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: 1st april
: by-election
: 24 hour drinking
: a bit of a mouthful...
: american elections 2008
: Animal testing
: ASBOlutely ridiculous
: BB row
: call centres move abroad
: chernobyl
: coming soon...
: compensation
: earth hour 2009
: education
: europe
: feel free to lie
: firemen's strike
: fox hunting
: G20 summit
: general election 2005
: give that man a detention
: global warming
: GM crops
: grade erosion
: green champion?
: id cards
: June 2004 elections
: justice?
: labour party conference 2006
: Liberal Democrat election contest
: London 2012 preview
: look at my pole
: lunatic gets into number 10
: Thatcher
: marriage
: Michael Jackson
: MMR vaccinations
: mohammed cartoons
: museums
: no more buts
: nuclear power
: osama bin laden
: palace intruder
: political correctness
: political jokes
: pollution
: pope passes - new pontiff elected
: population
: Prince Charles
: princess and the frog
: sad about Saddam
: sex education
: mbid509
: speling getting worse?
: stop chatting
: suicide
: the engines canna take it, captain
: the last minority
: tories
: toxic chemicals
: universities
: war on terror
: watch the birdie
: water meters
: wind power
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oops! getting a bit political here..
As well as ranting on about the issues of the day, I wanted to explain my political philosophy, so you know where I'm coming from
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a bit of a mouthful...
Recently a paramedic was seen apparently receiving oral sex in a car park whilst on duty
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1st april
All the papers have spoofs today, but it is increasingly hard to distinguish fact from fiction
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G20 summit
We've been advised to dress down during G20 demonstrations
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look at my pole
French pole-vaulter Romain Mesnil took naked to the streets of Paris
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earth hour 2009
At 20.30 (GMT) on Saturday, 28 March, businesses and iconic buildings around the world switched off their lights for an hour to show that they care about people, wildlife and the planet
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princess and the frog
The new Disney film 'princess and the frog' has a black heroine but an olive-complexioned hero
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american elections 2008
I was recently asked to write 500 words on the American elections
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green champion?
I've been campaigning against global warming and about the environment for thirty years or more, and I recently volunteered to be the 'green champion' in the IT department where I work
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grade erosion
Academics has confirmed what I think we all believed – that the increase in grades over recent years are a result of the dumbing-down of examinations rather than an increase in the intelligence of students
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should you move south?
The right-wing think-tank Policy Exchange believe depressed cities such as Liverpool and Bradford are past hope of regeneration. I think that' complete lunacy
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speling getting worse?
A university professor has suggested we accept commonly misspelt words (like misspelt) as 'variant spellings'
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London 2012 preview
I've been watching the Beijing Olympics, and had a sudden flash-forward to the London games
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the engines canna take it, captain
Scotty's last enterprise ended in the drink in July after a Falcon 1 rocket containing his ashes crashed into the sea
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war on terror
Police have seized 'weapons' from an eco-camp at the Kingsnorth power station near Hoo, but I notice that amongst the wire-cutters and kitchen knives taken was the card game, 'war on terror'
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no more buts
from 1 July 2007, smoking in enclosed public places in England was banned. Yeah but, no butt, yeah but...
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feel free to lie
Alan Sugar obviously feels truth and integrity are dispensable. At least, that's my conclusion from the results of The Apprentice
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give that man a detention
Gordon's end of term report: could do better
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suicide
I believe everyone has the right to die when they wish
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population explosion
There are more than twice as many people on Earth as when I was born. The world's population has doubled since 1961, to 6.1 billion people. Forecasts predict more than 3 billion more before 2050. I think this is appalling
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BB row
I freely admit that I don't watch big brother, but are double standards operating?
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watch the birdie
It is worrying how we have blindly gone down the road so far towards a totalitarian state.
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the last minority
In these days of political correctness, when a two-year old boy can be banned from a store for wearing a hood, there is still one group that can be freely discriminated against
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sad about Saddam
I was appalled by the execution of Saddam Hussein in December
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lunatic gets into number 10
When I read this headline in the papers, I thought at first that they were talking about Tony Blair...
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osama bin laden
Some newspapers and websites are speculating that Osama bin Laden is dead. But so what?
