While in Sainsburys earlier picking up £2.69 of shopping (fromage frais, apples, rice pudding, orange and grapefruit juice and lots of kidney beans, if you’re curious) I couldn’t help but notice the following: As someone who buys pretty much the same items every week, spending around a tenner a time, I know the prices of … Read more
Del Thomas’s Facebook page, 1527hrs, today. In a hastily-deleted tweet, Conservative candidate Del Thomas compares gay people to Paedophiles. Del Thomas, in his thirties, is a street pastor, Tory campaigner, and primary school teacher. He stood for election in Victoria ward, Southend, in 2012, losing to Labour Councillor Ian Gilbert. It is unknown whether he … Read more
As ever, it’s been a bit of a week. Although I’ve already squeaked to those on my private Facebook page a few days ago, I can finally let a big cat out of a straining bag and tell you all that as of today, I have a Brand New Job as a full time trainee … Read more
PROTESTERS were forced to sit through tonight’s council meeting half naked after being asked to remove their t-shirts by Council security staff. Prior to entering the Council chamber, Mark Sharp, Patsy Link and Sheena Walker from protest group SKIPP had been wearing tshirts emblazoned with the slogan ‘SCRAP THE CABINET.’ They alleged that they were … Read more
“Food prices are soaring, and food itself, particularly budget food, is under scrutiny following the horsemeat debacle. Careful shopping and home cooking are suddenly a national priority. And with Government cuts hitting benefits, they are high on the political agenda, too. This has driven Helen Goodman, Labour MP for Bishop Auckland, to try living on … Read more
Dear George, I would like to address your comments that have been in the national media today, Thursday 4th April. When asked whether Mick Philpott, the now-notorious killer of six of his seventeen children, behaved in the way that he did as a result of the benefits system in the UK, you replied: “It’s right … Read more
MARGARET Thatcher has passed away today, aged 87, following a stroke. She entered the Houses of Parliament with drive, with ambition, and with a vision that she truly believed would change this country for the better. The daughter of a grocer, and a woman, she is often described as ‘shattering the glass ceiling’ for women … Read more
So… I won’t keep you all in the same suspense that I was in tonight – I’ve just got home and thought I’d better write something scrambled and incoherent about the Fortnum And Mason Food And Drink Awards… “Tonight’s Judges Choice Award, made at their discretion in recognition of a piece of work, an individual … Read more
I finally got around to roughly filming my BBC News interview from the 27th of April… Forgive the shaky quality, this is recorded from someone’s TV who had kindly recorded it for me. And was also the first time i’d seen it, almost a month later… So for anyone that didn’t catch me, er, crying, … Read more
The full text from my speech in the Houses of Parliament, June 3rd 2013. This morning, small Boy had one of the last weetabix, mashed with a little water, and a glass of tap water to wash it down with. Where’s Mummy’s breakfast? He asks, all blue eyes and two year old concern. I tell … Read more