It appears the SNP Councillors in Glasgow are not taking there jobs seriously any more and have given up. SNP Councillors have yet again failed to attend one of the key Scrutiny Committees on Glasgow City Council. In the week when news surfaced of a Labour Councillor being arrested the SNP were quick to rush out press statements about the tip of a corruption iceberg and the need for more scrutiny of the Labour Council. Yet just last week SNP Councillors failed to attend either the Finance & Audit or the Operational Delivery Scrutiny Committees and yesterday failed to attend ...
We were invited to a football match yesterday evening! Teesside Athletic has had a senior team in the Wearside League for three or four seasons now, coming third last season and just missing out on promotion to the Northern League. This ambitious club, who will soon be erecting stands and floodlights at its tidy Green Lane ground, has changed its name to Redcar Athletic. We have campaigned for a long time to have a senior team playing at a decent level with Redcar as its name. We were delighted when we heard this news and pleased to receive an invite ...
I have been nominated in Miss S.B.'s Very Prestigious And Entirely Serious Blog Awards (or the Willies for short). Oddly, there appears to have been some sort of administrative cock-up, and I have been placed in 'Best Beardy Blogger' rather than the correct 'sexiest blogger' category. Nonetheless, you should still vote for me – currently ...
I was delighted to hear that two of our Council Departments have been nominated for the prestigious APSE Awards. I am particularly pleased to see the Stroke Service nominated. Regular readers of this Blog will recall I recently opened the art exhibition at the Filmhouse which displayed the work of many of the users of the Stroke Service. Well done to them and the Gully Cleaning Team for their excellent work and good luck at the awards.
This is it, my last contribution from Kampala, Uganda. Today was a round of debriefing and formal farewells. I've now had two farewell barbeque's and five formal speeches in seven hours. These people are fantastic, warm, welcoming, generous of spirit and goods, but most of all they are upbeat in circumstances most Europeans struggle to understand let alone cope with! We took a final walk round the local markets to soak up the atmosphere for one last time.
I've had my excited genealogist head on the last few days (it looks a lot like my normal head, but a bit beardier). The reason is that Ancestry, one of the big online record publishers, has released scans and a search index for the National Probate Calendar, covering 1861-1941. This is the index to wills and administrations from the Principal Probate Registry. When someone dies, their estate has to be disposed of. If they left a will, one or more executors are appointed to carry out its instructions. If they died intestate, an "administration" is granted and, again, executors divvy ...
It occurred to me today, as I pressed through the crowds at Clapham Junction and London Bridge (it is amazing how crowded London is in the summer), that I was feeling a little like that scene in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in Vulgaria, when Dick van Dyke realises there are no children. Where are they all? In the suburbs? In the countryside? Locked into airless, artificially lighted New Labour-style nurseries, enjoying their interactive education smart screens? I don't know. There are one or two. This isn't yet the era of the Childcatcher. But for some reason, most of us seem ...
The Prime Minister, David Cameron, has suggested that his compatriots might follow his example and holiday in Britain this summer, though this is a little disingenuous as his wife Samantha is so heavily pregnant that she can't fly abroad at the moment. Anyhow, I do find the moral grandstanding by politicians of all hues around Europe ...
[IMG: Public enquiry into Claverton Down footpath] The contested footpath between Claverton Down and Combe Down has finally been confirmed by the Planning Inspector. AQ78, from Widcombe Hill to North Road (Combe Down) has existed as a path for hundreds of years, but when the council tried to legally record it the landowner for part objected to their proposed width. At the Widcombe Hill end the path had been up to 7m wide, but the landowner erected a fence restricting public access to a narrower 3m width. After a public enquiry earlier this year, and now a further exchange of ...
As reported in tonight's "Evening Telegraph", the caravans have now left the Aviva/Norwich Union site at the Technology Park and I asked the City Council's Chief Executive to have the significant mess tidied. I have again stressed that the travelling community is encouraged to use the facilities already provided by Dundee City Council at Balmuir Wood. It is not acceptable that Dundee council tax payers end up meeting the cost of the extensive clean-up.
