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• Dropping out of University Isn’t a Bad Thing – and People Should Never Think That

  

  My twitter Timeline seemed to all be talking about a video on YouTube today so being the inquisitive soul that I am I hunted it out and watched it. Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• #notosecretcourts is a Very Lib Dem Thing…we Care but the Sad Truth is Does...

  Ah Secret Courts or to be more formal The Justice and Security Bill. It is legislation that no-one will talk about on the doorstep. No-one. Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Why Women Can’t Win Even When Wronged After Being Called a ‘Bitch’ Or Other...

  As regular readers of this blog will know there are only a few blogs that I actually have on my feed that I read pretty much every single thing that gets... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Football Blogger Sued for Column Which is Critical of Prospective Owners. At Wha...

  Today the administrators have exchanged contracts with the Portsmouth Supporters Trust over the sale of Portsmouth Football Club to the Supporters Trust as... Read more

  Posted on 08 March 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• #42 Set to Call It a Day.

  The number 42 is the meaning of life if you asked anyone in the UK what that number meant to them. In the United States of America the number 42 is synonymous... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• What the Liberal Democrats Stand for Challenge…

  Whilst I wasn’t tagged in this meme I thought it was more than interesting and I would implore all Lib Dems (not just in the blogosphere) but all Lib Dems to si... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Miriam González & Nick Clegg Have Decided What School Their Eldest Son Will Go t...

  We shouldn’t. Oh well that was a brief blog post. Oh wait I actually have to flesh it out a bit? Oh brain you are a slavedriver to my poor fingers on my right... Read more

  Posted on 04 March 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Aaron Ramsey. I Just Don’t Get the It…?

  Look let me start with this. I’m not football scout. I’m just a guy who watches a lot of football and enjoys the game. We all have opinions on players and... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Zadok Day Leaves the Lib Dems but Makes a Very Interesting Observation on His Wa...

  Here’s a theory I’ve been working on: political parties are cults. They should be clubs for the like-minded, but instead become repulsive repositories that... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Are UKIP Showing Us We Are More Xenophobic Than We Were Before?

  The Liberal Democrats pulled off a hard fought victory in the early hours in Eastleigh but it isn’t the story today. The story is UKIP’s surge but not for the... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Why the Media Have Yet Again Shown They Just Don’t Get It on Lord Rennard and...

  This blog post with not look at the specific allegations but just at how the media are reacting and what priorities they are showing. I shall state this at the... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Southend Council Set to Remove 35 Recycle Bin Sites Across the Town

  

  We are but three days away from the budget here in Southend and one thing that I haven’t seen mentioned is that the 35 locations across the borough like the... Read more

  Posted on 25 February 2013 CURRENT, ECO-LIVING, ENVIRONMENT, SOCIETY

• Can Maria Hutchings Turn This All Around and Pull off a Sensational Eastleigh...

  When the markets opens the Tories were the favourites – one bookie even opened up with the party the 2/1 on favourites – which is quite strong. Read more

  Posted on 22 February 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Gone (Cat)fishin’ – The Messages a ‘fit’ Guy Gets on Online Dating Websites…

  Ages ago I did a blog about being a girl on an online dating website. Well at the same time I set up a fake male profile as well but didn’t get around to... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 DATING, LOVE & SEX

• Most Effective Techniques to Teach a Second Language to Children

  

  Every so often here at The Rambles of Neil Monnery we get approached to run a guest blog post – usually for educational means. So today we have a piece about th... Read more

  Posted on 21 February 2013 FAMILY, LANGUAGES, SCHOOLING

• Joe Michalczuk Quits Express FM and (in Part) Blames the ‘great Unwashed of...

  I was about to write a blog about Seasonal Affective Disorder but then I saw a tweet that Joe Michalczuk had quit his job as commentator of Pompey games on... Read more

  Posted on 19 February 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Southend Councillor on Councillor Beef but Are They All Missing the Point?

  Oh boy it has been a fun few days in the Southend councillor blogosphere. It all started with Tory councillors Cox and Holdcroft seemingly publishing the privat... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• A Valentine Day Special – Reasons Why I’m Still Single.

  Ah the 14th of February. The day when we are all meant to show our love for our significant other and if you don’t have a significant other you are shamed and... Read more

  Posted on 14 February 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• I Shouldn’t Be Crying. I Shouldn’t Be Crying. I’m Crying.

  

  No advert should ever make a grown man cry. It’s just a stupid advert. Adverts are not real. However here I am constantly refreshing a YouTube video and every... Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• So an Eastleigh By-election is Upon Us. Can the Lib Dems Hold On…?

  They say you’ll never find a poor bookie. Well as the books open on the Eastleigh by-election one thing is clear – they have no idea who’ll win this by-election. Read more

  Posted on 04 February 2013 CURRENT, SOCIETY