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labour party conference 2006
Tony Blair received an ovation after his speech at the 2006 Conference with no audible dissent, but is this surprising?read more...
Margaret Thatcher
I see that Margaret Thatcher has been advised never to speak in public again. If only she'd been given this advice earlier - about 20 years earlier!
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chernobyl
It is twenty years since the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, but the effects still linger
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political correctness
I highlight recent examples of political correctness that I've seen
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coming soon...
A company in Germany called Lebenlust (Lust for Life), is selling tailor-made condoms
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Liberal Democrat election contest
Whilst I am sad that Charles Kennedy has had to resign, it was inevitable, as his problems have been only too evident recently
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water meters
There has been a lot of disquiet about the recent decision by Folkestone and Dover Water Services to force people to accept water meters
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mohammed cartoons
In February 2006, I watched the furore about the cartoons published in Denmark
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nuclear power
I am uncompromising in my opposition to nuclear power
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24 hour drinking
There has been a lot of discussion recently about twenty-four hour drinking after the licensing laws were relaxed
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toxic chemicals
Tests have proven that the blood of every adult and child in this country contains a host of hazardous chemicals.
Babies are especially vulnerable
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wind power
I welcome the recent decision to set up three new wind farms in Scotland
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Michael Jackson
To some people's surprise, and to huge relief to his trusting fans, Michael Jackson has been found innocent of all the charges brought against him
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ID cards
another fine mess...
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general election 2005
Labour won the election with a greatly reduced majority, but the Liberal Democrats won 62 seats, their best result since 1923. See my poem the count
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ASBOlutely ridiculous
Anti-Social behaviour orders (ASBO) are being abused and are a threat to civil liberties
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pope passes - new pontiff elected
I was surprised to see people mourning the death of the pope, but now we have another. The bad news is that he's even more right-wing
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call centres move abroad
HSBC, which recently announced profits of ten billion pounds, is axing thousands of jobs in the United Kingdom, and moving them to India and the Philippines, where wages are much lower
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MMR vaccinations
I've never been happy with vaccinations, as I've always felt that they compromise the immune system. The triple dose MMR vaccine is particularly worrying, and its use is now at an all-time low
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sex education
my sex education was a farce...
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Prince Charles
The royal family has not been particularly adept at dealing with the media over the last few years, and they have learnt nothing
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pollution
pollution on London's streets has soared above safe limits, but the problem is Europe-wide
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fox hunting
At last, after so many years campaigning, it's banned
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GM crops
Remember Doomwatch?
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europe
I remember campaigning for a Yes vote in the referendum on Europe back in 1973
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June 2004 elections
the LibDems were in second place in the local elections, and increased their vote in the Euro Elections
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animal testing
there is a move to unnecessarily re-test chemicals on millions of animals
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compensation
The way compensation is decided is a farce
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justice?
David Blunkett wants to lock up terror suspects before they have committed any crimes, in secret trials, where the burden of proof is reduced from beyond reasonable doubt to the balance of probabilities
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universities
Tony Blair survived the vote on university top-up fees, albeit by only
five votes (316 to 311), but the problem was very much of his own making
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global warming
Surely it's now evident to even the most bull-headed that global warming is a reality?
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marriage
Marriage is an institution, but who wants to live in an institution?
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the tory party tears itself apart ... again
Once again, the Tory party tears itself apart. Iain Duncan Smith lost the vote of confidence ... Michael Howard is the new leader ... but is it a case of out of the frying pan ...?
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stop chatting
MSN has closed many of its chatrooms
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2003 by-election gain for LibDems
I was pleased to see that the Liberal Democrats gained Brent East with a 29% swing on Thursday 18 Sepember 2003
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firemen's strike
I think the firemen regretted the hornet's nest they stirred up.
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political jokes
Some politician make themselves political jokes, including Iain Duncan who? Others have jokes told about them
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palace intruder...
How the intruder really got into Windsor Castle
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museums
I'm very pleased that in Britain, museums are now free again
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education
The fiasco in 2002 regarding vetting of teachers and support staff is another example of the problems caused by outsourcing (and incompetent politicians)
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enough ranting!
I hope I have given some of you pause for thought. Thanks to those of you that
have sent comments already. They are noted and (usually) acted upon!
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