At the last Full Council meeting, Cornwall Councillors unanimously backed a motion put forward by myself and fellow Lib Dems calling for a Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership to replace the unaccountable Regional Development Agency. Now it appears that the Cabinet are set to ignore that decision and to bid with Devon, Plymouth and Torbay for a 'Peninsula LEP'. This is a huge step in the wrong direction and it tramples all over the democratic will of the Council. Merging Cornwall with Devon will mean we end up as the poor relation once again. Cornwall's needs are ...
Oh bloody hell. The tory side of the national coalition has won out on speed cameras. We all know that they work. People slow down. Point speed cameras have an impact but average speed cameras are fantastic. Average speed cameras result in 99%+ speed limit adherence over the area they cover. Well documented that speed limit adherence saves lives. Its not just well documented but peer reviewed research papers have proven it. Many are peevish about how safe they are and speed limits should'nt apply to people that drive as they do. Well everyone feels safe until that crash. The ...
I'm delighted to report that the Packhorse Bridge between Riverside and Westbridge Road is back open again following work by Cornwall Council. Last week I reported that the bridge had been closed as water pressure had damaged one of the arches. For two days earlier this week staff worked to make it safe and rebuild the damaged sections and it is now open for pedestrians once again. Many thanks to Cornwall Council for their swift action.
Last night was the first meeting of the Keep Cornwall Whole campaign. This is the group which has come together to fight threats to create parliamentary constituencies which cross the Cornwall - Devon border. The threat comes from the wording of the Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Bill which proposes that there should be a reduction in the number of MPs from 650 to 600 and that the number of electors in each seat should not vary by more than 5% from the average. Cornwall would be due about five and a half seats under the new numbers and both ...
The webcasting of Cornwall Council's main meetings has been a huge success to date with more than 18000 people watching live or archived versions. So it is no surprise that the working group looking at the pilot project has recommended that the facility be made permanent. The group also considered whether more meetings should be covered. They have decided to recommend the Cabinet and planning meetings should also be covered as these are the most important meetings and those that affect residents the most. For more on the ins and outs of the decision, see Jeremy Rowe's blog.
Ruling here None of the factors the court weighs in considering a motion to stay favors granting a stay. Accordingly, proponents' motion for a stay is DENIED. Doc #705. The clerk is DIRECTED to United States District Court For the Northern District of California enter judgment forthwith. That judgment shall be STAYED until August 18, 2010 at 5 PM PDT at which time defendants and all persons under their control or supervision shall cease to apply or enforce Proposition 8. If you feel benevolent and particularly generous, this writer always appreciates things bought for him from his wishlist
Following last week's ruling that California's Proposition 8 amendment to it's Constitution was unconstitutional, we now have Judge Vaughn Walker's response as to whether or not same sex couples can marry in California pending any appeal of his decision.
So here's the fourth instalment of the tour of my blogroll. I first met Cllr Debra Storr at the Scottish Young Social Democrats AGM in Edinburgh in 1985 and she's been a friend ever since. Her departure from the Liberal Democrat and subsequent joining of the Greens will not change that. I respect the way she's stood up to Donald Trump and fought for her constituents . Her blog title reflects the things she's been called because of her opposition to Trump's plans to spoil a beautiful piece of Aberdeenshire's coastline with a golf course and resort. In this post, ...
A quick update on Philip Lardner, whose suspension as a Conservative candidate during the election following homophobic comments we covered back in April – and who had previously been suspended by the Conservatives in 2008 for praising Rhodesian leader Ian Smith. After he made the homophobic remarks this year, he was also suspended from his teaching job. He has now been reinstated, but given a formal written warning over his behaviour. Hat-tip: Stephen Glenn
We hear today that Department for Communities and Local Government have published "details" of all spending above £500. The Minister responsible for the department, Eric Pickles, claiming that this move will encourage an "army of armchair auditors" to examine the spending and hold his department to account. It also allows him to apply pressure to ...
I picked this up pretty cheap in Chapters a couple of years ago, and I'm glad I didn't pay too much for it. As an encyclopedia of Middle-Earth it doesn't hold a candle to Foster's Complete Guide; odd things like mis-spellings of"Rivendell" on the second page, of Éotheéod in the title of the relevant entry, etc; separate entries (just to pick the first of very many such examples that caught my eye) in the geographical section for Amon Amarth, Mount Doom and Orodruin despite them all being the same mountain (and not explaining what languages the first and third names ...
