From what I can tell, this is how it happened: First, someone working at ITV News forgets that they're logged into the work Twitter account, rather than their personal one, and tweets: "Nigella Lawson is nowhere near as attractive as she thinks she is" This is spotted, and retweeted, by Andy Reeves. A short while ...
So, about three hours ago, I stuck my coffee in the fridge since I didn't want to drink it and was curious what Starbucks' toffee nut latte would taste like cold. (Hey, if it sucked, I could always stick it in a microwave again.) I got [IMG: [livejournal.com profile] ] mirkwood's partner, Dan, to fetch it from the fridge for me, unscrewed the cap and took a sip of my nice, cold coffee. Me: "What the fuck?! It's still hot! The cup's cold, but it's still hot!" Dan: "Well, it is a Thermos cup." I'll just shuffle off back to ...
Tonight the Senate in the USA voted to repeal the hideous law 'Don't ask, don't tell.' Now the bill passes to the desk of the President Barack Obama to sign into law. Its long overdue. I still get emails from ... Continue reading →
Having been struck by one of the many bugs flourishing in our present climate, I'm a bit late with these comments on the cabinet meeting which took place at Consett Civic Centre after all the visitors left on Wednesday, and admit they are fairly random. The first thing I noticed was in quite a technical report on the tax-base for coucil tax. I looked in vain for Consett in the localities listed, but then spotted my mistake. I should have looked for it under the locality of Stanley! But before you get too shirty, Bishop Auckland is listed under the ...
We went to see comedians Rufus Hound and Dave Fulton at "Comedy Curry" at New Greenham Arts last night. It was a superb show. The performers at New Greenham Arts usually refer to "Newbury" and being "in Newbury". Technically, it's in Greenham parish. The building was the entertainments centre on the American base, when the US Air Force was at Greenham. Dave Fulton, fittingly, is from Idaho, US and was very entertaining. He's a keen motorcyclist (he doesn't seem to like the term "motorbike"). He seems to have a collecton of bikes including a Triumph. Dave Fulton told a very ...
To arms! Lets have some Streisand Effect for @andyreeves Andy's a former colleague now working in Scottish politics, he's had no notice of his account suspension and has no idea what's meant to be going on. That's Just Wrong. (tags: streisan-effect andyreeves twitter) Jennie's Wii games reviews Jennie has been writing up her impressions of the games we've got for the Wii I bought her. Think I made the right choice of purchase there. (tags: wii games reviews) Vince Cable ends gold plating of EU laws YES! Letting UK civil servants gold plate EU legislation has been one of the ...
I hope that people will understand that Wendy and I will not be holding our regular 4th Saturday of the Month advice session on Saturday 25th December, as we assume that most people will be too busy cooking the turkey / munching through their selection boxes / unwrapping prezzies / arguing with their families (or all of the above) to turn up to chat. However, the advice sessions will be changing in the New Year to a new pattern. The new pattern is every Saturday other than the first one of the Month will be in the Market's seated area ...
Last week I posted about the decision to increase parking charges including the huge rises proposed for Launceston. I pointed out that virtually all those who responded to the consultation (well over a thousand people) were against the increases but that the Parking Panel had decided to go ahead with them anyway. I suggested that, in the light of the rejection by consultees, the proposals should be abandoned and a new scheme should be designed but, for the coming year, we stick with the current charges plus the 6% increase demanded by the budget. The lead officer present said that, ...
The Mayor of Cambridge visited Wulfstan Way on Tuesday and was met by a crowd of 150-200 people outside the shops. The lights came on as planned last night and all worked. The Mayor stayed and sang carols with us, listened to local school and church choirs and hears a short talk about how Christmas trees fit in with the Nativity story. Even Father Christmas was delayed by Cambridge traffic City traffic but managed to make it, to great appreciation from the many children present. The CHYPPS Team provided hot chocolate and cold mince pies and Authentic Cakes did brisk ...
Now, I love Andrew Reeves as much as the next person, but unlike Lisa and Jennie I am way too selfish to do anything to help him in the middle of the Strictly Come Dancing Final. Let me explain. Until this afternoon, Andrew had been a stalwart of my Twitter timeline every day of the 27 months I've been on the micro-blogging site. When I try to access his page at the moment, all I see is a massive Twitter Fail Whale and a message saying that his account has been suspended. He has no idea why this has happened. ...
