http://davecole.org/blog Thoughts, notes and comments Tue, 13 May 2008 06:50:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This cheery fellow woke me this morning with his song. Click for a larger version. xD. http://davecole.org/blog/2008/05/13/morning-visitor/ Speaking on the BBC World Service (audio clip here), Frank Field MP (Lab, Birkenhead) said: With this budget coming up [...] if we don't get a satisfactory deal I think there's enough members on the Labour back benches who will, with others, block the budget and that will make his position ... http://davecole.org/blog/2008/05/12/confidence-and-supply/ I wish to express my support for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill and my opposition to the amendment proposed by Nadine Dorries MP (Con, Mid Beds) that would restrict abortion to the first twenty weeks of gestation as opposed to the current twenty-four weeks1. The key proposals of the bill ... http://davecole.org/blog/2008/05/12/the-coalition-for-choice/ Since time immemorial, the White Cliffs at Dover have welcomed peregrines and knights errant back to the British Isles. It is fitting, then, that a landmark is to be built at Ebbsfleet, within sight of the western end of the Eurostar station and on the modern gateway to London, the ... http://davecole.org/blog/2008/05/11/the-angel-of-the-south-part-one/ Mayor Johnson, as we know, opposed the smoking ban. His voting history on the issue can be found on TheyWorkForYou.com. The noxious fumes produced by the evil weed were not, it would seem, enough in Mr Johnson's opinion to warrant an intrusion on people's liberty and bar and pub workers ... http://davecole.org/blog/2008/05/08/boris-booze-and-fags/ Looking at a situation from another perspective can be a good thing. A trip to Brussels has done something to improve my mood about the political situation in the UK. It would seem that, of the relatively few people who have noticed the change of mayor of London, most are ... http://davecole.org/blog/2008/05/06/a-view-from-over-there/ Mayor Johnson The headline news is, of course, the victory of Boris Johnson. It is no secret (at least if you've been reading this blog!) that I was and remain a strong supporter of Ken Livingstone and that I have very grave doubts about the Johnson mayoralty. I have tried ... http://davecole.org/blog/2008/05/04/reflections-on-the-london-elections/ Jon Cruddas or Oona King? xD. http://davecole.org/blog/2008/05/03/labour-mayoral-candidate-2012/ For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirl-wind. Hosea 8:7 Boris has won. Congratulations to him. xD. http://davecole.org/blog/2008/05/03/rien/ If you're quick and you'll review them. Visit BlogAPenguinClassic.co.uk. I'm going to be reviewing an anthology of Imagist Poetry. xD. http://davecole.org/blog/2008/05/01/free-penguin-classics/