The Lib Dems would have been proportionally the biggest losers if proposed changes to equalise constituency size had been implemented at the last election, according to research carried out by independent organisation Democratic Audit for BBC Newsnight. The report estimates that the party would have lost 12% of its seats - or 7 out of 57. Labour would have lost 25 of 258 (10%), and the Conservatives just 13 of 307 (4%). The research did not make any assessment of the effect of a change in the voting system to AV, but instead assumed the use of FPTP. The coalition ...
I have no idea why I put this on my Bookmooch list - possibly as a mistake for Janet Soskice's Sisters of Sinai - but it arrived last week. It's a rather pale reflection of Illuminatus! and Midnight's Children, set in and around the Holy Land (the original, not the district in South Belfast) in the early 20th century. Extra coloration of various characters' background is brought in from Cambridge University, Albania and Ireland, none of it very convincing in detail (bad luck I suppose that I know all three of those locations reasonably well). The main strand of a ...
There has been all kinds attacks on the coalition cuts all over the web and warnings of a double dip recession after yesterdays Bank of England forecast of a 'choppy economic recovery'. While less than 3% growth is not great its still not a double dip recession so lets not panic just yet. The way some have reacted you would think that we are back in a recession. If we keep on talking about a double dip recession it will happen because even those that can spend or even need to spend well hold of on those planned purchases and ...
Okay, okay it's been far too long since I sat down to do a set and run of updates. It's not for the lack of content and local stuff, but rather the lack of discipline in writing the blog. But today was aexciting in that I went to an appointment to the Museum of London to view the medieval seals of the Priory of St John the Baptist, Kilburn. There are four what appear to be late victorian copies - in varying forms of repair - and between them I reckon we can form a complete view of the seal ...
The HMV Forum in Kentish Town will now be able to open until 6am on Friday nights (well, Saturday mornings) after Camden Council's licensing committee gave its assent in the last week. From now on the venue, one of the ... Continue reading →
I have just watched the Unite press conference at which this increasingly militant union announced the results of its ballot of BAA workers. So, at a time of austerity, pay restraint and having just come through the worst recession in 70 years, this union opts to go on strike at a particularly important time for the industry (ie the peak of the holiday season). Add to that the impact of the BA
Playing football in the street is illegal in Stockport borough. National laws makes it illegal when it causes an obstruction, and a by-law in Stockport extends that to all football. I'm a big fan of taking a common-sense approach to the law. If a couple of kids are having a kick about on a quiet road and doing no-one any harm, I'd no more advocate taking action than I would suggest fining everyone who ever drives at 31mph in a 30mph zone. But not all street football is benign. When heavy footballs are flying into people's gardens, breaking windows and ...
The Electoral Commission has published trend figures for the larger UK political parties.
Sometimes you don't need to add commentary to a story, quote or an event. I think this quote from local BBC journalist Andy Comfort's twitter feed is one of these..... In a card shop I saw a badge for my daughter's 2nd birthday. "I am 2." On the label: not suitable for children under 3. Share any lunacy.. D'OH!
Ok I do agree with what was said as I understand the need to remind people why these cuts are being made (or at least on reason for them) I also agree with joint Lib Dem and Conservative announcements. Now that said what I can't agree with is having a joint conference to attack the Labour party. It could be argued that this shows a unite front. Problem is if you make politics into an us and them you give Labour more fire power. This is not a us verse them it should be us and them verse them. Sometimes ...
During the general election campaign I highlighted how TonyBlair4Labour, the official vehicle for Tony Blair's campaigning on behalf of the Labour Party, looked to be illegally exporting data overseas. The Information Commission has now (finally) ruled on my complaint, agreeing that the organisation had indeed failed to follow data protection rules properly and is now writing to instruct that this is fixed. As with my complaint about Unite breaking data protection rules during the election (also upheld), the Information Commissioner only took action after the election was over – hardly ideal as in both cases it was an issue of ...
The BBC tell us that the Welsh Government spent more than £400,000 on four external public relations firms in the last financial year. This is despite the fact that the Government employs 25 full-time PR and communications staff itself. The Government say that the expenditure was to "support communications to the Welsh public on a wide variety of government policies, including campaigns on issues such as anti-bullying". However, Peter Black, who is the Welsh Liberal Democrats' finance spokesman, said: "With 25 in-house press officers and public relations staff, you'd hope that the Labour-Plaid government wouldn't have to pay large amounts ...