On Monday I shall be ringing my phone company for a new phone as part of my contract. I want an HTC. I am vacillating between the HTC Desire and the HTC Desire HD. The HD is newer, and has a better display. The Desire is phenominally well-regarded. Both have dicky battery life, but the HD is reportedly worse. The Desire has some functions which have been toned down on the HD in order to fit the HD display in... I am genuinely unsure of which one to choose. What do you guys reckon? View Poll: New Phone [IMG: Dreamwidth] ...
Ed Miliband has famously said that he is starting with a blank sheet when it comes to policy so it is hardly surprising that he is struggling to make an impact in the House of Commons and the country as a whole. You can only get so far with negative attacks before people want to know what your alternative is. Even so I thought that the MP for Swansea West was being remarkably frank in this article in tonight's South Wales Evening Post when he implied that now that Alistair Darling is out of the picture Labour don't actually have ...
Over the past month I have been contacted by several residents concerning the lack of community facilities in Augusta Park. Of particular concern is the failure of the developers to provide a suitable community centre. As I have previously reported the temporary building intended for this use has been rejected by Test Valley Borough Council as totally unsuitable. This building was supposed to open after the occupation of 100 homes. Now over 300 homes are occupied and the developers have failed to meet their legal obligation to provide a facility. Negotiations are continuing and its hoped a centre will be ...
Gordon Brown is everywhere lately. Has he got something valid to say for a change? I suspect not. Does he have a book to flog? Oh yes indeed sir, and as a result he is everywhere blethering on about how ... Continue reading →
[IMG: With Liz Byrne at Smannell Road] Readers will no doubt remember I raised the problem of flooding on the footpath north from Smannell Road to Venice Court in February (see Since then I have been regularly chasing Hampshire County Council to get something done about it. Up till now they have failed to fix the problem and so the path still floods. At last I can report that thanks to officers from Test Valley Borough Council something is going to be done. Work will start in January to raise the level of the path so residents can walk ...
Just picked up my unread copy of The Dark Is Rising and realised that it is in fact the second book in the series. (Yeah, I know, only forty years late discovering that.) How important is it to have read Over Sea, Under Stone before starting The Dark is Rising?
I have advised the City Engineer that I remain concerned at the condition of numerous streets in the West End that are still very slippy underfoot with ice. I am particularly concerned for elderly residents. As an example, here's a photo from yesterday of Paton's Lane (right), a street with two sheltered housing complexes - run by Abertay Housing and Servite. Elderly residents in the sheltered housing are concerned about the condition of the pavements and roadway in Paton's Lane itself. Although some parts of the pavement have been gritted, the ice underfoot is very slippy. I spoke with one ...
Something very bizarre has happened on Twitter that makes no sense whatsoever and I urge all my readers to contact Twitter and air their annoyance at the issue. Andrew Reeves is a Liberal Democrat in Edinburgh. He is Deputy Director ... Continue reading →
It was quite noticeable today that Yate Shopping Centre had cleared paths, and South Glos had cleared footways to the Library and the One Stop Shop building. But there was no route cleared to the Sports Centre from the shops. Obviously it takes manpower, but you would think they could come to an arrangement with somebody to clear a safe route to their entrance.
This morning Andy Reeves blogged about an unfortunate twitter mistake made by ITV News. There was a tweet publicising the blog post which was retweeted by a number of people. Suddenly he is now unable to access twitter. I am sure that this is totally coincidental. But just in case it isn't, I'm going to reproduce Andy's blog post here, and amplify ITV's embarrassment. I suggest you do the same.Oh dear, whoops a daisy, crap etc etc Earlier this morning the ITV News twitter account sent out the following tweet:Nigella Lawson is nowhere near as attractive as she thinks she ...
At the Community Council meeting last Tuesday, we drew the winners of the West End Christmas Week shoppers' draw and the winner of the children's window spotting competition. You can read the full winners list by clicking on the headline above or by going to http://tinyurl.com/xmaswinner2010. The list will also appear on the West End Community Council website at www.wecc.org.uk and there will also be a copy on the Community Council noticeboard outside Nisa in Perth Road. A letter will shortly go to every winner advising them how to collect their prize. There was a huge number of entries - ...
