Monthly Archives: February 2012

This blog is eight years old today. I have to admit I don’t really have the same enthusiasm for it as I once did, and over the last year it has rather limped along with far fewer postings. In fact … Continue reading →

Ex-Premier League striker Leon McKenzie jailed over fake letters to police in bid to dodge speeding convictions

Next time you hear the Tories talking about Labour being funded by the trade unions… Via The Green Benches  

Brilliant! Absolutely Brilliant!

I wrote last week that Labour supporters in Birmingham should reject the siren calls of those urging a ‘Yes’ vote in the forthcoming referendum for a City Mayor. My principal reason is that I believe City Mayors, although tied up … Continue reading →

We went this evening to Kings Heath’s excellent Kitchen Garden Cafe where they are hosting a number of events including what are most commonly described as World music events. This evening it was a duo called Julaba Kunda, and if … Continue reading →

A fantastic response to the Drop The Bill e-petition which soared through the 100,000 signature barrier yesterday evening, and at one time was being signed by over 1,000 people an hour. Now, before the likes of Duffers comes on here … Continue reading →

Several people of my acquaintance who really should know better have been sucked-in by this whole Blair-Cameron nonsense of elected City Mayors. I’m pleased to see that all of the Labour Groups in the cities to be balloted in Yorkshire … Continue reading →

As part of the Health and Social Care Bill the Secretary of State (for the time being) announced the formation of… Healthwatch. Healthwatch is going to bring about, in Lansley’s words… …real local democratic accountability and legitimacy to the NHS … Continue reading →

 As Gordon Brown found out to his cost, when the media narrative turns against you, it takes one hell of a lot of effort to turn that supertanker round…. Slaughter at PMQs. This Health Bill will cost the Tories dear. … Continue reading →