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Comment on ID Cards and the Technical Stuff = The Fatal Flaws by ShamWows

ShamWows — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:17:39 +0000

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Comment on Eye Candy by Iain Jacobs

Iain Jacobs — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:57:21 +0000

I can see that you think about your pictures before you take them. They are much more satisfying than snapshots.

Comment on Can We Go Now ? by Equal in Dignity Versus Equal Indignity « Civitas

Equal in Dignity Versus Equal Indignity « Civitas — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 23:29:44 +0000

[...] For those dismayed by all the acrymony, here is a pick-me-up. [...]

Comment on Britain and the EU, Different Roads to Travel by Kristian Mattias

Kristian Mattias — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 16:07:17 +0000

Great article. There’s a lot of good information here, though I did want to let you know something – I am running Mac OS X with the circulating beta of Firefox, and the look and feel of your blog is kind of flaky for me. I can read the articles, but the navigation doesn’t work so great.

Comment on 9/11 – My Grand Daughter’s Birthday by My Photography

My Photography — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 16:12:57 +0000

[...] Whilst based in the USA and living near Chicago, I had to visit various of the Company’s regional offices and one of them was in New Jersey so I got to spend a weekend in New York. The full story behind that I wont repeat, it is in an article on my other blog site if you are interested but basically it was a kind of personal pilgrimage: http://baldysblog.co.uk/2008/09/11/911-%E2%80%93-my-grand-daughters-birthday/ [...]

Comment on What Kind of Election ? by baldy

baldy — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 11:29:59 +0000

Happy New Year to you too Sheumais.

Liam Byrne, spot on he is an annoying little twerp, I can remember back to school days, he was the sort of person one always made sure that they got to see the “Blue Goldfish” in the Boys Lavvy !

Comment on What Kind of Election ? by Sheumais

Sheumais — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 10:12:35 +0000

Hello and a happy New Year to you. Glad to see you’re keeping your blog going.

I had the great misfortune to see Liam Byrne on Newsnight on Monday. He is yet another one of these hugely irritating people who have this Blears-like inappropriate smile that’s not reflected in their eyes but invites you to wipe it off. His posturing was one of the most ludicrous performances I’ve seen for a while, even when faced with a Conservative opponent who regularly fails to inspire confidence in his party or its leader. I suspect the look of disgust on Paxman’s face will be mirrored on the faces of undecided voters over the next few months. It’s still looking like UKIP for me.

Comment on The Fox Hunting Ban by baldy

baldy — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 11:23:10 +0000

Mr Woollard

I suspect that you are right, rather a lot of them look like the “Left Overs of Christmas” on their very best days ! Whilst a limit on terms such as the American Presidency where two terms in Office is the maximum, no one I know of has yet applied this to the ordinary elected members such as MPs.

Whilst obviously difficult in a situation where there are no fixed Parliamentary terms, I wonder whether there should be a forced retirement date for Members of Parliament of say 10 years or 3 General Elections, whichever comes the sooner ?

Perhaps such a “Use By Date” might buck their ideas up and stop thinking of it as an alternative to a “proper job”

Comment on The Fox Hunting Ban by Geoffrey Woollard

Geoffrey Woollard — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:54:31 +0000

“I wish you well with your independent candidature at the next general election more independents would go a long way to solving the “Separation of Powers” issue in the Commons. Unfortunately the public rarely vote for independents and always insist on “buying a branded product”.

Good Luck with that”

You’re more than generous, Baldy, and it’s appreciated!

As to the ‘branded products’ in the present House of Commons, it looks as though some of them are well past their sell-buy date. Independent in my book equals generic. In other words, it does as good a job at a lot less cost.

Comment on The Fox Hunting Ban by baldy

baldy — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 20:59:44 +0000

No problem Geoffrey Woollard,

I wish you well with your independent candidature at the next general election more independents would go a long way to solving the “Separation of Powers” issue in the Commons. Unfortunately the public rarely vote for independents and always insist on “buying a branded product”.

Good Luck with that