The Times are slowly staggering into the 21st century. They have introduced an Election Blog (which they’ve quaintly decided to call a “log” not a “blog”) but they have forgotten to include any RSS feeds of the posts. What use is a blog without an RSS feed? If I can’t read it at Bloglines then… Continue reading Times Election Blog
Author: Dave Cross
Labour Defection
Stephen Wilkinson seems like a sensible chap. Stephen Wilkinson, who until yesterday was Labour’s candidate for Ribble Valley and a Labour member of Lancashire county council, said he had become disillusioned with Tony Blair’s “increasingly authoritarian” party. He criticised the government’s anti-terror legislation and the “illegal war” in Iraq and said the Labour government had… Continue reading Labour Defection
Backing Blair Campaign Truck
Backing Blair have raised enough money to get their first campaign truck on the road. It’ll be appearing at various places in London during the day. Excellent timing too, that it’s on the day that the election is called.
Blowing Into Computers
I spent a couple of hours yesterday afternoon blowing into various rubber tubes that were connected to computers. This was my first appointment being treated as an outpatient at St George’s Hospital. I visited the “Lung Function Clinic” which is where they run all sorts of tests to determine how well your lungs are working.… Continue reading Blowing Into Computers
John Paul II
Whilst you’re reading all of the tributes to John Paul II that will inevitably appear over the next few days, it’s worth bearing in mind a few things. Over the twenty-seven years of his reign this pope has wasted no opportunity to reinforce the catholic church’s medieval views on contraception, abortion, euthanasia and homosexuality. Probably… Continue reading John Paul II
Dr Who Quits After One Series
Slightly misleading headline in today’s Sun (there’s a surprise!) as they claim that “Dr Who Quits After One Episode” (no idea how permanent that link will be). It’s true that Christopher Eccleston has said he doesn’t want to make another series of Doctor Who and it’s also true that only one episode of the current… Continue reading Dr Who Quits After One Series
Hospital
Those of you who have seen me at some point this year will know that I’ve had a pretty bad cough since christmas. A couple of weeks ago it got to be too much and I finally went to the doctor. She diagnosed tracheitus and prescribed a course of anti-biotics. After a few days, that… Continue reading Hospital
Identifying Terrorists
It seems I completely missed this wonderful letter when it was published in the Guardian earlier this month. We were wondering if perhaps Hazel Blears couldn’t help your overworked police force to identify terrorist suspects, by making dubious peoples wear some form of easily recognised symbol, for instance a yellow star. We have read this… Continue reading Identifying Terrorists
Labour Phone Calls
Later on, my wife also got the same call from the Labour Party that I mentioned yesterday. Unsurprisingly, she gave pretty similar answers to me. One thing we both noticed when discussing the calls afterwards was that the party didn’t seem particularly interested in our specific reasons for not voting Labour this time. I think… Continue reading Labour Phone Calls
Political Vignettes
Two short political stories from yesterday. Firstly I got a phone call from my local Labour Party. They were interested in my voting history and voting intentions. The conversation went something like this: LP: Can you tell me who you are going to vote for this time? Me: To be honest I have no idea.… Continue reading Political Vignettes