LGBT rights are, thankfully, in the best state ever in our country. The dark days of the 1980s and 1990s, when early gains seemed to be just a false start, are long gone. That doesn't mean we're quite at the point where we can all go our separate ways and congratulate ourselves on a job well done but it's a positive place to start this particularly depressing blogpost. Now, of course, LGBT rights aren't exactly at the top of the agenda for the Government (silly little things like wars, depressions and partisan attacks keep getting in the way) but you'd ...
The leader of the Bury Council Labour group has been hurling numerous accusations and insults in the direction of local Lib Dems accusing us of everything from betrayal to doing deals with the devil (well the Conservatives actually - which is nearly as bad so far as Labour are concerned). But whereas the Lib Dems locally and nationally have shown a pragmatic approach to politics, putting the interests of the country and Bury first, Labour are still embroiled in the bitterness of their fall from power and influence. The fact of the matter is any betrayal has come from Labour. ...
Rhodri Glyn Thomas has made a significant intervention this morning in the discussion as to how best to campaign for a 'yes' vote in the Assembly powers referendum in March. He has suggested that campaigners should steer clear of constitutional arguments as much as possible, and he is right. The danger is that we will spend all our time arguing about technical issues, whilst forgetting to tell people what is in it for them. The fact is that the delay involved in us acquiring powers on a piecemeal basis through the Legislative Competence Order has stopped us dealing with a ...
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Thanks to Oxfordshire County Council cuts we now no longer have any speed cameras in the county and, according to their own statistics and national news coverage, a lot more cars are speeding as a result. The Tory County Council will of course blame the government for these cuts but this was a local decision. Blaming central government might be a good retort if it wasn't for the fact that, for example, we still have an array of utterly pointless electronic road signs - all emblazoned with the county council badge - which were installed last year to give me ...
I just re-read Fever Pitch. Two thoughts: first, holy crap 1992 was actually a really long time ago now; second, I know something else these days that engenders almost identical tribal devotion. Yes, some of my friends in the Liberal Democrats have a kind of dogged loyalty to the party that makes the way Nick Hornby feels about Arsenal look positively capricious. And with this political version of club pride comes the equivalent type of gut loathing for the adversary. Every election is a derby match between your guys and all your old enemies... and this is where sound political ...
Clarity of purpose is a virtue. But stubbornness doesn't necessarily win any plaudits when more flexibility is appropriate. The shock tactics of Osbornomics have now been fully embraced. The message is clear: this Coalition is not for turning. In the run up to the Election the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats adopted distinctive positions on the best approach to cutting the fiscal deficit. Despite Nick Clegg's apparent secret conversion to the Conservative position of early and deep cuts, the LibDem manifesto commitments were directed at cutting in 2011/12 and after, and the rhetoric around budget reductions was to proceed at ...
12th August 1947: birth of John Nathan Turner, producer of Doctor Who for the last nine seasons of the classic run, starting with the Fourth Doctor's final season and continuing for the whole of the last three Doctors of Old Who. Controversial and colourful, like him or loathe him, nobody can dispute the depth of his influence on the show. 12th August 2003: death of Anne Tirard, who played Locusta the poisoner in The Romans (1965) and the Seeker in The Ribos Operation (1978).
Thanks, everyone, for your immensely helpful comments on my previous post. It is clear to me from the discussion that there are only two serious reservations about Android, and since I do not intend to increase my current number of sexual partners, only one of those two really matters: its ability to talk to my employers' Microsoft Exchange server. I need it to synchronise accurately not only emails but also calendar, contacts and notes. Does anyone have any further experience of doing this? (Suggestions to the effect that I stop using Microsoft Exchange may risk getting you de-friended and banned. ...
Here are the Liberal Democrat entries in the top 100 political blogs as ranked by Wikio: 1 (4) Liberal Democrat Voice No change 2 (13) Mark Reckons Rises 1 3 (32) Caron's Musings Rises 14 4 (39) Craig Murray Falls 9 5 (49) Liberal England No change 6 (53) Mark Pack Rises 4 7 (57) Liberal Vision Falls 3 8 (63) Stephen's Linlithgow Journal Rises 5 9 (66) Miss S B Rises 9 10 (69) Quaequam Blog! Rises 1 11 (82) Norfolk Blogger No change 12 (83) Peter Black No change 13 (87) Liberal Burblings Rises 6 14 (89) Lynne ...
