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Sep. 29th, 2008
My first Lolcatz post. Evah.
Sep. 29th, 2008 05:32 pmOK, I really dislike Lolcatz. But sometimes they do make me laugh.
This one ticked certain boxes in my personal classification scheme...
This is all the fault of![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
lizziebelle who posted a Lolcat today.
This one ticked certain boxes in my personal classification scheme...
This is all the fault of
lizziebelle who posted a Lolcat today.My first Lolcatz post. Evah.
Sep. 29th, 2008 05:32 pmOK, I really dislike Lolcatz. But sometimes they do make me laugh.
This one ticked certain boxes in my personal classification scheme...
This is all the fault oflizziebelle who posted a Lolcat today.
This one ticked certain boxes in my personal classification scheme...
This is all the fault of
lizziebelle who posted a Lolcat today.US law to rescue markets voted down
Sep. 29th, 2008 09:00 pmJust heard this on BBC radio news...
Not sure what to make of it, but the US markets are down 4%. So that'll be my pension fund down again tomorrow!
Not sure what to make of it, but the US markets are down 4%. So that'll be my pension fund down again tomorrow!
US law to rescue markets voted down
Sep. 29th, 2008 09:00 pmJust heard this on BBC radio news...
Not sure what to make of it, but the US markets are down 4%. So that'll be my pension fund down again tomorrow!
Not sure what to make of it, but the US markets are down 4%. So that'll be my pension fund down again tomorrow!
Politicians
Sep. 29th, 2008 09:50 pmI’ve just seen a talk by Nigel Griffiths (lousy website, by the way), a local Labour MP and former minister, who was speaking to an audience of new students and others interested in climate change.
Most of the time was taken up with questions from the floor.
Although a little too party political – he reckoned that only Labour politicians were sincere about climate change (since all other parties had local parties which had campaigned against local measures, such as the development of wind farms – he was particularly critical of the Lib Dems), he made sense and came across well – and very sincere in his beliefs about the importance of climate change.
He was also pretty open about his views – it wasn’t as if he was following the party line. He was supportive of the Tories’ proposal to scrap the expansion of Heathrow airport.
[I may well write about on the talk about, and my views on, climate change – as opposed to Mr Griffiths specifically – at some other time.]
Last week I met EvanParker Harris MP: he dropped by, spontaneously and unannounced, to express his condolences on hearing of my mother’s death.
I was surprised that he had taken time out – and the trouble – to do so. My mother had been active in the local Lib Dem party, and knew Harris quite well.
He seemed completely genuine in expressing his feelings, and the other members of my family and I were pleased that he had taken the trouble to do so.
So much of my experience of politicians is garnered from the media – either reading of their exploits in the papers, watching tv news reports of speeches (especially during the conference season!) or hearing them sparring with interrogators on the radio that it is easy to forget that they are real people. Seeing these two answer questions and discuss things that are important to them was very different.
I think politics would be the better for more of these moments; it is a shame our elected representatives try so hard to appear vanilla, rather than letting their thoughts out.
Most of the time was taken up with questions from the floor.
Although a little too party political – he reckoned that only Labour politicians were sincere about climate change (since all other parties had local parties which had campaigned against local measures, such as the development of wind farms – he was particularly critical of the Lib Dems), he made sense and came across well – and very sincere in his beliefs about the importance of climate change.
He was also pretty open about his views – it wasn’t as if he was following the party line. He was supportive of the Tories’ proposal to scrap the expansion of Heathrow airport.
[I may well write about on the talk about, and my views on, climate change – as opposed to Mr Griffiths specifically – at some other time.]
* * *
Last week I met Evan
I was surprised that he had taken time out – and the trouble – to do so. My mother had been active in the local Lib Dem party, and knew Harris quite well.
He seemed completely genuine in expressing his feelings, and the other members of my family and I were pleased that he had taken the trouble to do so.
* * *
So much of my experience of politicians is garnered from the media – either reading of their exploits in the papers, watching tv news reports of speeches (especially during the conference season!) or hearing them sparring with interrogators on the radio that it is easy to forget that they are real people. Seeing these two answer questions and discuss things that are important to them was very different.
