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• On Why I Voted the Way I Did in the Lib Dem Leadership Election…

  Tim Farron has been the prohibitive favourite to be the next Lib Dem leader since May 8. Norman Lamb decided to run as well as well so it became a two-man... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Lib Dem Excuses…

  Sometimes in life no matter how many excuses you can provide, you have to look yourself in the mirror and say that maybe it wasn’t everyone else’s fault, in fac... Read more

  Posted on 25 June 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Why Mushrooms Are in Fact, Evil…

  There are very few things that I know for sure in life. Things like Homes under the Hammer is better when it is just Martin Lucy with no Dion in sight. That... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Chris Evans and Top Gear…

  In one of the biggest shocks in the history of the world, the BBC in one last desperate bid to keep one of the their biggest assets relevant have turned to the... Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On John Oliver v Jack Warner & FIFA… (Videos)

  In the past few months John Oliver has become quite the household name. It seems a long time since he was on the early series of Mock the Week and he has... Read more

  Posted on 14 June 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On All Eyes on Richmond Park for a Mid-late 2016 By-election…

  Ah Richmond Park. The seat that everyone has their eyes on for a potential by-election in the near future. There are two reasons for this, firstly Zac... Read more

  Posted on 09 June 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Charles Kennedy’s Passing…

  I woke up to the news like others with a sense of shock. I woke up after a really strange dream that involved me killing Osama Bin Laden in the House of... Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Alistair Carmichael’s Behaviour and That of the SNP Mob…

  

  Two pieces involving the SNP in successive days? I must need my head seeing to…So yes. Alistair Carmichael. What a bleedin’ eejit. Authorising the leak of the... Read more

  Posted on 01 June 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the SNP and the ‘quality’ of Their New MPs…

  Ok tin hat on, fake beard in place, different clothing ready to be worn. I’m going in…First things first. The SNP have won 56 of the 59 Scottish seats and... Read more

  Posted on 31 May 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Why I Don’t Automatically Support the English at Sport…

  England won a thrilling first test at Lords on Monday and usually I'd be dead chuffed but I slumped as I saw New Zealand just about not make it over the line.... Read more

  Posted on 29 May 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On The Rambles of Neil Monnery Alternative Queen’s Speech…

  Ah yes I'm sure you've watched or at least read about what the government are planning on doing via their official mouth voice - the Queen. Yet what if I was... Read more

  Posted on 27 May 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Why 16 & 17 Year-olds Voting in the EU Referendum is a No Brainer…

  Like duh. This really isn’t too complicated in terms of issues is it? Are people who are old enough tet married or register a civil partnership with consent,... Read more

  Posted on 25 May 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Caffeine Addiction, Withdrawal Symptoms and Energy Gaps…

  For over a decade this eejit was a slave to Coca-Cola and I can assure you there are better things to be a slave to than a giant American corporation who are... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Lib Dem Leadership Race…

  We have two horses in the starting stalls in the race to rebuild the Liberal Democrat party and they have two very different jockeys saddling up on them. Read more

  Posted on 18 May 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Nick Clegg…

  From more popular than Winston Churchill to being less popular than me in Speedo’s. It has been quite the ride for the former leader of the Lib Dems and whilst... Read more

  Posted on 14 May 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Liberal Democrats Difficult Teenage Years and Trying to Get Dates and...

  So you are essentially the early 20-something who has just finished university and moved home and isn’t exactly sure what the future holds. Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Some Thoughts of the Devastation That Hurricane ‘We Hate the Lib Dems’ Left...

  We all knew it was going to be bad, like real bad. No-one though saw what came as coming. Even the most rabid hater of the Lib Dems didn’t see that. Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On Why the Isle of Wight Might Just Be UKIP’s Big Shock Gain on May 7…

  I did not enjoy writing that title.When Andrew Turner became an MP, I was one of his constituents. I was mere weeks away from being 18 so I couldn’t vote but I... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Lib Dem (and Other Parties) Record on Gay Rights and Equal Marriage…

  Equal marriage. Something that has recently come about and an issue that is still causing some ramifications across various western democracies. Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY

• On the Churches Together Southend West Hustings…

  Last night was the big Churches Together hustings in Southend West and I toddled along (mainly to take my mind off of other things – seriously what an... Read more

  Posted on 27 April 2015 CURRENT, SOCIETY