Pam and I spend yesterday evening knocking on doors in Oak Road and Oakfield Avenue, Cheadle. The Oak Road area's had an on-and-off problem with anti-social behaviour for quite a while, which Pam and I have been working with the Police to crack. The message we got on the doorstep yesterday was positive: people told us they aren't having problems with anti-social behaviour at the moment (particularly good to hear in the middle of the summer holidays. I do think that's in large part due to the hard work of the Police and the Council who have really focussed on ...
Hooters, the American restaurant chain, whose 'trademark' are scantily dressed waitresses (men need not apply), has lodged a licensing application in Cardiff. ITV reported that the plans were "voraciously" (how about 'vehemently'?) opposed by the Cardiff Feminist Network who are against its "promiscuous clothing" (how about 'undignified'?). Leaving aside the unfortunate use of words, should a
The BBC have an interview with Ian Swales, the Redcar MP who turned a 12,000 Labour majority into a 5,000 one for the Lib Dems. The interview may not be the toughest he'll face, but it covers the throny issue of a Lib Dem MP in coalition with the Conservatives but representing a traditionally Labour area. But what about the thousands of traditional Labour voters who defected to him last May? I didn't find it too tricky last May to find Swales supporters who felt they hadn't voted for him to see the Tories in government. Equally, I found others ...
The new Labour MP for Formby, Crosby and Maghull, Bill Esterson, has obviously picked up a lot of bad habits as a long-term councillor in Kent. In a recent letter to the Formby Times and Crosby Herald he made the strange allegation that Labour had no role in the running of Sefton Council, saying this: "The Tories and Lib Dems run both the government and the council and are the only ones who can either make the cuts or stop the cuts." The Porter Parry Tory leadership have often relied on the Labour party on Sefton Council as we have ...
I did say I was taking a break from blogging over August, but have come out of hiding to say something about Chessington Live. This is a really interesting initiative of David Lindsell, a reporter with the Surrey Comet. Have a look around the site. There is a lot of local news and views, as you would expect from a community website. But it goes further than that, because if you log in you can then leave comments or post an article. The idea is to encourage conversations about local issues - a micro version of the (national) Guardian's Comment ...
Jodi Dean's analysis of the economic, political and social impacts of blogging (and social networking more generally) covers broad themes that will be familiar to readers of technology authors such as Clay Shirky or media commentators such as Charlie Beckett. However, the particular aspects, the style of argument and even the vocabulary are heavily different - for this is a work of critical literary theory. The lack of overlap in cited sources, points of debate and choice of jargon highlights how even in the interconnected world of online punditry (all three frequently write online) there are many distinct niches and ...
The Wikio rankings are out and I'm amazed to see that I've gone up 14 places in the political rankings and am now at an all time high of 32. I will have to work hard to maintain that one -and given that I've been on holiday half this month, I suspect I'll have a rather spectacular fall from grace next month. The Scottish blogs seem to be falling off again, with only 10 in the top 100. This is slightly more than there were last year, but there are people like Joan McAlpine, Bellgrove Belle and Indygal Goes to ...
Pam and I visited Oakfield Avenue yesterday evening, knocking on doors to get signatures for a residents' parking scheme in the road. A petition had already been completed a while back, but was mislaid by the council. The good news was someone had a copy of the old petition and we got a few extra names too. The next step in the process will be the Council sending out information leaflets about residents parking and doing an evaluation on the road. The whole process will take several months, during which time residents will have the opportunity to have their say ...
Some people like regularly visiting a site to see if there's new stories of interest. Some people like subscribing to its news feed (RSS) and checking that way. But if you prefer email, you can instead sign up to get a daily early morning email with a summary of the previous day's posts from Lib Dem Voice, complete with convenient links to click on if any take your fancy and you want to take a read. Just go to our email sign up page to start getting these emails. You can also sign up for a special once-a-week email, bringing ...
