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Brown is not Barack Obama
LabourList contributor Bryony King reckons that The Sun’s support for Conservatives isn’t a worrying matter for Gordon Brown. She believes that Labour can rely on the internet to bring them in votes: “If we want to forget about The Sun, which I’m sure we all...
Supermarket values and cheap booze
I was very disappointed to see a full page advertisement in the national press today by Tesco promoting 1 litre of spirits for £10 – a whopping 75% reduction; this is even cheaper than duty free prices from what I remember over the summer. If highly profitable...
I am guilty too!
I’m waiting for my arrest because I also had a regular free child care swap with a friend during our toddlers’ nursery school days. Apparently, this kind of adult consensual arrangement is in breach of the Childcare Act because it lasted more than two hours and...
Nancy gives Brown some nifty football tips
With the Chancellor Alastair Darling warning Gordon Brown that his Ministers are losing “the will to live†in the run-up to the election and acting like a football team with their heads down well before the final whistle, who better to turn to for tactical advice...
My letter in The Times
I have been following readers’ letters in The Times about palliative care for the dying and penned one describing my personal experiences following the recent death of my mother-in-law Vera. I found it distressing to watch Vera unable to swallow fluids in the her...
Having the courage to die
I wouldn’t want to end my life as a vegetable and am now able to make legal arrangements to spare myself – and loved ones – this kind of suffering. I hope I will never find myself in the situation of becoming involved in an assisted suicide. But I’m relieved...
Life goes on in murder house
Once again my Cambridgeshire village finds itself in the media spotlight following the 33-year sentencing of Rekha Kumari-Baker for murdering her two daughters to “wreak havoc†upon her former husband, David Baker. I have just walked by the murder house round the...
Successful networking at the Conservative conference
I agree with Heather White that networking at next month’s Conservative Party conference will be the most important as we edge closer to the next general election. I thought her advice for budding political candidates which was recently highlighted on...
Cowardly mugger robs my frail but feisty friend
My author friend Jean Adamson was mugged yesterday. The shameless robber escaped with her purse and left her lying in the road with a broken arm. Jean is 81-years-old and has a frail build, but is full of feisty spirit that I hope will see her through this terrible...