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• In Defence of the Now ‘truly Independent’ Independent Councillor Dr. Vel

  

  In May I got mullered in the local elections. I got a beating that was so bad that an expert dominatrix would have been embarrassed at the markings left on my... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• They Pre-empted a Football Game for an Obama Talk on Guns at a Memorial...

  Damn straight they are buckos. In case you were unaware we saw a genuine tragedy in the United States last week as a young men went mad in an elementary school... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Do The Mobot – Charity Single for the Mo Farah Foundation

  Mo Farah brought us more drama on consecutive Saturday nights on the BBC than we’ve seen in years. Yes a lot of people like and watch Strictly Come Dancing... Read more

  Posted on 10 December 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Liz Cohen Wins the Shenfield By-election for a Second Lib Dem Gain in the Ward i...

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  Posted on 07 December 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Liz Cohen Wins the Shenfield By-election for a Second Lib Dem Gain in the Ward i...

  

  I wrote last month that Liz Cohen and the Lib Dems had a legitimate chance of making a gain in Shenfield on December 6 2012. Well it is now December 6 (at the... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Bob Costas Uses His Prime Time TV Audience to Talk Gun Control Laws After NFL...

  If you have any knowledge of the US Sports scene then you’ll know of Bob Costas. He has been one of the faces and voices of sports broadcasting in the country... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2012 CURRENT, FOOTBALL, SOCIETY, SPORTS

• I Thought Labour Would Easily Win in 2015 but That Might Not Actually Be the...

  Labour have one of the easiest jobs in modern UK politics. Basically sit back and say they would do things differently whilst slagging off the Tories and the Li... Read more

  Posted on 05 December 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Asda Christmas Advert – Is It Sexist? Is It Heck.

  I’m a bit late to the party here (and that isn’t the first time that has ever happened) but I just saw the Asda Christmas advert for the first time and my... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Do the Lib Dems Need ‘Plastic Liberals?’

  It is one of the biggest arguments on football message boards up and down the land. When a club is successful the hard core get annoyed at all the bandwagon... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• ‘Clegg Forced Me to Quit’ Says Isle of Wight Lib Dem Parish & Town Councillor

  My fingers are so cold that I mis-typed that title three times. Seriously my heating needs to work faster… Anyway yes. Another day and another Lib Dem member an... Read more

  Posted on 03 December 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Boots Christmas Adverts 2012 – Let’s Feel Good…

  

  I’ve been thinking for a few days to do a post on Christmas Adverts but I will do a quick one now just for the Boots adverts. They have done one main advert wit... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• When Can We Question an MP’s Sanity? Has Tory MP Phillip Lee Reached That Point...

  I had never heard of Phillip Lee – the Conservative MP for Bracknell until about five minutes ago. He came into parliament after being put into a nice safe... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2012 CURRENT, POLITICS, SOCIETY

• Ok I’ll Admit the Truth. I’m Jealous of Nadine Dorries and Deep Down All of You...

  So Nadine Dorries thinks that female MPs are jealous of her does she? I mean why stop there and why doesn’t she just admit the truth that the whole human race... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Lib Dem Bloggers (and Readers) Please Use LibDig More

  Like most of the Lib Dem Blogging community I am listed on Lib Dem Blogs. However I probably only peruse it three or four times a week to see what other people... Read more

  Posted on 26 November 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Picking My Test Match XI of My Generation

  Last night (well in the early hours of today) whilst watching Australia v South Africa in the second test from Adelaide I was laying in bed and trying to work... Read more

  Posted on 25 November 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Stigma of Being ‘weird’ and ‘creepy’ That Hovers Like a Spectre…

  Last night I was having a conversation with a nurse at the hospital (I wasn’t at the hospital – good old Facebook) and we were gossiping about another nurse... Read more

  Posted on 22 November 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The NUS Are Undertaking #demo2012 Today but Why Are SU Officials Seemingly...

  Well folks today is the big day. I’m getting married… psyche! As if. No today is the today the 18-22 generation are going to change not only their own futures... Read more

  Posted on 21 November 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Lib Dems Are Not a Protest Party Any More. We Need to Understand That.

  Last week wasn’t a great week for the Lib Dems. Three Westminster by-elections and no MPs and even one lost deposit. No Lib Dem PCC’s and I don’t think the Lib... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Why I Quite Simply Love Agony Aunt Pages #109

  ‘I’m having my boyfriend’s baby… but I’ve also been sleeping with his dad‘ is the headline in the latest Dear Deidre piece in The Sun. Lets be honest here…a... Read more

  Posted on 19 November 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• How to Keep up to Date with The Rambles of Neil Monnery

  

  As The Rambles of Neil Monnery closes in on half a million views in it’s short 18 month life (on this server – I didn’t transfer the old stats over – doh) I... Read more

  Posted on 18 November 2012 SELF EXPRESSION, SOCIAL MEDIA