Are the Tories giving the Lib Dems a free ride in Oldham East? asks Mark Ferguson on LabourList. He adds: "Although Labour are the bookies' favourites for the January 13th poll, sources close to the Labour campaign have suggested that they expect a close race. Having the Tories take things easily will certainly make things more difficult for Labour." Jerry Hayes on ThinkPolitics gives another take on the forthcoming by-election: "The potential victim in this strange little event is MiliEd. He will be out classed and outshined by Balls. he will give the impression of being the organ grinder's monkey ...
Pizza Express in Upper Street, Islington is a good choice of venue if you like rectangles, boxes and oblongs, for it is one of the boxy rather than curvy Pizza Express interiors. It also has unusual signage for the toilets (different style and pictograms from any other Pizza Express I've been to - prompting the question why this one has branched out with its own line of plumbing-related information provision) and also probably the grotiest staircase down to the toilets I've seen in a Pizza Express. It also has a remarkably large number of closed doors in the walls. In ...
I am getting a number of searches on the blog with phrases like 'Surrey gritting useless', 'why wont Surrey county council grit the roads', 'why pay Surrey county council tax when they wont grit' etc etc and felt that it was appropriate to make ... Continue reading →
There is a certain familiarity to the words used by Bob Ainsworth, the former Labour Home Office and latterly Defence Minister, who has announced his conversion to the belief that possession of all drugs should be decriminalised. "Prohibition has failed to protect us," he said. Billions of pounds are being spent on enforcement policies "without preventing the wide availability of drugs." "Leaving the drugs market in the hands of criminals causes huge and unnecessary harm to individuals, communities and entire countries. "We must take the trade away from organised criminals and hand it to the control of doctors and pharmacists. ...
54) Terri E. Givens et al (eds), Immigration Policy and Security: U.S., European, and Commonwealth Perspectives (Oxford: Routledge, 2009, ISBN 9780415990837). Articles analysing how asylum and immigration policy changed in the major destination countries after 9/11. I was surprised to find several arguing that it had little effect, because it certainly didn't look that way from where I was practising - but on closer reading, a lot of the difference seems to depend on whether you look at what Governments say, or what they actually do. Most Governments will at least pay lip service to their obligations under the 1951 ...
The bus company Stagecoach may receive £5.5m during 2011/12 as compensation for having to move out of its base in Greyfriars Bus Station, reports the Northampton Chronicle & Echo. I don't quite understand this. If I were Stagecoach I would be demanding compensation for having to use this dreadful hole in the first place. Still, £5.5m is cheap if it means getting rid of one of Britain's most hated buildings. And congratulations to the excellent Lib Dem councillor Richard Church for his persistence in this cause.
The week since the worst moment of the fees vote has seen a whole tranche of recognisably Lib Dem ideas announced by the coalition, not the least of which was the Localism Bill and the ambitious re-organisation of the electricity market to boost renewable energy. I'm not sure I'm getting used to the roller-coaster of emotions which being in government brings. Perhaps I was too idealistic; perhaps I was naive. On the other hand, there is a great deal which remains exciting and which I'm hugely proud to be part of. I don't want to be part of a party ...
I suppose the saddest thing about Captain Beefheart's death – which in many ways must have come as a relief after his decades of suffering with MS – is the BBC's obituary of him. It stresses his 'influence', but talks about musicians like Oasis or Franz Ferdinand, who have absolutely nothing in common with him. ...
Another one that we picked up for virtually nothing second-hand at Ninja Games. Madworld is a totally over the top beat-em-up game, in which you basically play a Ron Perlman lookalike and you have to kill as many people in as amusing a manner as possible. This means much waggling, punching, and circling with the Wii remote as you punch, kick, trap, throw, knife and baseball bat people into oblivion. By the time I had finished the first two levels I was knackered; I suspect those who are in the peak of health might last somewhat longer, but there really ...
There is no surer sign that the referendum campaign on Welsh Assembly powers has got underway than a high profile argument about the claims of each side in their literature. Sure enough the Western Mail obliges this morning with news of a row over the first leaflet produced by the Yes for Wales referendum campaign. The leaflet suggests that Wales will get a fairer funding formula from the UK Government if there is a Yes vote on March 3. However, True Wales condemned it as "wholly misleading" and called for its immediate withdrawal and an apology. The group have also ...
