Watched Question time after the debate, and Janet Street Porter knocked out some stats that she said she'd pulled from Radio 4 on the "true size of the deficit".

iplayer link (starts at about 51.00, gets interesting at 54.00 ( Read more... )

I watced the full ninety minutes and came away feeling more than a bit "meh" about the whole thing. I think it went on for too long - after a hour I was ready for the end. The lack of audience reaction didn't work well for me either.

I thought Cameron had the best opening and closing, and that Clegg was the best at answering the questions. But the ( Read more... )

There's been a bit of a hoohah recently about the planned increase in NI that the chancellor mentioned in the budget (Don't think it was this year's budget, might have been a PBR, but I forget). The shadow chancellor has said that he won't increase it; some business groups have endorsed him, and the governement has been having a big row with the ( Read more... )

It was pointed out to me that in that this tax year I have two weeks off. This consisted of a week off in July to go to New York, and a few days over christmas which comboed up with the bank holidays. Fortunately I've worked several weekends (heh - like when putting the phone system in), so I reckon the two weeks is less than two weeks ( Read more... )

Last night I went to see the Star Wars Concert at the Arena. I saw this the first time on Good Friday last year, at the Millenium Dome, on a day with lots of tube closures. http://vampyrefate.livejournal.com/112398.htmlThis time, it was a straighforward drive there, no boats involved. Many of my conclusions from last time remain unchanged - John ( Read more... )

Once upon a time I described myself as an Agnostic. I don't really get God and Angels and all that stuff, but if I came across a burning bush I'd be quick to sign on for the next crusade. Then, I read that Dawkins book and Agnosticism went and I signed up for the Atheist party. For the most part, I really, really, really don't care about what other ( Read more... )

There was a programme on telly last night about migrant workers, unemployed british people and the correlation between the two. I found the show quite fascinating, as in my simple mind, it didn't try to make any big arguments. Rather, they found some unemployed people that were willing to do the jobs of some migrants for a few days, and documented ( Read more... )

Don't forget, the public meeting on the parking scheme is being held on Wednesday 16th December at 6pm, at the Hillsborough Sports Arena ( Read more... )

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(ministy of justice. Guess thye need to know how many hit points a terrorist has)

I watched Question Time last night (I love politcal debatery shows - not everyone's cup of tea I know..), and some bumbling nitwit governmental suit was on. He spent most of the night contradicting himself, talking in a quiet monotone over the other speakers and at one point denied a direct quote that he made. There are few people in the world that ( Read more... )