Marcus and I, and More Beer Vicar.
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12/05/2008
When I agreed to be interviewed by Marcus Brigstocke of ‘Have I Got News For You’ fame in Ampthill Library, I was nervous. The thought "now, why did you go and agree to that"? did cross my mind a few hundred times bet...
Marcus and I, and More Beer Vicar.
Hansel and Gretel Part II
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10/05/2008
Or, I smell a Ratty...
And there's more.....This is how sad I am - my mind is working overtime and I know you will think that I am dreaming up conspiracy theories, however, just bear with me a moment.
What Winston, Brown...
Hansel and Gretel Part II
Hansel and Gretel
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10/05/2008
In a recent letter to MPs, Gordon Brown wrote;
I wanted to write to you to set out my reasons for supporting all the measures in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, and to clarify how we propose to handle it in Parliament
&nbs...
Hansel and Gretel
20/20
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10/05/2008
http://www.the20weekscampaign.org/
After a slow start the 20 reasons for 20 weeks web site has suddenly begun to gather momentum.
I have watched the ticker clicking by and I reckon within the next few minutes we will have pa...
20/20
Madness
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09/05/2008
I was woken up by requests for media when it was still dark.I didn't get to sleep until 2 and so feel like a zombie.I gave so many interviews yesterday that I just talked all day non stop, from morning until night.The report presented on TV toda...
Madness
Trying to be green is a microboring job
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08/05/2008
Sometimes it’s a real struggle to be green.
We have lived in the same Victorian semi-detached for 28 years. We have also lived with a boiler which, while it has been reliable, is no longer among the most efficient.
We are planning to have it changed to seomthing greener and a couple of months...
Trying to be green is a microboring job
Nirah - the nay-sayers are still at it
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08/05/2008
The county council has grudgingly annd belatedly fulfilled part of its commitment to Nirah by loaning it another £400,000 (only another £400,000 to fulfill its commitment) but there were still some members gnashing their teeth against it. As I have to point out every time I write about Nirah, it’s...
Nirah - the nay-sayers are still at it
In Desperation
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08/05/2008
When the abortion vote is over the loudest sound will be the ‘phew’ emanating from my mobile phone, which is on overtime-plus at the moment.
The BMA union is getting fairly desperate.
The BMA, along with other unions, funds ‘Voice f...
In Desperation
Dead Man Walking
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07/05/2008
On a Wednesday morning David Cameron strides along the corridor to PMQ’s.
His aides shuffle and trot alongside in a vain attempt to keep up with him, as he chats and and laughs whilst walking down to the House.
He waves and says hello to anyone h...
Dead Man Walking
House of Barred
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07/05/2008
The press conference yesterday almost became a fiasco.To be perfectly honest, I hadn't really expected anyone to turn up. So when I walked into a room full of cameras and journalists, it was a bit of a shock to say the least.I arrived in the room j...
House of Barred