Lewisham Council's licensing team have published a draft sex establishment policy in response to the amendments made to the law last year and are inviting comments. Let us know if you have any comments or contact the Licensing team directly on the email address linked to below. The Licensing Authority has prepared a draft ...
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At 6pm on Monday there will be an Eggheads Doctor Who special. The team featured isn't a team of Who geeks, but a team of Who veterans: Cuddly Colin, Frazer Hines, Louise Jameson, John Leeson, and Katy Manning. Out of those, my suspicion is that Colin and Louise will do the best (and maybe John Leeson if there's a round on wine). I shall be watching with interest. [IMG: Dreamwidth] [IMG: Livejournal] [IMG: Blogger] [IMG: Facebook] [IMG: Tweet this] [IMG: Delicious] [IMG: Flattr this] [IMG: LibDig] [IMG: Bit/ly] [IMG: StumbleUpon]
One of the most striking things about Brazil for an outsider is the people's love of noise. Only the poshest restaurants are places where one can have a gentle conversation. Everywhere else, people shout, laugh, fool around and compete with the ever present television. Just about every medium-range eatery or snack-bar has several televisions hanging ...
Take you pick as 2011 will be: International Year for People of African DescentInternational Year of ChemistryInternational Year of ForestsWorld Veterinary YearYear of the Rabbit
[IMG: 006.JPG] This morning marked the final Saturday Surgery of 2010. Next week is Christmas Day and the week after is New Years Day, but we will be back after that with more. It was very snowy today, but we made it (albeit a few minutes late) and were accompanied by the lovely carol singers (see below). As ever it was a pleasure to speak to lots of local people and to get even more signatures for our Scrap Parking Charges petition. Here's hoping 2011 is the year they are ended once and for all on Fairfax Road. As you ...
Another in the series of responses to Labour's local newspaper letters. Normally they're in reply to blatant lies told in the press to mislead local voters, but this is slightly different. Two weeks ago I wrote to the papers reminding Labour that amidst their opposition to all the cuts proposed by the government, they had forgotten that pre-election their then-Chancellor Alistair Darling had admitted that the cuts would have to be "worse than Thatcher." This week a Labour activist (Noel Bayley, who will be standing against me in May here in St Mary's) wrote in suggesting that I'd made this ...
[IMG: 002.JPG] It was a joyful Saturday Surgery this morning, as we were accompanied by the Prestwich Carol Singers, entertaining passers-by (and us) in the snow with some lovely music and singing. It was a great occasion, and thanks go to all involved for bringing festive cheer to the centre of Prestwich. As you can see from the photo above, there was a great turnout of singers and musicians despite the horrid weather! Rick
Welcome to the latest in the occasional (yet worryingly frequent) series of posts where we delve into the local newspaper letter pages and examine letters from Labour correspondents to expose the numerous lies which normally lurk within. This week's Prestwich and Whitefield Guide has a triple-whopper (copyright Burger King Corporation 2010) in it, courtesy of Cllr Alan Matthews. He's a nice man whom I respect. But his behaviour on this occasion is not good. Don't worry if you haven't heard of Cllr Matthews, because he doesn't represent Prestwich. That didn't stop him from wading into the debate about Prestwich parking ...
David Cameron's recent speech laying out his vision of the Big Society provides a yardstick to judge it against traditional Liberal Democrat (and before that Liberal) beliefs in community politics. The underlying motivation for the Big Society, as expressed by Cameron, could have come from one of the many Lib Dem / Liberal pamphlets or articles about community politics: It comes from the belief that over many decades this country has become too centralised, too bureaucratic and too top-down. And this is not just inefficient and overly-bureaucratic but also has an insidious cultural effect, because it robs people of responsibility. ...
There have been competitions recently to find which is the greatest musical band of all-time. You could easily make the case for the Beatles, Led Zeppelin or Westlife (just kidding there folks) but for me, it'll always be Queen. Pioneers in their own unique way, they spanned two decades with a music that will echo down the ages. I'm unfortunately too young to have seen them at their prime but at least had the pleasure of seeing them in their modern incarnatrion with Paul Rodgers a few years ago in Cardiff. They rocked then so I could only imagine how ...
