by Ellee Seymour | Apr 22, 2010 | 2010 general election, Politics
Labour’s parliamentary candidate John Cowan, a former glamour model manager, is named and shamed for being expelled from the Lib Dems for sending “sexual” emails to female political figures. Cowan is challenging Shadow Agriculture Secretary Jim Paice...
by Ellee Seymour | Apr 22, 2010 | 2010 general election, Politics
I’m afraid I am missing the second of the leaders’ election debates this evening due to an invitation to see Alan Bennett’s latest masterpiece, The Habit of Art, at a special linked screening at the Arts Picturehouse in Cambridge. Understandably,...
by Ellee Seymour | Apr 20, 2010 | 2010 general election, Politics
I was supporting Julian Sturdy as a friend today, knowing his sincerity in genuinely wanting to help chronic back pain sufferers who have been denied routine funding of NHS spinal injections which make a huge difference to the quality of their daily lives, but are no...
by Ellee Seymour | Apr 20, 2010 | 2010 general election, Politics
The Archbishop of York, Dr John Sentamu, has the best ecclesiastical website I have seen to date, packed with interesting personal information about his life and regular updates about his official holy duties which take him all over the world. He is also very keen on...
by Ellee Seymour | Apr 19, 2010 | 2010 general election, Politics
Respected political writer Peter Oborne asks the same question I did recently, and echoes the same thoughts: Whatever happened to female politicians in this election? Writing in The Mail, he describes this as “the most sexist general election since the...
by Ellee Seymour | Apr 16, 2010 | 2010 general election, Environment, Politics
I missed the ITV leaders’ debate last night due to a social engagement in Cambridge, but caught up with the tail-end of it and saw Gordon Brown, David Cameron and Nick Clegg all standing poised in their party-colour co-ordinated ties. I enjoyed watching how the...
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