On the 11th of May, that's tomorrow, there will be a protest in London against the cuts. Called 'The Hardest Hit', this is a protest against how the cuts target the most vulnerable in society.

Anyone interested?http://e-activist.com/ea-action/

An overturn to the hideous DLA reforms is being proposed in the House of Commons as an EDM (Early Day Motion): http://thebrokenofbritain.blogspot.com/2011/01/early-day-motion-on-disability-living.html

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I don't know what to make of the protest vote against the all-female shortlist candidate in Blaenau GwentOn the one hand, I like the idea of independent candidates being able to acheive a result like that, I like the idea of Westminster not being able to get one over on the local party and people, I like the idea of someone who's fed up with labout ( Read more... )

I think everyone I know who applied for a postal vote with the exception of dyddgu ended up disenfranchised. Le sigh.
D'you reckon Becks, Mikey or any of the other footballers out in Europe registered for postal votes? And if so, do you reckon they arrived? I suspect it would have been newsworthy if they had and they hadn't... but mebbe that's just me.