A TORY MP paid tribute to Baroness Thatcher, recalling how she once ticked him off for wearing a red tie. James Duddridge, MP for Rochford and Southend East, will be attending her funeral on Wednesday. He said; “Having been involved… Read More ›
Tag Archive for ‘Echo’
School Bus Driver Caught Using Mobile
A SCHOOL bus driver has been caught red-handed using his mobile phone while driving a minibus full of children. The man, who has not yet been identified, ferried pupils to and from the private Saint Pierre school, in Leigh Road,… Read More ›
Vegan For Lent, 7 Days In: Echo & Gazette Column, 19th Feb 2013.
Because life’s not complicated enough, I’ve decided to go vegan for Lent. Those readers that follow my blog will know that I’m a fanatical purveyor of cheap, good food, and eat a vegetarian diet out of frugality and necessity a… Read More ›
Jack Monroe, ‘Chef For Less’: Echo & Gazette 31st Jan
After a day spent cooking for the Telegraph, I sit down to relax with my local rag and… “I have a tiny kitchen and a tiny budget, and a tiny boys mouth to feed on a daily basis. I grow… Read More ›
Affordable Housing: Echo Letter Weds 19th December.
In response to A D Thompsons question in Mondays Echo, in my experience in the privately rented sector, before a letting agent decides to rent a flat out to a new tenant, they work out their annual income. The requirement… Read More ›
‘A Frivolous Step Too Far’ Councillor Martin Terry on Why We Shouldn’t Democratically Engage With The Public.
Tonight’s Economic and Environmental scrutiny committee meeting dealt a bitter blow to democratic engagement in Southend, as the decision to ‘webcast’ the Council meetings was referred back to another full council meeting for further debate. Southend Council has a legal… Read More ›
Firefighters Suspension: Echo Letter
Seemingly unable to have an actual holiday, I received a message from a friend this morning telling me that I had had a letter published in the Echo following my post previously on the Essex Fire officers removing life saving… Read More ›
A Little Respect, Please, Not Childish Nasty Games
I was accused, this morning, by a reader of my blog, of being full of hate, bitter and twisted. I am apparently disrespectful, and abusive. I think that the commenter missed the satirical, comic twist that I write with, and… Read More ›
Mark Flewitts Bus Classes: Echo Letter
Headlined with ‘Bus Classes? I Think Not’, I was genuinely surprised to see my letter printed in todays Echo. Although, it’s the first not to have been the ‘leading’ letter; I think I might be losing my touch… “I have… Read More ›
Don’t Blame Single Mums For High Streets Problems
Letter in the Echo newspaper, Thursday 1st March. In response to the following article: ‘Anna Waite: Druggies, Drunks and Single Mums Driving Upmarket Shops Out Of Southend.’ http://www.echo-news.co.uk/news/9557798.Druggies__drunks_and_single_mums____driving_upmarket_shops_out_of_Southend___/ “Anna Waite thinks druggies and single mothers are killing trade in Southend… Read More ›
