Things I wish I’d said first, pt 47

You all know I’m on Twitter, right?
A couple of weeks ago I changed my name on Twitter by adding a ‘Ms’ in front of it. This was because one of the volunteers at the CAB where I work on a Wednesday told me about a 70s song called ‘Ms Grace’, I looked it up on [...]

We won’t pay, we won’t pay ya, no wa-a-a-ay

Seems to be a slow day for Swinton South Lib Dems, who’ve been reduced to trying to think up a campaign song for the Tory PPC for Worsley & Eccles South.
Regular visitors to this blog will know said PPC as my token Tory friend, so don’t expect any sniping from me.
However, while thinking about songs [...]

The hive-mind takes on Hannan

If you’re reading this, you probably read last night’s post on Dan Hannan’s contempt for the NHS. But it wasn’t just me: some of the finest minds on the internet were having a crack at Hannan and his Tory cronies too. Here’s a selected round-up:
First off, a few facts and figures about the system the Washington Times described [...]

Just a quick one…

…if you’re on Twitter, LabourList are taking suggestions by tweet for the manifesto. Tweet your ideas to @LabourList. (If you’re not on Twitter, you really need to sort yourself out.)

Afternoon pop pickers…

Someone from Blackburn Labour told me that all right-thinking bloggers were ignoring the silly Total Politics poll, so I didn’t vote.
Then all the other bloggers and Tweeters started listing the blogs they were voting for (ignoring Iain Dale’s instructions that we are not supposed to do this), and Tom Harris put Blackburn Labour at the [...]

As promised!

Sorry, this post is going to be a bit massive. Like I said I’ve been meaning to do this for ages, and since I started it I’ve been delayed by swine flu and #freeBevaniteEllie and stuff.
In the couple of months since I was last regularly blogging, I have…
- been listening to a lot of Lily [...]

Swine flu and stilettoes

That mammoth, catch-up blog post I’ve been promising you all is underway, but has been somewhat delayed by the fact that – as you’ll know if you follow my bleeding heart Tweets – I’ve spent the last week in quarantine (i.e. under a duvet) with suspected swine flu.
I’m much better today and spent several hours on [...]

One small step for Rabnawaz, one giant leap for Rusholme

I blogged last week about meeting my local Labour candidate, Rabnawaz Akbar, and about our plans to take Labour’s campaign for Rusholme online.
Well, mastery of the internet is one step closer today as Rabnawaz is now on Facebook, along with some pictures of his campaign so far. I was his first Facebook friend but he needs [...]

Youth takeover at LabourList

…no, the coup d’etat hasn’t happened yet. But Young Labour have been handed the keys to the ‘List for the day, and the first post is up less than two hours in, with more expected from Young Labour Chair candidate Sam Tarry and NUS President Wes Streeting. Will it be an exciting day of debate [...]

Obligatory boring blog housekeeping post

Have started using WordPress’s proper Twitter widget instead of an RSS feed – this should mean you can click on links that appear over there on the left if whatever I’m discussing with Blackburn Labour or whoever looks interesting …apparently there have been a few glitches with it though so have patience.
And if [...]