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• Why Brentwood Tories Have Disgusted Me in Their Treatment of Lib Dem Cllr....

  My blood rarely boils. Tonight it is pumping about my body like nobodies business. You see this evening the Tories banded together and decided that Cllr. Read more

  Posted on 23 October 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Why I’m Disappointed with Tim Farron Over His Nuclear Comments

  Tim Farron today spoke to the Huffington Post about his dismay over the new nuclear power station and why he personally isn’t supportive of it. I have no proble... Read more

  Posted on 22 October 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Yoshi Story and Why I Think He Could Still Have Been a Pompey Great…

  Sometimes we have a logical (or even an illogical) gravitation towards someone. In terms of sport we we all root for teams but there are also players that we... Read more

  Posted on 21 October 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Nick Clegg’s Ideology Represents More Voters Than Any Other Political Leader

  

  6% of people think Nigel Farage is an extreme left-winger, which is pretty funny but that isn’t the important thing that Ipsos-Mori has uncovered. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Southend Council Will Not Move to Four-year All-up Elections

  At 23:54 tonight the process of moving to four-year all-up elections in Southend came to a juddering holt as 26 councillors voted against the proposals. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• ‘Let Your Friend Drive Home Drunk’ School Tells Pupil

  Every so often you come across a news story that you just can’t understand. This afternoon that happened to me. An American teenager (Erin Cox) gets a call... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Harry Redknapp. A Liar Or a Man Who Has a Very Dodgy Memory? Thoughts on His...

  This evening I was sat in the radio box at Roots Hall commentating over one of the most bizarre 15 minutes of football that I have ever seen. Southend came out... Read more

  Posted on 09 October 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Deadliest Catch Gets Renewed for a Tenth Season but Without the F/V Cornelia...

  I have a few TV passions. I like Masterchef Australia (although season five so far has been very disappointing with the standard of contestant being way down... Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• …and You Thought I Was Bad with My Dating Blogging…

  

  I have been known to write about dates, I was about to type both good and bad but that is a lie but you know what I mean. Still I at least keep names out of it... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2013 CURRENT

• Is That the Sound of the Lib Dems Growing up I Hear…?

  I think it very well might be. You see I’m one of those political activists that gets involved in politics not solely because of ideology but I like to think... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Sunday.

  The autumn is descending and the Neil starts reverting to type. The lesser spotted Neil (that blimin’ spot is still fighting for life on my chin – come on just... Read more

  Posted on 23 September 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Date Number Three of 2013. Read All the Gossip and Fallout Here!

  I have learned a few things in my life and behind Take Me Out photos the most popular thing people want to read on this blog is about my dating endeavours.... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Free School Meals. Good. Marriage Tax Allowance. Bad. However…

  So the coalition government have found a billion pounds a year from somewhere and they had to decide how to spend it. Middle England believes that keeping... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Fantasy, Fantasy, Fantasy!

  No no no. This blog isn’t about what I’d do with [redacted] if she was up for [redacted] with [redacted] whilst wearing [redacted] and melted Mars Bars. Oh no.... Read more

  Posted on 17 September 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Vote Peter Bone & Nadine Dorries as Best non-Lib Dem MP of the Year!

  When I filled in the latest Lib Dem Voice members survey this afternoon I was asked to vote for some awards. Some were no brainers like the best Lib Dem MP of... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Michael Le Vell Found Not Guilty but How and Why Does the Jury Reach Such a...

  When the Michael Le Vell verdict came through this afternoon I wasn’t surprised. Not because he’s famous and famous people get off. Not because I didn’t... Read more

  Posted on 10 September 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Lib Dems Select Candidates for Prittlewell & Westborough Wards for the 2014...

  

  Last night the Liberal Democrat members of Prittlewell and Westborough wards met for their regular branch meeting and chose their candidates for the 2014... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Why I Nominated Karen Chilvers Aka @LDKatz71 Aka Cllr. Sexy Boots for...

  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... Read more

  Posted on 23 August 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• My Lib Dem Blog of the Year Nominations 2013

  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 poin... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• No Nick, This is Simply Not Good Enough.

  A spokesman for Nick Clegg has released the following statement to the media this morning regarding David Miranda, The Guardian and National Security issues. Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY