Bob Piper has been a Labour Councillor for the Abbey
Ward in Sandwell, West Midlands, for nine years. He is a lifelong supporter of Aston Villa Football Club and a follower of Yorkshire County Cricket Club.
The views expressed here are mine in a personal capacity, not those of the Labour Party, Sandwell MBC, Aston Villa or Yorkshire County Cricket Club. Get it! Mine... just mine!
I returned last night (five hours late due to the hopeless inefficiency of Atlas Blue airlines) and wearily worked my way through the small mountain of post that had built up. Including, oh what excitement, the Labour Party NEC elections. There was a time when I was delusional enough to think that these elections actually mattered. A time when you imagined the NEC held the PLP to account and its constituency reps were there to be the voice of Labour activists in the country. Fool.
So, you don't need to read the election addresses and all the promises they make, there is an easy shorthand. Anyone who has the support of Luke Akehurst isn't going to get my vote. Simple. So I'll be voting for Mohammed Azam, Ann Black, Peter Kenyon, Ellie Reeves, Christine Shawcroft and Peter Willsman.... for what it's worth.
You mean you know a 'cheap efficient airline' although from what I read the more expensive ones don't seem to be much different.
As a non-flyer for 47 years - I like to think of all the hours I have not spent in an airport, hanging around. Leisurely travel - taking in the sites, meeting non-grumpy people. It lifts my spirits just taking friends to the airport.
Johnny's in the basement Mixing up the medicine I'm on the pavement , thinking about the government, and what have you got against Luke thingy ?He looks like the bog standard labour-ite to me . In fact given where he lives I might easily have met him
moderate wing of the party.- Good
National Secretary of Labour Students 1995-6. ? Excellent tries hard keen yummy , nice shoes etc.
Parliamentary candidate for Aldershot (2001-.. and why not says the right things won`t frighten the horses
Supporter of Europe, NATO/nuclear deterrence, Israel, .. .cannot be all bad then ?
Seems like a terrific chap to me and I wouldn't worry about the NEC stuff ?Its all over now Bobby P ? ?leave at your own chosen speed , you not the ones we want Bob , you`re not the ones we need ...?
"Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your mouth,
Blowing down the backroads headin' south.
Idiot wind, blowing every time you move your teeth,
You're an idiot, babe.
It's a wonder that you still know how to breathe."
Mrs k... Two birds with one stone... I'll drop you a line next time I'm going... it will save on the airport car parking and make you happy at the same time!
newmania - plonker, dingbat Tory you know? Planet not on definitely eh, Bobina .. Thatcher lovechild, hang 'em, flog'em Arthur Scarface, Red Robin, Tony Benn, Bill and Ben, Ted Heath, Hampstead Heath, hee, hee where's me pills?
Oh, sorry if I upset the sensibilities of the local Moroccan thieving classes. The Bin Laden 'gag' was actually 'a pop' (as you like to call it) at the inability of the Moroccan police to take the theft seriously. However, they have had bomb attacks from Al-Qaeda and they do take them seriously. I don't normally have to spell these things out for people, but for you I'll make an exception. You may be a po faced twat who doesn't get the point, but that doesn't make me reactionary, it just makes you look a dick.
July 3, 2008 9:57 AM | permalink
You mean you know a 'cheap efficient airline' although from what I read the more expensive ones don't seem to be much different.
As a non-flyer for 47 years - I like to think of all the hours I have not spent in an airport, hanging around. Leisurely travel - taking in the sites, meeting non-grumpy people. It lifts my spirits just taking friends to the airport.
mrs K