly, which is usually a sign that I am enjoying it. Given my circumstances it is hardly surprising that I enjoyed a story of oppressed workers organising themselves […]
Burley Cross Postbox Theft
May 6th, 2010 · Comments Off on Burley Cross Postbox Theft · Life
The other week I finished reading Burley Cross Postbox Theft by Nicola Barker, another of the books Amazon send me for reviewthrough its Vine programme. I wasn’t sure if I would like it, but with free books I feel more inclined to leave my comfort zone and in this case it was worth doing so. […]
Will Britain get its ‘Perot moment’ tomorrow night?
May 5th, 2010 · Comments Off on Will Britain get its ‘Perot moment’ tomorrow night? · Politics, Technology
I think it was back in 1996 that I was watching the US election results on TV and early in the evening the amazing news came in that one state had gone to Ross Perot. The studio pundits were practically exploding and saying how this might affect the outcome and how the face of American […]
In for the count
May 5th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Politics
Severe deja vu here as my ticket for the count tomorrow night arrived in the post. This always guaranteed to wind me up. It just seems wrong that any member of the voting public can’t be allowed in to an election count (space permitting) in the interests of transparency.
Tags: Elections
Tomorrow, tomorrow and tomorrow…
May 5th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Politics
…creeps in this petty pace from day to day to the last syllable of recorded time. Etc. etc. Nearly all over now. There is a lot of talk about this being a significant election, about the possibility of massive change in the system. There are hundreds of soi disant experts and each has a different […]
Oops I’ve done it again
May 5th, 2010 · Comments Off on Oops I’ve done it again · Politics
Hot on the heels of his speech to Citizens UK, Gordon Brown has gone and made another excellent and inspiring speech – could have done with it all a bit earlier, but better late than never eh? This time he has gone for a long speech that is packed with soundbites. I think my favourite […]
Tags: Elections·Labour Party·Quotes
Make it so
May 4th, 2010 · 6 Comments · Politics
Had a great day today. This afternoon was so good it even took my mind off the £160 it was going to cost to get the wipers fixed on our car – the linkage had broken – because we had a celebrity visitor in Crawley town centre. Not just any celebrity visitor but Captain Picard […]
Tags: Elections·Heroes·Labour Party
