Kangoo Jumps – the first 300 miles
May 12th, 2015
Music – Erire – Dusk ‘Til Dawn
It was as the line of cyclists passed me, one of them pointing and laughing at my progress as I bounced along the footpath, that I wondered if I had chosen the right way of getting fit and losing weight.
Cameron on housing in 2010 – revisited
May 9th, 2015
Having been reminded of one of my articles on housing and the Tories by people in the stats reading it this week I decided to take another look and revisit the links where necessary. They’re all still valid and now perhaps more so given what we are about to face if he lasts five years. [See note at bottom * – Ed.]
Here are a few links I gathered together last year in 2010 on Cameron’s attitude to housing. I’m loath to delete them so here they are (again) as a reference point of 2010 in politics and the Tory approach to those in need of a roof over their heads.
It seems quite apt to post them again given that the Tory conference 2011 has just finished and the only thing we’ve heard is the utter stupidity of widen right to buy.
Cameron blog roundup
May 9th, 2015
This collection of links appears to have caused something of a minor flurry of interest, at least in proportion to the hits my blog normally gets. A few weeks ago I had a clear out of minor and link based articles from a few years ago which had Cameron’s name in and seemed irrelevant. Thanks to Google cache I’ve recovered them so for what it’s worth here they are in short order.
UK election result 2015
May 9th, 2015
Right to buy – what more needs to be said?
May 6th, 2015
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I’m not on Twitter so I can’t tweet this but if you care about council housing and right to buy you ought to be aware of this article in the Daily Mirror. Heard through @gamecounsel
Why the SNP?
May 2nd, 2015
I read this letter by Andrew Brewer last night in the London Evening Standard (online) and it struck a chord. At last I understand clearly why the Scots will not be voting Labour. They’ve got more sense.
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Their politics are more progressive than we have had the benefit of South of the border for 35 years although I suspect just as many down here think left hence the #greensurge. The Scots still understand what left wing means, unlike the Labour party, and they are prepared to vote in favour of a party with left wing policies. If only @uklabour were more courageous they’d have my vote.
Link to referenced article:-
https://www.standard.co.uk/Matthew D’ancona
I disagree with D’ancona. It’s typical of the LES to employ columnists with those views but he underestimates the feeling in the rest of the country, outside London, and with regard to housing, inside London, for a wind that doesn’t blow from Eton.