We have been at the vets quite a bit over the last week. One of our cats was not very well, in fact was very close to being dead. The vets got to the bottom of it, discovering a kidney problem, and more or less fixing her. Each time I went there I had the […]
Entries Tagged as 'Politics'
Meet the new boss…
June 7th, 2014 · Comments Off on Meet the new boss… · Politics
…hopefully very different to the old boss! Now that control of Crawley council has changed hands it will be interesting to see what happens. The Crawley News jumped in quick with their suggestion of what Labour’s top ten priorities should be. It is a strange list. For a start, it includes three things that the […]
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A strange new feeling
June 5th, 2014 · Comments Off on A strange new feeling · Politics
This is unusual. It is our constituency meeting tomorrow and I am actually looking forward to it, even though it is an AGM. Even more remarkable, this is not just because it is our first meeting since the local election victories, but because there is a proposal to change the structure of the party and […]
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Voting selfies
June 2nd, 2014 · Comments Off on Voting selfies · Politics
This is where I eat my own words a little bit, even though I didn’t actually say them aloud at the time. Just before the elections there was an article on the BBC website about voters being told not to take selfies while voting. At the time I thought this was all a bit officious. […]
Caption competition
May 25th, 2014 · Comments Off on Caption competition · Politics
Not sure exactly why the Crawley News chose to illustrate a story about a Tory councillor sending a tweet with a picture of him being meerkatted, but surely it is crying out for a better caption than “CONCEDING DEFEAT: Duncan Crow” Any suggestions?
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The morning after the day before
May 24th, 2014 · Comments Off on The morning after the day before · Politics
Today was the local election count in Crawley. Finally all that walking up and down knocking on doors and delivering leaflets was over, and to avoid withdrawal symptoms I found myself doing a lot more walking. I had a feeling it would be a good day. It was Friday and there was a long bank […]
Dundeliverin
May 22nd, 2014 · Comments Off on Dundeliverin · Politics
Polling day tomorrow, so that means no more delivering leaflets for a while, which is handy now that it has started tipping down outside.
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Why do the Tories have to do it?
May 21st, 2014 · Comments Off on Why do the Tories have to do it? · Politics
What is it with the Tories? They appear to be pathologically incapable of resisting the urge to lie, even when they don’t need to.
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Ready for the count
May 21st, 2014 · Comments Off on Ready for the count · Life, Politics
I received my letter today, the one that gets me into the local elections count on Friday, so it must be time for my traditional pre-election rant about that… Why can’t they just let anybody in? If anybody is really interested and engaged enough to want to go to the count and see democracy in […]
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The end is in sight
May 14th, 2014 · Comments Off on The end is in sight · Politics
Election day is nearly here. Just over a week to go now and I think a lot of local activists of all parties will be glad when it comes. You know how some people have an internal alarm clock that wakes them up at the right time? Well a lot of people involved in politics […]
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