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I should begin by saying that this entry isn't an argument against STV, AV or anything else - I've yet to make up my mind on the systems as a whole. However, I do have one major concern with the AV system, and that is the likelihood of coalition governments ( Read more... )

Step 1: Imagine the following In the year 2015 a great plague and a great blessing came to earth in a single form. This form spoke directly to the people of earth and told them what was to happen. This single form, neither male nor female, rich nor poor, old nor young, did not speak of why, or how. They spoke of when, not if. They did not speak of ( Read more... )

I’ve been financially fucked for so long that as a general rule i don’t even notice anymore. I say ‘can’t afford it’ in response to most invitations before I’ve even considered the offer. I never think about the things I can’t buy anymore - when fidgeting on my broken mattress it no longer occurs to me that I should get a new one, I’ve accepted ( Read more... )

1. My headphones have broken. To be fair, this batch have had a good run, but none the less I once again find myself walking to work whilst wiggling the cable, desperately chasing the crackle that precedes three seconds of stereo. Then of course it crackles again and I’ve once again got 3000 decibels blasting into one ear. It’s infuriating. Because I ( Read more... )

My company wanted to get to know me. That is to say, my company as an entity. So They asked me some very stange questions and provided me with the following summary - what do you reckon? Accurate?

RestorativeInstinctively, you characteristically notice how people are distinct from one another. These ( Read more... )

I can’t believe I’m going to admit this, but here it is: I am a character in Doctor Who. I am also a character in Eastenders occasionally, or Coronation Street, or Buffy, or anything else I happen to be watching at the time. I live in hope that everyone will read what I’m about to write and, openly or otherwise, admit to doing the same. Either that ( Read more... )

So I got lost on my way back to work. I went out for lunch, to the place I have lunch every day, came back to the office that I come back to every day... and got lost. I was 20 minutes late back to the office that I was only five minutes away from in the first place. Eventually I had to phone Myles and ask him to Google where I was ( Read more... )

1. I was on the train this morning, and I happened across the most feared sight in all of middle-class-commuterdom. A women who might have been pregnant. Not very pregnant, but possibly pregnant. Possibly just fat. Now, obviously, when you have a seat of a packed train and a pregnant person does not, it is morally unforgivable to stay seated. Also ( Read more... )

I would like to begin with an apology. I am so sorry, but there is nothing I can do to halt the changing of the seasons. Although I am able to herald the starting of winter, I would like everyone to know that I don’t make it happen. I’m just unfortunate enough to be the One True Sign, of more import or authority than the clocks going back, the ( Read more... )