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Lib Dems select candidates for Prittlewell & Westborough wards for the 2014 Council elections 23 Aug 2013 | 07:38 pm
Last night the Liberal Democrat members of Prittlewell and Westborough wards met for their regular branch meeting and chose their candidates for the 2014 Southend Council elections to be held on May 2...
Why I nominated Karen Chilvers aka @LDKatz71 aka Cllr. Sexy Boots for Councillor of the Year 23 Aug 2013 | 07:08 pm
I didn’t nominate in every category for the BOTYs this year but along with my nominations for Blog of the Year I did ensure that I proposed a name in one of the new categories. With a new ‘Councillor ...
My Lib Dem Blog of the Year nominations 2013 23 Aug 2013 | 03:54 am
I have just sent in my nominations for Lib Dem Blog of the Year and I wanted to explain why I nominated the four blogs that I did. First of all I wanted to point out my personal criteria. I only cons...
No Nick, this is simply not good enough. 21 Aug 2013 | 04:05 pm
A spokesman for Nick Clegg has released the following statement to the media this morning regarding David Miranda, The Guardian and National Security issues. This statement was reported by multiple ou...
40 Days of Dating – a genuinely thought-provoking experiment by two New Yorkers… 20 Aug 2013 | 10:05 pm
When people ask me what I did with my afternoon of Tuesday 20th August 2013 I’ll tell them I read. I read a lot. As you all know I’ve not an avid reader of books but I love reading. It is just I strug...
My top five worst first dates… 19 Aug 2013 | 07:14 pm
Following what I can only describe as a hilariously bad first date last week it got me thinking. Did it even rank in my top five worst dates? Well I actually laid in bed and thought about it – and tho...
Cllr. Chris Hossack and cheap taxi fares for scantily clad women… 15 Aug 2013 | 02:21 pm
It has been a while. My rage-o-metre has been pretty low in recent days and weeks. I have been serene. Cruising along the path of life not worrying about things – certainly with regards to politics. H...
Oh my word – my heart – she cannae take any more captain! 8 Aug 2013 | 06:09 am
So. This evening I was out on the radio so I was unable to sit here and watch the Hampshire v Lancashire T20 Quarter-Final but I was full of confidence. I kept away from the interweb including twitter...
The problem(s) facing the feminist movement. 6 Aug 2013 | 06:06 pm
‘Who the fuck cares what it looks like from the inside? Slavery, suffrage, civil rights, Vietnam, what all those things have in common is there were leaders. The only thing leaders cared about was get...
The problem of dealing with online abuse…the twitter ‘report abuse’ idea. 29 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
I agree with Owen Jones. It might not be as catchy as I agree with Nick but in the context of this blog is it far more applicable. Do I agree with everything he has to say? No, no I don’t. No-one agre...