THIS story is yet again, another shocking example of how the law works in favour of criminals and against ordinary law abiding people. You will note that the two men who were attempting to break in to the building "were not charged". How about bringing charges against the people attempting to break in to a building rather than spending three months trying to get evidence against a disabled man who did nothing wrong ?
Oh dear, whoops a daisy, crap etc etc Earlier this morning the ITV News twitter account sent out the following tweet; Nigella Lawson is nowhere near as attractive as she thinks she isI do feel for the person responsible for tweeting this, but it shows when you have a personal account and you operate a business account, check which you are logged into before you tweet. One of my followers pointed out that Nigella is the same age as Gillian McKeith which means whoever tweeted this from ITV News is wrong anyway! The offending tweet has been removed but as ...
So Carlos Tevez would like to leave Manchester City. He still has more than three years to run on his incredibly expensive contract, but has informed the press that he has played his last game for Man. City. Now, I've nothing against Man. City (other than them not being Liverpool) and my sympathy lies very much with their owners and management. No club should be bullied in this way, and I hope the rich Middle Eastern owners of Man. City will do football a real favour, by refusing to bow to this pressure and continuing to insist Tevez comes to ...
The councillors were sent this update on Friday about the council's plans for dealing with the snow this weekend... Dear Councillors I am sure you will have seen the weather forecast predicting more bad weather over the weekend. The unpredicted snow earlier today has already caused problems on our roads and pavements. We have suspended our cleansing services and have directed staff to gritting and clearing pavements. Our gritting lorries were out this morning ensuring main roads were kept running and following this they have moved on to side roads. However, many side roads and pavements are hazardous as the ...
From April 2011 the Royal Mail will raising the price of stamps: 1st Class will rise 5p 2nd Class will rise 4p I must say that I still like receiving hand written letters but these are now very far and few between. Has anyone noticed that credit card and loan letters have increased recently and before the recession our household must have received at least half a dozen a week. An old boss of mine could tell the state of the economy by looking at the amount of franked mail in the Mail Centre, he said that one house sale ...
[IMG: Snowy Redlands] This is the scene on Upper Redlands Road in Redlands earlier today. Full credit to my doughty ward colleagues Cllr Kirsten Bayes and Cllr Glenn Goodall who made it to Upper Redlands Road this morning for our ward surgery (I couldn't get there as I was snowed in on the other side of the IDR). Glenn has been in touch reporting that the Readibus we were supposed to be holding our surgery in couldn't make it through the snow to Redlands so regrettably our surgery today has had to be cancelled. This is the first time since we were first elected as councillors ...
When I woke up this morning all nice and toasty (having forgotten to turn the central heating off which was therefore on all night – ouch) I looked out of the window and thought that we here in Woking had ... Continue reading →
Dear LibDemVoice, Wikio, Met Office, National Rail Enquiries and, well, the whole internet, I get that you need to make money, or at least pay the hosting bills. I also understand that you probably have limited editorial control over the adverts that get displayed. However, between you all you have just made me install Firefox Adblock, ensuring I am not going to see half your adverts and thus deprive you of potential revenue. Not that I was likely to click on them in the first place. Why? Because I move around a fair bit and other than my trusty iPad, ...
This can be seen of this is reproduced belowHighways and Car Parks All the main roads are passable with care and the CCTV pictures in Bath show that drivers are coping with the conditions. However conditions on side roads, minor roads and untreated surfaces such as footways and footpaths are particularly difficult. We
Welcome to my weekly round-up of two blogging highlights from the past week: the post that I found most interesting or enjoyable to write and the post from someone else that I found most interesting or entertaining. A post from me...The cookie: a new weapon in media relations for politicians Enjoy this YouTube clip showing how one politician handles the media. ... and a post from someone elseA musing about the Lib Dem Christmas Party A prominent Conservative supporter attends a Liberal Democrat Christmas Party (as his firm was sponsoring the event) and gives his view on the state of ...
A couple of weeks ago I wrote a blog post about my finally taking the plunge and getting rid of Sky TV and TalkTalk broadband. It was a somewhat jubilant post based on the promise of a better and more ... Continue reading →
i) births and deaths None that I noted. ii) broadcast anniversaries 18 December 1965: broadcast of "Coronas of the Sun", sixth episode of the story we now call The Daleks' Master Plan. The Doctor, Steven and Sara give Chen a fake tarranium core; and land somewhere with a really poisonous atmosphere. 18 December 2003: webcast of sixth episode of Scream of the Shalka. The Doctor blows up the Shalka with Alison's help. (And there's a rather peculiar bit with the Master, but watch and judge for yourself.) iii) date specified in canon 18 December 1953: disappearance of the Sky Gypsy ...
