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Brief Encounter 2006
While the rest of the nation was gripped watching England play in the World Cup last night, I curled up on the sofa with the manuscript of a book written by a journalist friend. Award winning business writer Jenny Chapman already has 11 books under her belt and wants...
Tory MEPs urged not to interfere over EPP dilemma
Robert Sturdy urges fellow MEPs not to interfere The words "rebellion" and "Tory" were used in the same newspaper headline today. It was a report about the proposed withdrawal from the EPP, and two conflicting views of MEPs from the Eastern Region. Christopher Beeley...
The burning question about the Miliband blog
Chris Huhne: why are Lib Dems so silent about Miliband's £40,000k blog? When I first heard about David Miliband's £40,000 per year blog, my first thought was to trawl the Lib Dem blog sites to see if they had been expressing any indignant views about it, after all,...
The reason why more women don’t blog
Where is our UK Arianna? Iain asks today why women don't blog on political issues, why are 90% of them men. I've looked at my blogroll and wondered the same, I only have two women bloggers there, including the USA Queen of Blogs, my Greek Goddess of the Huff Post. The...
My call from The Times and internet censorship
I had a call from Will Pavia of The Times yesterday. He wanted a Tory quote about the British film censors' suggestion that internet sites should have classification similar to films to warn users about porno sites and foul language. He had seen my name at the top of...
Today’s literary theme – txt poetry
A txtickle from txtcafe I must admit to being a bit square when it comes to today's yoof culture and the complicated txt code used on mobile phones. I still stick to the Queen's English on the whole. Not so award winning poet and author Silver who has penned two...
Shocking true cost of Miliband’s blog is £40,000 p.a.
Do you remember the shockwaves that reverberated when I revealed that Minister Miliband's blog cost £6,000 to set up while Boris, like the rest of us lesser mortals, blogs for free? It now transpires that he was being economical with the truth. According to Pandora...
Trudy can move mountains
If anyone can move mountains, it is Trudy Lapinskis. In spite of having the UK's worst case of a rare neurological syndrome and suffering considerable pain, her only thought is to raise awareness among the medical professionals so others are spared the same agony. She...
Adam Rickitt hoping to turn Norwich blue
Prince Charming in waiting A-lister Adam Rickitt will be hoping to turn Norwich blue when he turns on the charm this Christmas in the city's panto Cinderella. Norwich has two Labour MPs, including the sacked former Home Secretary Charles Clarke, who is somewhat...