Having left my phone on silent for some reason, I picked it up today and it told me that Wood wanted me to visit. This pleased me and also caused my eyes to fill with tears. Not having finished with me yet, phone informed me that Austeja was inviting me to an exhibition this afternoon.

I met her at Urbis and we sat in front of the Manchester mega ( Read more... )

Because I love it when, too old for me but still so damn attractive, celebrities get involved in leftie politics. I'm going to link to youtube (which I've never done before so here's hoping it works )

Bradley Whitford (who I love cos I love Josh and Bradley Whitford looks and talks and smiles like him) is upset about something called the ( Read more... )

Last Thursday, when I woke up to the news that the country was on a critical state of alert against terrorism my thoughts were "why is critical more critical than severe? why isnt severe more severe than critical ( Read more... )

I just found these on my camera. Liam and I are attempting to take a picture of ourselves by the Muster Point outside the Houses of Parliament. I think this was because it amused us but I don’t know why. Our MP emailed us to say that after meeting us he did sign the Early Day Motion on Trade Justice. Me and Liam changed the world a bit! We are very ( Read more... )

On Wednesday, Liam and I met our MP. We were in London for the Trade Justice Mass Lobby. As protests go it was a bit damp. I got the impression they had expected more people as the stations for meeting were quite spread out; having to crunch ourselves in was a bit dispiriting.There was meant to be a dramatic mass moment of silence after Big Ben ( Read more... )

Off to an interview

I had to write an article on an issue of peace and social justice to take with me. I wrote about Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Hoping it's Ok

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Sitting last night in the beer garden of the Rainbow pub in Digbeth talking about the London Bombings. I was trying to talk to all those who had grown up in a city about the claim in the media that the British cope so well with terrorism because we are used to it. I remember the threat of nuclear war as a backdrop to my childhood and as a very ( Read more... )

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My first Lib Dem vote in a general election ( Read more... )