I took great delight in reading the Echo’s preliminary analysis of the election results this morning, whereby they described the long-awaited loss of the Tory hold on the Council as a direct result of an ‘ambush by a strong Labour… Read More ›
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It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
Last night was a good night for the Labour party in Southend, and especially Julian Ware-Lane, new Councillor for Milton Ward, Anne Jones for Kursaal and Ian Gilbert triumphantly holding onto his seat in Victoria by hundreds of votes, despite… Read More ›
Blaine Robin: Hypocrisy or Amnesia?
I can’t help but wonder if Blaine Robin does it on purpose in light of the ‘no such thing as bad publicity’ gambit, because he really does leave himself wide open with his ridiculous soundbites. In his latest election address… Read More ›
Working Myself Into Debt: Work Doesn’t Pay.
So, I’ve been at the pub for a month now. In that month, I haven’t been able to provide the three months of payslips that the Council want in order to process my Housing Benefit claim. I’ve also worked erratic… Read More ›
Give Me Back My Flag, Fascist Thieving Scumbags.
Today was, as most of you will have realised, the great St Georges Day. I did not put an England flag in my window, for fear of emulating the English Democrats candidate Steve Riley, who has one permanently slung across… Read More ›
Not In Touch: Blaine Robin Election Special
I can’t decide, upon reading Conservative Councillor Blaine Robin’s latest ‘in touch- election special’ whether he’s in or touch, because he’s certainly not both if this glossy A4 offering is anything to go by. Remember, my blog is just my… Read More ›
That C-Word
So former Chief Constable of Essex Police, David Stevens, who stood down in 2005, has since been earning over £1000 a day as a ‘consultant.’ That £1000 a day, totalling £194,517, has been paid to him by the Association of… Read More ›
Put Down Your Jerrycans And Carry On
The Echo comment from today says everything I wanted to about panic petrol buying and headless-chicken scaremongering tactics: “The Essex public hasn’t panicked, the tanker drivers have yet to cause any shortage in fuel supplies. Yet the Government seems hellbent… Read More ›
Transform Your Patch
I’ve just noticed that Britvic (supplier of drinks such as Fruit Shoots and Pepsi etc) are undertaking a project to transform community spaces: http://www.transformyourpatch.com/news I had a nose and there’s projects in Chatham and Dartford, but sadly for us, none… Read More ›
To Profit From Dying
This is a photograph I keep on my wall in my lounge/kitchen/dining room. It is my son, a few hours old and in the Special Care Baby Unit at Southend Hospital, where he spent the first two weeks of his… Read More ›
