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• On the Unite for Europe March – The Sun Comments Edition…

  Ah comments. Where people go to blow off steam. Here are a few of the comments from The Sun’s article on the march today…Just shows you they are all for their... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On What Could Happen If George Galloway Jumps into the Manchester Gorton...

  All bets as they say would be off.I am on the record elsewhere as saying I think the Lib Dems will end up at around 3/1 to make the impossible possible and... Read more

  Posted on 14 March 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On BT Sport Locking out Champions League and Europa League Coverage for Another...

  Well that sucks.BT Sport have stunned most casual observers not by re-upping their deal to show Champions League and Europa League football but by locking out... Read more

  Posted on 06 March 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Whether the Lib Dems Can Pull of the Shock Win in Manchester Gorton…

  Manchester Gorton is one of Labour’s safest seats if we look solely at the numbers. A majority of over 24,000 coupled with none of the other parties clearing 10... Read more

  Posted on 03 March 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Lib Dems Polling at 23%…in London.

  Well what do we have here? The most pro EU area of the country has been a rather dramatic change in polling as the Lib Dems polled in the YouGov London... Read more

  Posted on 02 March 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Douglas Carswell/Nigel Farage Row and the Future of UKIP…

  Sometimes in life you just need a good belly chuckle. Some of us get this from recalling a funny incident from our past, maybe by watching a YouTube video or... Read more

  Posted on 01 March 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Cult of Jeremy Corbyn and the Blairite Fake News Explosion

  Yesterday we saw two by-elections go the way all the pundits (bar apparently David Dimbleby) expected. The Tories to win in Copeland and Labour to hold on in... Read more

  Posted on 24 February 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Why Politics is a Lot Like Mark Clattenberg’s Decision to Quit the EPL

  Mark Clattenberg has decided it is time to up sticks and walk away from being the best referee in not only the UK but in all of Europe and take on a new role... Read more

  Posted on 16 February 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Move of the Home of Horse Racing to ITV…

  Later this March we get to see one of the biggest gambles of recent sport on TV contracts start to play out. When ITV lost rights to live Champions League... Read more

  Posted on 10 February 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On My MP James Duddridge…

  Boy I haven’t blogged for a while have I?Well here we are. The sun is shining on the Essex Riviera and I’m sat in front of my keyboard about to write about a ma... Read more

  Posted on 07 February 2017 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Radicalisation and the ‘us’ and ‘them’ Nature of Modern Politics…

  Depressing.That is how I describe modern day politics all over the world. Can it be just eight years since a black man was first elected as the leader of the... Read more

  Posted on 27 September 2016 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Next Step for the Lib Dems and Finally Regaining That All Important...

  Lets not beat around the bush. I am a Nick Clegg guy. A total Nick Clegg guy. I have always been a Liberal Democrat voter but Nick is the reason why I’m a card... Read more

  Posted on 01 July 2016 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the EU Referendum and the Shit Storm That Created and Will Follow from It…

  Well that was fun wasn’t it? Wait, no, that isn’t right, that was a fucking disaster and one of the most stupid things that any country has ever done it... Read more

  Posted on 26 June 2016 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Night That Was in Southend and the Clear Winners – Labour

  The local elections are over and I’m more free to write about what has gone down and I have to say that whilst it was an extremely poor evening for the Lib... Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2016 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Growing Older, the Wisdom of Youth and How It Applies to My Feelings Towards...

  Oh hello there blog. It has been a while. What have I been up to that has kept me from writing copious amounts of words being pious on whatever the topic of... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2016 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Internal Lib Dem Debate/bitter Fight on AWS…

  It has been a good couple of months since I’ve even clicked on my blog link to write anything. I just haven’t had the gumption as I remember no-one really... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2016 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Whether (I) the Lib Dems Should Support Votes at 16 Or Not…

  Looks a no brainer doesn’t it? After the way the independence referendum jolted younger people into the importance of politics, then there seems no reason for... Read more

  Posted on 14 December 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Lib Dem Position on Syria…

  This really isn’t about the Lib Dem position on Syria but more about the hysteria from the membership about our position. This evening Nick Clegg (this is... Read more

  Posted on 01 December 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On This Stop All Immigration and Close the UK Borders Until ISIS is Defeated...

  Oh people. People of the UK. At times I know I sit on a different side of the fence to the majority. That is fine. I’m used to it. Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the One That Got Away…

  It has been an awfully long time since I’ve written anything personal here. I just haven’t felt the desire nor the need. Yet a few weeks ago someone surprisingl... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY