Well worth a watch for the new figures they've unearthed about how Haringey has been looking after children:
Not the most obvious of blog posts but this was the blog's first birthday so some carrot cake seemed in order. I have no idea what I thought the reception might be when i started the blog and looking back it seems like such a long time ago. It has been variously described as interesting, quirky, compelling and managed to come in at 24th Lib Dem Blog in the annual charts. All in all I have enjoyed it - I hope you my reading friends have too... More to come, but for now, a virtual slice of my homemade carrot ...
Top blogging: In the judges' despair and Sergeant's popularity can be detected the elitist's fear and mistrust of the mob. In public life today, politicians are keen to give away power, to palm off responsibility onto unelected quangoes and committees or upwards to Brussels or the IMF, to appeal to supposedly objective science. For to decide questions in a manner that is politically accountable is to allow the public to have a voice.And except in questions of "law and order", where public prejudices may to a limited extent be indulged, this is to go against the grain of a governing ...
Ken Livingstone famously said that if voting changed anything, they'd abolish it. The US Presidential elections proved him wrong. One of the many exciting things about Barack Obama's election is the way so many people registered to vote - and then used their vote - for the first time. Appropriate, as the President Elect started [...]
Listening to Newsnight discussing the failures of Liberata over students' maintenance allowances, I feel I should point out that it has no connection with the esteemed Liberator magazine even though it is pronounced the same way. Nor does the magazine have anything to do with Jabez Spencer Balfour and the Liberator Building Society: In the late 1860s, he was employed by and soon became the head of the Liberator Building Society, which lent money to the deserving.The idea of "philanthropic finance" had great appeal for Britain's Nonconformists, and the society's slogan — "a free home makes a free man" — ...
Sutton Sports Awards 2008 & London Youth Games Awards I was very pleased to be able to attend this event celebrating the sporting achievements of our young people in the last year. The Secombe Theatre was packed with friends and family of those nominated for awards showing their support. First the competitors in the London Youth Games [...]
We have had a call from the Liberal Democrat parliamentary office that Arlingclose have objected to the content of our blog about treasury management. They say that the posting could be construed as suggesting that they have acted as advisors to Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council, which they deny they ever have been. They wish to be dissociated completely from Neath Port Talbot CBC, and we are happy to accommodate them.
Whilst I welcome the decison to bring forward the long awaited dual-ling of the Barton Mills to Elvedon stretch of the A11. There are still no plans to make sure that we have a road fit for purpose for the first half of the 21st Century. Unless plans come forward for the upgrading of Fiveways then congestion will ensue, economic growth in the Mildenhall area will suffer and the local population consequently will lose out from any benefit from the scheme. My big worry from what could ensue when Roundabout are left in major schemes only has to look at ...
On the same night as celebrations of Barack Obama's historic victory two weeks ago, there was the troubling rejection of existing recognition of gay marriage in the state of California by voters there. Many LDV readers will be familiar with Keith Olbermann, the MSNBC news anchorman, whose on air editorials on progressive issues seek to counter-balance those of the right-wing Fox News. Here's his latest "special comment" on the issue. His style is noticeably more measured in this one, perhaps after being satirised by the comics of Saturday Night Live a few weeks back. Hat tip: Charmed by Randomness.
It's an outrage. In public vote after public vote, ordinary hard-working families have shown their support for John Sergeant. But under pressure from the elite 'experts' on the show he has been driven out. The whole nation wants to know, where is Gordon Brown? How dare he remain silent whilst the hard work (and votes) of ordinary families is over-ridden by elitists. Speak for Britain Gordon, speak now!
Some of my Lib Dem Blogs colleagues have been unaccountably sniffy about Jacqui Smith's brilliantly clear and incisive analysis of the situation we have with sex trafficking and prostitution. Personally, I think it's brilliantly sensible, makes absolute sense, and the same strain of thought should be rolled out more widely to solve other problems. For instance, sweat shops. We all know that the
My posting has been a little sporadic of late but that doesn't mean I've not been blogging, I've just not been blogging here. Another blog for the Power of Information Task Force (also on WordPress at my request) has instead been keeping me rather busy. Will try to revert to multi-tasking soon.
The Government bank bail out isn't working. Despite billions being pumped into the banking sector and the Government taking large stakes in Britain's major banks, viable businesses are continuing to g...
Google has released the beta version of their new Search-based Keyword Tool. Unlike their other Keywords search tool, which only looks for related keywords in a general sense, this new feature gives you suggestions on what keywords to bid for that relate to content on your site. In order to begin the analysis you need to enter the URL of your site and a few keywords that represent it. The results it gives you indicate the most relevant related keywords, how many people have searched for them, and how much it thinks you should pay in order to get into ...
Wasilla to Washington now seems an even longer journey than it did a month ago, after Alaska's Republican Senator Ted Stevens lost his Senate seat to Democrat candidate and Anchorage Mayor Mark Begich. Uncle Ted, as six-times elected Senator Stevens is known in Alaska, was found guilty of corruption charges by a federal jury last month. If [...]
I have had a look at a few maps and so forth regarding the BNP membership list. Indeed the entire list is available and I've had a look at it. I don't think it is right that the list has already led to two people either losing their jobs (a deejay) or being brought into discipline (a policeman). It's a legal political party. If members of it are in jobs like policing or teaching then they should
If you are a registered member of the Liberal Democrat Voice forum - and any paid-up party member is welcome to join - then you now have the opportunity to make your views known on a range of issues in our November members' survey. Topics we are asking your opinion on include: - Lib Dem tax policy post-credit crunch; - what should be the Lib Dem policy on the European single currency; - why the party hasn't benefited more in the polls from its sure-footed economic performance; - what you believe are the key issues currently facing the UK; - ...
George Meehan, the council Leader, finally apologised about the death of baby P yesterday. I went with Lib Dem Leader Robert Gorrie and colleague to hear it at last night's meeting of the Council 'cabinet'. It was the first public comment from the Council leader so it was welcome, but very late in coming. Lots of people have made themselves available to talk to the media about baby P in the past week. From ordinary residents and opposition councillors, right up the Secretary of State, Leader of the Opposition and even the Prime Minister - but not the leader of ...
64) A.K. Mozumdar, The Life and the Way: The Christian Yoga Metaphysics (San Diego: The Book Tree, 2002, ISBN 1585090409). I had not heard of Mozumdar (1863-1953) before coming across this book. It appears he was an Indian convert to Christianity who emigrated to the USA in 1903, taught himself English and began to teach his own interpretation of Christianity, which was heavily influenced by Hindu metaphysics. Sources seem to vary as to whether he converted from Hinduism or Sikhism, two religions which of course to some extent share common concepts, but I say "Hindu metaphysics" here because the only ...
That's the question Total Politics put to journalists, MPs and the magazine's Facebook fans - and below, courtesy of The Guardian's Politics Blog, are the top 20. As ever with such lists, there are some curiosities - for example, that neither Andrew Neill nor Matthew D'Ancona make it into the premiership. And, personally, I'm a fan of Philip Stephens in the FT. Who do you think's missing, or been over-promoted? 1. Evan Davis 2. Jeremy Paxman 3. Matthew Parris 4. Nick Robinson 5. John Humphrys 6. Martha Kearney 7. Andrew Marr 8. Andrew Rawnsley 9. Trevor Kavanagh 10. Peter Riddell ...
This morning Stockton Town Hall was open for anyone to pay a small sum and have a cup of coffee or tea with the Mayor and Mayoress and a tour of the building. This wasn't because the Mayor needed something extra to help with the household bills but to raise funds for his charities for this year - Daisy Chain and Justice First. I took the opportunity to go and have my cuppa but with a secondary
Over on his blog Henry Shelvin has written a piece about resurgent Russia. I was going to write a long comment in riposte, but I thought I might as well post it here instead. Henry, I believe your view of a possible resurgent Russia is overly simplistic and a poor basis for formulation of future EU policy towards out neighbour to the east. It appears that you have swallowed the standard Economist/hack cliche line on Russia. The Economist is a newspaper, not an analysis magazine. It should be treated as such. Its analysis is often proved wrong very shortly afterwards. ...
Would you trust the Local Government Association to advise you on financial investment? You'd need to be brave given the number of local councils that retained their bank accounts with Icelandic banks! This week the LGA published a report saying that London will bear the brunt of the recession, while "the renaissance of northern cities has positioned them relatively well to weather the economic storm." What nonsense. Attending a function with Savills today, Yolande Barnes, their Director of Residential Research, predicted that house prices will fall by 25% by the end of 2009. It is that grim. What's more, this ...
The graph above shows some results of the voting preferences of people in the 1997, 2001 and 2005 from the general election in the parliamentary seat of Pendle. The Labour vote in 1997 the yellow colour was massive but it has since then started to decrease at a reasonable rate. The Conservative vote from 1997 to 2001 did increase but in 2005 that came down, so since the result of 1997 and 2005 they is only a very small change They isn't a result available for the other parties for 1997 but in 2005 it increased slightly from 2001. But ...
From the Student Law Journal's review of the textbook I co-authored: Complete Tort Law: Text, Cases and Materials is extremely impressive and makes excellent use of cross-referencing which ensures the material is not duplicated. It also includes, where relevant, superb summaries, key points, hint boxes, questions and explanations of key phrases within the margin meaning the text's flow is not disrupted. At the same time, it also manages to superbly combine text, material and cases without disrupting the text's lucid flow [...A]n exceptionally well-written, engaging and logical account of the major tort topics. It is finely separated into manageable sections ...
From silicon.com: It had to happen sooner or later. While seemingly a week doesn't go past without another government data loss as a result of a mislaid memory stick, one government department has made a shocking revelation: it hasn't lost any for several years. In a written answer to Parliament, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland Paul Goggins revealed that no memory sticks or desktop computers have been lost or stolen from his department between 2001 and 2008. Figures prior to 2001 are not available, Goggins said in response to a question by Paul Holmes, Lib Dem MP for Chesterfield. ...
****NEWSFLASH**** Political correspondent John Sergeant had put away his sequins, will click his dancing shoes for one last time on Satruday but will no longer be asking for the votes of the public. The reason is that the political correspondent has walked away from Strictly Come Dancing claiming winning would have been "a joke too far". Heaven forbid that he would ever have got that far, but there you go. The man himself said he saw "no viable 'stop Sergeant' candidate". However, one possible downside of John walking away from the dance floor, may be that the BBC reimburse those ...
I am, rather shockingly, finding myself inclining to support a controversial leadership position once again. Don't worry; I'm sure it won't last. Nick Clegg's proposals that the government should lend directly to companies either directly or through the Post Office is a good one. The reason this will prove controversial is because as we have seen there are some sections of the Lib Dem blogsphere at least which are hostile to anything that even looks like direct intervention in the economy by the state; let alone something that obviously is a direct government intervention in the market. Let's have a ...
There is another tragedy about Baby P. Not just the fate of a child at the hands of adults, but another twist in the rise of what I can only call the child abuse industry. It means public officials will be even more nervous dealing with children. It means that suspicion will fall on ever more innocent families, and even more vulnerable children will be mistakenly and forcibly removed from their homes, and into the un-tender mercies of local authority care. The other Baby P tragedy is that it will now be more, not less likely, that his tragedy will ...
Tomos Livingstone publishes Plaid Cymru MP, Hywel Williams' list of the 27 stages that any Legislative Competence Order has to go through before it becomes law. The disturbing thing is that at the end of this tortuous process not a single aspect of Welsh life will have changed or been improved. All that will have happened is that some limited power will have been transferred to the Welsh Assembly. To do anything with this power the Assembly will have to produce a measure that could take another six months and numerous further stages to become law. What a way to ...
Immigration minister Phil Woolas is one of those delightful left-wing racists history throws up from time to time, and in the Guardian yesterday he had this to say: "Enoch Powell was trying to divide this country. I'm trying to heal this country by allowing us to have a mature debate on immigration" Here's what he meant, as [...]
31st December 2008. Yes, that's the deadline for getting your entry into Who's Who in the Lib Dems Online and then in the book. I will be pulling everybody's entries of the database after 31st December and pulling together all the info for an actual hardcopy book to be available at the Spring Conference. If you are not on the website then you cannot be in the book; that's it! My final offer! Plus, I certainly recommend to all of you who want to be known only by Mr or Cllr at the top of your entry and therefore remain ...
I am asking my self this question over and over again and it may even lead me to smashing my head against the wall. The blog of Paul Flynn isn't very well designed and to be honest the template is c*** and I would rather use a free blogging host then use that! I don't understand first of all why he wanted to use TypePad and secondly couldn't he not just blog with his own expenses instead of charging the tax payer for the running of a blog. Lynne Featherstone and many other MP's blog but they don't charge the ...
Bath MP Don Foster joined up with two-time Olympic medallist Rebecca Romero this week to support CCPR's Subs for Clubs campaign. Romero, track cycling gold medallist in Beijing, as well as silver rowing medallist in Athens was in the House of Commons to show off her medals and tell MPs about the importance of community sports clubs. MP for Bath, Don Foster said, "With an ageing...
I have received the following from St James Developments that I would like to bring to residents attention. You may be aware that St James's Investments purchased the Bath Press site on the Lower Bristol Road earlier this year. St James's Investments is currently exploring possible options for the future of the site and is keen to know your views. In order to do this,...
Imagine you're the Prime Minister. In your first three months you were hailed as a Colossus. Then you flunked your first really big decision: whether to call a general election. Since when your poll ratings dropped so low your government was in open revolt. But then the world economy imploded, and you grabbed, belatedly, your final opportunity to make good. Since when your poll ratings have recovered, a little. So now what do you do if you are Gordon Brown? Prepare to call a general election in early 2009? Easy enough to imagine the statement: "These are difficult times for ...
You may remember that I wrote and blogged a letter of complaint about the coverage of the US Elections. Well...below is the reply I received...apparently the propositions and future make-up of Congress would only be 'of interest to an American audience'; "Dear Mr Goodliffe, Thanks for your e-mail regarding our coverage of the US Presidential Elections. I understand that you feel that our coverage of this event was of very poor quality and acknowledge your concern and disappointment that you believe no attention was given to votes going on in the other areas concerning the votes for Congress as well ...
Paul Flynn is crying foul over the Parliamentary authorities' decision to force him to pay for his own blog. Prior to that, he had tried charging the costs to the taxpayer via the Communications Allowance. Derek Wyatt has also joined the fray: "They don't get in the way of my letters or phone calls, so why do they want to interfere in what I put on the web? They only want me to publish anodyne videos that no one will watch. "They have got it completely wrong. They don't understand the net. They simply don't get it. It is like ...
James Haskell celebrates his elevation to the England starting XV:Without sounding cheesy, it's a big challenge to play against Burger."
Great news for the ward today, with the confirmation that we have successfully sourced some enhanced litter enforcement patrols for the next couple of months. Successive budget cuts over the last few years have meant that the chances of being caught and fined for dropping litter in Bury are now about the same as turning on the bathroom taps and striking oil. As a result, the centre of Prestwich is often indistinguishable from a Tracey Emin installation, with all kinds of litter tumbling around like the aftermath an explosion in a recycling factory. The street sweeping staff have bucked up ...
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1st December Prestwich Christmas Lights Switch On - Santa Claus to put in special appearance
The Christmas Tree and festive lights in Prestwich Village Centre will be turned on 1 December, just before 6pm, by Paralympic Gold Medal Winner Zoe Robinson and the Mayor of Bury, Councillor Peter Ashworth. The event will take place at the Longfield Centre between 4pm and 6pm. It will be hosted by DJ Dave K and there will be music from Besses of the Barn Brass Band, Kylie tribute act Natalie McGrath and Middleton Pop star Academy of Performing Arts. There will also be hot food and refreshments on sale and a Children's Fairground. Father Christmas will also make a ...
The inspection ordered by Ed Balls following the death of Baby P is looking at the local authority, health services and police. I've received a tip off from someone working in one of these agencies about how the visit of the inspectors to their staff team had been handled. The reason they rang me was that they were concerned that the inspectors were seemingly allowing this team to present the picture they wanted. The manager chose which staff would meet the inspects - and prepped them prior to the visit. No-one else was allowed to speak to the inspectors. My ...
Even more shouty plonkerism than usual at PMQs today if such is possible, perhaps partly because Brown and Cameron were reasonably evenly matched. Clegg was heard with comparative quiet for once - it has occurred to me before that a bad day for Cameron often seems to coincide with a good day for Clegg. Perhaps it's a function of psychology, that if Cameron hasn't provided particularly effective opposition, Clegg feels more able to. He asked how the government intended to force the banks to make good on the things they promised in return for recapitalisation - an end to the ...
One hundred and fifty two days, not the longest stand off in Northern Irish politics but possibly one of the most crucial with one of the greatest outcomes at the end. Many said it could never be done but the DUP and Sinn Fein have actually come to an agreement over moving forward the devolving of powers for justice and policing from Westminster to Stormont. Announcing the programme of "modalities" that will lead to the eventual transfer of these powers appears to have finally removed the major stumbling block that was outstanding between the two parties. With the logjam about ...
Does John Sergeant read my blog?
From the BBC: The government should consider lending directly to businesses and mortgages as banks fail to live up to promises to lend more, Nick Clegg has suggested. The Lib Dem leader says the government has been "supine" and "weak" in not forcing banks to act, despite giving them billions of taxpayers' pounds. Mr Clegg said these were "not normal times" and solvent businesses were being put at risk by lack of funding. There was "growing public anger" and urgent action was needed, he added. Mr Clegg says the government should lend directly to companies through the Post Office, local ...
I am becoming quite a regular viewer of PMQ's it has to be said. I was watching this week hoping things could barely be worse than last week or could they? James Graham was hoping that Liberal Democrats would be hoping to not to have to hold 'their heads in their hands'. Opening exchanges about the value of sterling saw Brown try and be cheeky; quoting Margaret Thatcher in response to Conservative, Philip Dunne. Cameron opened by thanking Brown for the independent inquiry into the Baby P case; perhaps he is sensitive to the furore his attitude created last week ...
I'm trying to calm myself down after my unwarrented and unexpected dealings with this shower of amateurs... yesterday I received a letter (apparently sent by mistake by their automated accounting system - but quite how it managed to print, put it ... Read and post comments | Send to a friend
Some weeks more than others I am reminded of how politics can be a difficult balancing act between different and competing interests. For example, on Thursday last week, I went to the fantastic 'Let's do business' event organised by 1066 Enterprise. 'Let's do business' was a welcome shot of confidence in the arm of the local economy. [...]
I was oddly of the belief that none of this needed saying, but apparently it does. I do not condone violence. I do not condone the persecution of people based on their political beliefs, or those of their parents. Although I have seen the BNP membership list, I do not intend to take any action based on that, and nor do I propose that others should do so. I am fully aware of human nature, though, and realise that others might take violent action if they found the names of people nearby to them on the list. I did not ...
Today is World Toilet Day, but even so, I did think Liberal Democrat Voice had gone a little too far with this .
According to the Independent Dave has announced that a future Tory government would offer tax cuts and reduced public spending. This is in response to the rather successful Labour policy of tax cuts which is being trailed feverishly before Monday's pre-budget report. As a result, Dave's Tories have now seen their lead over Labout slump to 3% More disturbingly our poll rating has slipped to 12%. Now this is only one poll and there is clear evidence of a two party squeeze as the old parties hog the headlines - Gordon with his surprisingly impressive recent performance and Dave with ...
Yesterday saw Ed Balls (Secretary of State for Children) at his request. He was basically offering me the opportunity of a chat given my concerns over Baby P. It was helpful to be able to have this discussion and after the meeting I wrote to Ed Balls to formally raise several issues. This includes an issue over who will get to speak to those investigating Haringey. I have had a number of people who have contacted my office wishing to bring their concerns about Haringey Children's Services and the associated agencies involved to the attention of the inspectors. These are ...
Yet again, the Conservatives are tying themselves in knots over the issue of ensuring the election of more female MPs. Conservative Central Office are cross that so few women have been selected in winnable seats. Now I am not bolting for the moral high ground, as the LibDems' record on this is hardly wonderful. But [...]
The Commons authorities have taken away a Labour MP's Communication allowance as it was funding his blog that they think is rude to other politicians. I have to accept he is a little to harsh of fellow MP's and he needs to not go to the extremes he does, so I have to agree with the Commons when they take away his allowance. But the problem is they asked him to remove the posts which is serious monitoring of the blog and I think its out of order. I think MP's should not pay for their blogs using the Communications ...
Yesterday, the British jury for the 2008 'For Diversity, Against Discrimination' journalist awards — of which I was a member — met to discuss the UK prizes. This European Union initiative, currently taking place in all 27 member states, is part of a wider EU anti-discrimination programme. The articles we had to give our verdict on [...]
I accompanied Tavish Scott MSP, Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, during his visit to Dundee yesterday afternoon to view two innovative housing projects in the City as part of his national focus on the need to invest in affordable housing in Scotland. Tavish visited Servite Housing in Kirkton and Dundee Sun City House in Whitfield. He is pictured (right) viewing the Combined Heat and Power (CHP) system at the Servite Housing Development. The development, which takes in mainly Keswick Terrace and Ashmore Street, consists of a total of 34 units, ranging from flats which are designed for both general ...
