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• Bacon Sandwich is a Strange Name for a Ferret – Is The Young Ones Episode ‘Bambi...

  

  Last night I was flicking through the TV channels and found the university challenge episode of The Young Ones and it is still as funny as ever. Read more

  Posted on 20 October 2012 ENTERTAINMENT, TV & VIDEO

• Robin Tilbrook (English Democrats – “More Police-Catching Criminals!”) – Oh...

  When the people of Essex go to the polls on November 15th they’ll be faced with the following names, parties and slogans on the ballot: Nick Alston (Conservativ... Read more

  Posted on 19 October 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Hear That Chainrai? That is the Sound of the Good Guy Winning – Now Sling Your...

  There is only one thing in my world that is more depressing than my private life and that is the very public farce that has become Portsmouth Football Club. Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2012 SPORTS

• Support for an Independent Scotland Falls 5% Since June

  The Scots will get a say whether or not they want to leave the union and go it alone but polling out today from our friends at Ipsos Mori hints that despite... Read more

  Posted on 18 October 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Lib Dems (and Nick Clegg) Keep a Promise…will This Be Lauded Or Ignored?

  Gary McKinnon is not going to the United States to face trial. Nick Clegg was pretty darn clear when asked about this before the General Election in 2010 and... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2012 CURRENT, LEGAL, SOCIETY

• On This Day 14 Years Ago the BBC Lost Test Cricket Coverage. A Day That Changed...

  14 years ago the BBC lost cricket coverage to Channel 4 in a move that stunned everyone and in all honesty heralded the end of the BBC being the natural home fo... Read more

  Posted on 16 October 2012 SPORTS

• Is TubeCrush Sexist and If Not Would It Be If It Was About Women?

  Well it has been a good what 18 months or so since the website TubeCrush made small waves in the media. If you have never heard of TubeCrush it is a website... Read more

  Posted on 15 October 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Random Train Thoughts – A Trip to Coulsdon

  

  I remember the days when I used to commute. Well I say commute I used to volunteer in a charity shop so my commute wasn’t exactly early morning (more noonish)... Read more

  Posted on 13 October 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Votes at 16 Sounds Good but Are 16 Year-olds Really Adults?

  On the face of it 16 year-olds should have a vote. They pay income tax and National Insurance, can claim welfare benefits and tax credits, enter marriage or... Read more

  Posted on 10 October 2012 CURRENT

• Is a Copper Sucker Punching a Woman Fair Or Foul?

  

  Foul. End of blog. No wait. Lets look at the video and give you some background. A story has been making waves over in the United States in the past few days... Read more

  Posted on 06 October 2012 CURRENT

• Take Me Out Girls 2012 on ITV1 – Season 4 Photos & Details

  

  It’s back folks. Take Me Out sandwiching The X Factor. Saturday nights with Paddy and Dermot. What more could we want? Yet again Mr Paddy McGuinness is trying t... Read more

  Posted on 05 October 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• How to Write a Good Online Dating Profile

  They say those who can’t, teach. Well I’m living proof boys and girls. I don’t have the chutzpah to pull off online dating very well however I can offer some... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2012 CURRENT

• A Blog About (Lib Dem) Blogging – the Debate Continues…

  Last year after the Lib Dem Voice Blogging Awards one or two people were unhappy about who won and who’d been shortlisted. This year it is the quality of the Li... Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• Economy Concerns Fall by 7% but the Biggest Riser is in Housing – Latest from...

  The latest news from the Ipsos Mori issues index is that people are worrying far less about the economy than they have for over a year. Read more

  Posted on 01 October 2012 CURRENT

• A Three-part Dream? Yes It Seriously Happened and Boy Was It Fun.

  I have several blogs in my mind to write but they keep getting bumped by other things. This is an example of that. Dreams. We all have them. Read more

  Posted on 29 September 2012 CURRENT

• Men with a Lack of Self-confidence and a One-way Ticket to the Friend Zone I Hav...

  Men of the world who find themselves regularly making a permanent trip to the ‘friend zone’ need to listen up. I’m going to give you some advice and background... Read more

  Posted on 26 September 2012 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• The Best Thing About Being a Liberal Democrat is Pretty Clear Cut…

  It isn’t the social life. It isn’t the fact that we are just awesome. It isn’t even the fact that being a Lib Dem with the looks of Mike Hancock means young... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2012 CURRENT

• The Day the BBC Approached Me for a New TV Show Asking If I Wanted to Get ‘more...

  I could be a TV star. I’m terribly excited. When you get an e-mail entitled ‘BBC America’ it will grab my attention. When the e-mail is about being part of a ne... Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2012 CURRENT