Last chance to buy a copy of Cage Against The Machine (links below) – cast your vote in favour of ideas, rather than spoon fed culture. Even if you like Matt Cardle's single and choose to buy it, buy a copy of CATM too (only 49p from Amazon!) to balance it out. Christmas commercialisation is bad enough as it is without the X Factor destroying the traditional Christmas competition for the No. 1 slot. Amazon – 49p we7 – 76p HMV – 79p
Here's your starter for ten in our Saturday slot where we throw up an idea or thought for debate... Bonus for bankers are in the news once again, with talks involving the banks not yet reaching any agreement and with Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg keeping up the political pressure, telling the Financial Times: "The banks should not be under any illusion this government cannot stand idly by. It is wholly untenable to have millions of people making sacrifices in their living standards, only to see the banks getting away scot-free..." Mr Clegg, the son of a banker, said that ...
The let's- humiliate-the-unemployed movement comes to Britain. This is how we can combine the iniquity of truck payments with all the stupidity of the Speenhamland system. Lets remove all dignity from people on benefits, so that a few (usually religiously motivated) do-gooders can feel good and go to heaven. Foodbanks.
Devolution of power to local communities has been part of the Liberal creed ever since I joined the party, so I suppose we should welcome Eric Pickles's proposals. However, if I were a trained and qualified librarian I think I should take a dim view of the local library service being handed over to a group of self selected Linda Snells. Liberals have aways understood devolution to imply handing responsibilities and powers (including tax-raising powers) to democratically elected bodies, but neither district nor parish councilors seem to feature largely in the Pickles proposals. Indeed, rather than enhance the fund-raising powers ...
It's not often that I blog about a personal incident in my life. My mother and I were mugged outside my grandmother's house in Malaysia where I am on holiday. We had walked to the local shops to buy some colouring pencils for me. Just as we were about to reach the house a motorbike with two riders came past and snatched my mum's handbag. We lost our holiday money, camera and other valuables. The motorbike sped off too fast for us to see the number plate. Luckily, just a few seconds before I had taken my favourite toy - ...
aka Captain Beefheart, although as an artist Don was incredibly popular, abstract and enigmatic, as in real life. A friend of mine way back in the 1980s initiated me into Beefheart. It took me a few years, it's fair to say, to get it. When I did, it changed the way I listen to music forever. Beefheart had a unique and original approach to lyrics, rhythm and melody, rooted firmly in the blues. He was an ecologist before the term came into politics, and in interviews was startlingly funny. Nobody has lived until they listen to the man and his ...
Yahoo maybe not closing Delicious but selling it Political Satire and British-American Relations in Five Decades of Doctor Who - DIPAOLO - 2010 - The Journal of Popular Culture - Wiley Online Library "In all my travels I have battled against evil, against power mad conspirators. I should have stayed here! Power mad conspirators! Daleks, Sontarans. Cybermen! They're still in the nursery compared to us!" (tags: doctorwho) Is Yahoo Shutting Down Del.icio.us? [Update: Yes] Damn. How will I do daily linkspams now? (tags: internet delicious) Report: Unemployment High Because People Keep Blowing Their Job Interviews | The Onion - ...
We spend too much of our time in front of the television or sat at a computer. We eat the wrong things and one in five pupils who leave primary school are obese. According to the school measuring programme if you just look at figures for being overweight then there are more than one in three pupils falling into this category. Compare this with reports that we live too long. We are paying out too much in pensions and we simply can't afford these costs. It is obviously better to be fitter but the benefits do not come along without ...
Good News for old and vulnerable residents of North Somerset as the cold hits for a second time this winter, the Quartet Community Foundation has extended the 'Surviving Winter Appeal' to our area. Older residents who feel that they do not need all or part of their winter fuel payment can give all or part of it to those in greater need by following the link from Quartet's website www.quartetcf.org.uk see below for the e-mail I received from Quartet's Chief Executive Deb Appleby Dear Brian You spoke to Ronnie Brown last month about the Surviving Winter Appeal and I wanted ...