I wanted to share this scientific look at AV from the London School of Economics with my readers. Why all MPs should support reforming the electoral system. It is a key step in restoring their own legitimacy with the public
One you may have missed from May 27th 2006 Doing a John Leech Although he doesn't know it, I have recently appointed John Leech as patron of the new Liberal Democrat Association of Tradesmen's Bell pressers. After his (to us) surprise election as MP for Manchester Withington last year, his wife was quoted as saying how, for many months, he got up at 7am to deliver leaflets. I thought: "Ah! A fellow tradesmen's bell presser!". It was very heartening to know that a fellow LibDem had got elected largely due to playing the game with tradesmen's bells (well I hope ...
The RDPE Community and Social Enterprise Funding is a possible source of funding. They warn that they expect to run out of money before the scheme ends. If you'd like to find out about other funding possibilities and network with people from other voluntary groups, why not attend the Funders Forum from 9.30am to 3.30pm on Wednesday 15th September at Turnberries in Thornbury. You must book in advance as places are limited - ring 01454 865205 or email projectdev@cvs-sg.org.uk .
Yorkshire Ridings Society, assisted by the Redcar Ladies Lifeboat Guild and Redcar MP Ian Swales raised £468 for Redcar Lifeboat on Yorkshire Day from the sale of white roses.
You know the feeling. You are at Shrewsbury bus station and there is the best part of an hour to wait until the next service to Bridgnorth or Bishop's Castle. The good news is that you can get an excellent cup of tea across the road. From the red brick house at the front you would never guess that, down the rather precipitous steps, is a garden with views of the Severn. Map and reviews here.
Latest news in the ongoing saga of Southampton Football Club's attempts to ban photographers from its matches, and instead insist the media buys official photographs from itself, is that the Bournemouth Daily Echo has joined the Plymouth Herald in refusing to play ball. The Herald is using a cartoonist instead of using photographs, but the Echo has decided to take another route – and is using photographs from the 1980s instead. Footballers' hair has never looked so good if you ask me.
Today is the "Glorious Twelfth"of August. The Day when the grouse shooting season starts. Glorious.... if you are not a grouse! Here is Edinburgh the Fringe Festival is well underway and the High Street outside my office is a riot of colour and noise. I can hear the street entertainers from my window at the best of times and at this time of year it gets louder and louder! I am not complaining - I greatly enjoy both the spectacle and the bustle though it does take an age to go over the road for a sandwich! Yesterday I chaired ...
My fortnightly rock show on Riviera fm can be head on the internet - www.riviera.fm and via the SHOUTcast application on iphone - download and search for Riviera fmNext show Friday 13 August 21.00 to ...
Hugh O'Donnell, Lib Dem MSP for Central Scotland region writes from Uganda. Well, today brought to an end to my work activity and the project we have been working on for the last two weeks (almost). The consensus among my Ugandan colleagues seems to be that the 'honourable muzunga moompi Hugh' (short White politician) translation from Lugandan - stop laughing please, had been useful and helpful - they even invited me back. Workshopitis can be a problem here but it does seem to suit the very methodical approach to problem solving and team work. Best two laughs of the day ...
Having received an invitation to take part in a Liberal Democrat Fantasy Football League, I felt, what the hell, why not give it a whirl? It appears that I am not alone, as there are now sixty-two teams signed up - a worthy contest indeed, including as it does the Member of Parliament for Torbay, Adrian 'Bites Yer Legs' Sanders. So that you know how likely I am to threaten at the top of the table, here is my team; 1. Gomes (Tottenham Hotspur) 2. Dawson (Tottenham Hotspur) 3. Haugeland (Fulham) 4. Vermaelen (Arsenal) 5. Toure (Manchester City) (captain) 6. ...
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The lastest unemployment figures are out and show another small fall in the figures. Nationally seasonally adjusted unemployment fell in July by 3,800. In Birmingham seasonally unemployment fell to 11.7% from 11.8% in June (and 12.5% a year ago), but we still have the highest unemployment of the major UK cities with Manchester now in second place. In Acocks Green, unadjusted unemployment rose by 4 in the month to 1,147. This is 192 down on a year ago (one of the best reductions in the City). The most positive aspect of the overall figures is that the number of people ...
I had a chat yesterday with someone who happened to have his arm in a sling. He fractured his clavicle a few weeks ago and is well on the mend. He told me that he went back to the consultant and had to go for another x-ray. When he got there he was told that he would have to have an x-ray of his knee. Many years ago he told me that he had been to his GP about his knee but nothing had happened since. It made me wonder how many people go for a medical appointment and something ...