I think politics would be the better for more of these moments; it is a shame our elected representatives try so hard to appear vanilla, rather than letting their thoughts out.
Politicians
Sep. 29th, 2008 09:50 pmI’ve just seen a talk by Nigel Griffiths (lousy website, by the way), a local Labour MP and former minister, who was speaking to an audience of new students and others interested in climate change.
Most of the time was taken up with questions from the floor.
Although a little too party political – he reckoned that only Labour politicians were sincere about climate change (since all other parties had local parties which had campaigned against local measures, such as the development of wind farms – he was particularly critical of the Lib Dems), he made sense and came across well – and very sincere in his beliefs about the importance of climate change.
He was also pretty open about his views – it wasn’t as if he was following the party line. He was supportive of the Tories’ proposal to scrap the expansion of Heathrow airport.
[I may well write about on the talk about, and my views on, climate change – as opposed to Mr Griffiths specifically – at some other time.]
Last week I met EvanParker Harris MP: he dropped by, spontaneously and unannounced, to express his condolences on hearing of my mother’s death.
I was surprised that he had taken time out – and the trouble – to do so. My mother had been active in the local Lib Dem party, and knew Harris quite well.
He seemed completely genuine in expressing his feelings, and the other members of my family and I were pleased that he had taken the trouble to do so.
So much of my experience of politicians is garnered from the media – either reading of their exploits in the papers, watching tv news reports of speeches (especially during the conference season!) or hearing them sparring with interrogators on the radio that it is easy to forget that they are real people. Seeing these two answer questions and discuss things that are important to them was very different.
I think politics would be the better for more of these moments; it is a shame our elected representatives try so hard to appear vanilla, rather than letting their thoughts out.
Most of the time was taken up with questions from the floor.
Although a little too party political – he reckoned that only Labour politicians were sincere about climate change (since all other parties had local parties which had campaigned against local measures, such as the development of wind farms – he was particularly critical of the Lib Dems), he made sense and came across well – and very sincere in his beliefs about the importance of climate change.
He was also pretty open about his views – it wasn’t as if he was following the party line. He was supportive of the Tories’ proposal to scrap the expansion of Heathrow airport.
[I may well write about on the talk about, and my views on, climate change – as opposed to Mr Griffiths specifically – at some other time.]
* * *
Last week I met Evan
I was surprised that he had taken time out – and the trouble – to do so. My mother had been active in the local Lib Dem party, and knew Harris quite well.
He seemed completely genuine in expressing his feelings, and the other members of my family and I were pleased that he had taken the trouble to do so.
* * *
So much of my experience of politicians is garnered from the media – either reading of their exploits in the papers, watching tv news reports of speeches (especially during the conference season!) or hearing them sparring with interrogators on the radio that it is easy to forget that they are real people. Seeing these two answer questions and discuss things that are important to them was very different.
I think politics would be the better for more of these moments; it is a shame our elected representatives try so hard to appear vanilla, rather than letting their thoughts out.
Last night I put on Sco's Bump (much to my surprise, you can hear the whole thing free - legally - on this link).
It is so damn funky that it was impossible to sit still: so I got up and was dancing around.
And then I watched Strictly Come Dancing.
Magic.
Could someone explain how those women don't get cold?! ;)
It is so damn funky that it was impossible to sit still: so I got up and was dancing around.
And then I watched Strictly Come Dancing.
Magic.
Could someone explain how those women don't get cold?! ;)
Last night I put on Sco's Bump (much to my surprise, you can hear the whole thing free - legally - on this link).
It is so damn funky that it was impossible to sit still: so I got up and was dancing around.
And then I watched Strictly Come Dancing.
Magic.
Could someone explain how those women don't get cold?! ;)
It is so damn funky that it was impossible to sit still: so I got up and was dancing around.
And then I watched Strictly Come Dancing.
Magic.
Could someone explain how those women don't get cold?! ;)