The Times reports that the entire membership list of the BNP has been published on the internet leading to concerns amongst members that they might be targeted by the party's opponents: More than 12,000 names, home addresses, telephone numbers and e-mail contact details were included in a major breach of data protection. The names and ages of schoolchildren with family memberships were disclosed. Some supporters were listed with comments such as "discretion required — employment concerns". A number had their hobbies recorded. The paper says that the list describes the occupations of some members that are deemed to be sensitive ...
Yesterday someone published the BNP's membership list online.
Andover's new Household Waste Recycling Centre (HWRC) located in Scott Close, on the Walworth Industrial Estate, will open to the public at 8:00am on Wednesday 3 December 2008. The existing Household Waste Recycling Centre at Shepherds Spring Lane will close permanently at 4:00pm on Tuesday 2 December 2008. Diversion signs will be in use to redirect users from the old HWRC to the new site once it is up and running. The new centre's opening hours will remain the same as those of the existing facility. County Councillor Robin Hughes said, "After several years of waiting, a bigger and better ...
I just loved this headline and had to share. How true! The Houses of Parliament Downing Street and other parts of Whitehall are infested with vermin according to official reports. [From Houses of Parliament 'infested with vermin']
In a remarkable display of attempted spin, BNP leader Nick Griffin is suggesting that the leaking of their entire membership list onto the Internet (by, they claim, a disgruntled employee) had a positive side. Not only has it got the BNP lots of publicity, but people can now see that their members aren't just a bunch of skinhead nutters - there are teachers, police officers and squaddies too. Perhaps they should "leak" their membership list every year or so, just to remind people of those important messages. The BNP are also trying to claim that the list was of 10,000 ...
This is being well covered, with live coverage of some games, at Chessdom. England are in an encouraging seventh place. Later. In fact, after five rounds England share the lead with Russia, Armenia, Germany, Azerbaijan and Ukraine. But they playing Russia today and look like losing the match 3-1. And there is much better coverage on the official Olympiad website.
The Family Law Review, being touted as Iain Duncan Smith's report (a little harsh on the people who actually researched and wrote it) and soon to be Conservative Party policy, is timely given widespread public concern over the treatment of Baby Peter, "feral" children and the picture of a failing society that Cameron's been peddling. As a liberal, it would be easy for me to dismiss the report out of hand. I could make some cutting remarks about a wife beater's charter, or suggest the Tories are harking back to a wholly mythical golden age. But it doesn't really do ...
In view of the erstwhile Lib Dem Mayoral candidate's current adventures in the jungle, it is time to remind ourselves that he is related to the late Round the Horne actor Hugh Paddick.
The Republican's longest serving US Senator Ted Steven's has lost out to the Democratic Mayor of Anchorage Mark Begich, after the recount. He is 3,724 behind with only 2,500 overseas votes to be counted. In the lead up to the election Stevens had been convicted of about gifts he had received from an oil company. But the early voters and absentee ballots which would have been cast before this news was finalised did not in the end affect the outcome. Begich has become the first Democrat to represent the state in the senate for 30 years. The Democrats are now ...
The BNP and all it's members are flapping about the possibility of being the target of 'reds' following the publication of there membership list online. BNP supporters and members participated in and aided a site called Redwatch which published photos of and named anti-fascist activists saying they should 'pay for their crimes'. It also published home address details etc, so...no sympathy for the current predicament of the BNP's members here. I rather think their concerns are less to do for with a danger of being targeted and more the danger that some of their more secretive supporters will be embarrassed ...
Tuesday 18th November A 15 hour day, so I write little. I was inspired at the Teesside University graduation ceremony today to see so may young people graduating with degrees to go into the unsung but crucial part of Health Care - Physiotherapists, occupational therapists, radiologists, nurse practitioners, and so on. Surgeons and doctors can do very clever things but people like...
Got around to watching Monday's new ep of SJA today. I could heap on the superlatives (Clydeysense! Heee!) but really, there's one thing I spotted that I suspect few others did, and which I think deserves huge props. Oscar and The Trickster? Did an absolutely PERFECT impersonation of little Rowan Morrison and Lord Summerisle, even down to the emphasis on the word "beautifully". Made me squee like the fangirl I am! Also, the Shrubbery liked it so much that she insisted on watching it again straight away. I humbly submit that it's worth the license fee for that alone, never ...
I found this Money Diet Monthly Calorie Counter on Martin Lewis's http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/ website.
