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Random Thoughts for 18th June 2013
No comments on Random Thoughts for 18th June 2013This is the latest in my series of Random Thoughts posts with links, things found on the web and other stuff that has occurred to me between 10th June 2013 and 18th June 2013: A personal guide to the 13 most essential political podcasts | Stephen Tall Stephen gives a comprehensive guide to the podcast listening choices available for politicos. I regularly listen to a subset of these. The one addition I would make —…
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The South Shields by-election and Lazy Labour
Back in April I’d written here about the inevitability of the Labour Party winning the South Shields by-election using it as an illustration of how the phenomenon of the safe seat corrupts our politics. I didn’t write anything in reaction to the result last month as it went as expected. However, I did find a couple of pieces of commentary on the result that I thought backed up what I was saying and I think…
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The new MP for South Shields has been chosen
With David Miliband heading off to his new job with the International Rescue Committee in New York the constituency of South Shields needs a new member of Parliament. Last week this new MP was chosen. It is to be a local councillor and social worker Emma Lewell-Buck. What do you mean the by-election hasn’t happened yet? I know that — but so what? There is a vote scheduled for the 2 May. There will be…
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Random Thoughts for 22nd October 2012: Anglo-Saxons, Kiron Reid, Croydon North & the new theatre at Shakespeare’s Globe
This is the latest in my series of Random Thoughts posts with links, things found on the web and other stuff that has occurred to me between 15th October 2012 and 22nd October 2012: BBC Radio 3 – The Essay: Anglo-Saxon Portraits This week I’ve been getting into Radio 3’s series of essays looking at the Anglo-Saxon’s. This is one of my favourite periods of English history, but one that I know less about. So I’ve been…
