Thursday, April 28, 2005
Delivering Leaflets
It's good for the sole!
For the first time in twenty years I've joined in! I volunteered my services for one of the political parties (after a lengthy absence) and took delivery of a batch of leaflets destined for the Lytton Park estate. It's not far from home, and I reckoned a good stiff walk would do me some good!
I'd almost forgotten what it felt like marching up and down garden paths in a pair of heavy leather soled shoes, with a shower in the offing, getting the backs of your right hand scratched by unruly letter flaps, and then trying to remember where you left the car!
It turned out to be not so bad, the showers were quite light, and having overdressed for the occasion, a little rain was a relief. The whole estate took an hour and a half, so after a long day at work it helped build a healthy appetite. Mrs. Curly and the kids think I've gone quite mad!
The least we can do to engage in the democratic process is to turn out and cast our vote, the next step is to volunteer some help to one of the candidates, following that, make a choice about whether or not to join a political party. If you don't like the way that some things are done (on your behalf) and you want to change something, it's often easier to do it from the inside, rather than trying to influence events from the outside.
If you are seriously interested in politics and how the decision making process affects the lives of those around you, you may as well think seriously about being a candidate yourself. You don't need to be in a political party, many independent candidates have success in local elections and sometimes one or two win a seat in Parliament (although, this is exceptional).
Bad Blah Day
Seems that Tony Blah has had to defend himself all day long about the allegations that he lied about the central reasons for going to war against Iraq. 10 Downing Street released the full text of the reports from the Attorney General Lord Goldsmith. At first Lord Goldsmith advised that participation in the attack would be an unlawful act (on March 7th. 2003), yet only 10 days later he changed his advice to conclude that Iraq was still in breach of UN disarmament obligations.
What happened during those ten days?
Richard-Norton Taylor transcript - click here
Tony Blair a serial liar - click here
I took the unusual step of ringing my old friend Baroness Thatcher to seek her opinion of Blah's character during this "liar" crisis
It seems the two of us are still in total agreement!
(Picture by Hypnochick)
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For the first time in twenty years I've joined in! I volunteered my services for one of the political parties (after a lengthy absence) and took delivery of a batch of leaflets destined for the Lytton Park estate. It's not far from home, and I reckoned a good stiff walk would do me some good!
I'd almost forgotten what it felt like marching up and down garden paths in a pair of heavy leather soled shoes, with a shower in the offing, getting the backs of your right hand scratched by unruly letter flaps, and then trying to remember where you left the car!
It turned out to be not so bad, the showers were quite light, and having overdressed for the occasion, a little rain was a relief. The whole estate took an hour and a half, so after a long day at work it helped build a healthy appetite. Mrs. Curly and the kids think I've gone quite mad!
The least we can do to engage in the democratic process is to turn out and cast our vote, the next step is to volunteer some help to one of the candidates, following that, make a choice about whether or not to join a political party. If you don't like the way that some things are done (on your behalf) and you want to change something, it's often easier to do it from the inside, rather than trying to influence events from the outside.
If you are seriously interested in politics and how the decision making process affects the lives of those around you, you may as well think seriously about being a candidate yourself. You don't need to be in a political party, many independent candidates have success in local elections and sometimes one or two win a seat in Parliament (although, this is exceptional).
Bad Blah Day
Seems that Tony Blah has had to defend himself all day long about the allegations that he lied about the central reasons for going to war against Iraq. 10 Downing Street released the full text of the reports from the Attorney General Lord Goldsmith. At first Lord Goldsmith advised that participation in the attack would be an unlawful act (on March 7th. 2003), yet only 10 days later he changed his advice to conclude that Iraq was still in breach of UN disarmament obligations.
What happened during those ten days?
Richard-Norton Taylor transcript - click here
Tony Blair a serial liar - click here
I took the unusual step of ringing my old friend Baroness Thatcher to seek her opinion of Blah's character during this "liar" crisis
It seems the two of us are still in total agreement!
(Picture by Hypnochick)
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