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Random Thoughts for 21st October 2013: An insomnia fuelled catch up
No comments on Random Thoughts for 21st October 2013: An insomnia fuelled catch upNot much blogging going on here at the moment. There are reasons for that, although we won’t go into that now, and I am wondering if I ought to change my approach. There doesn’t seem to be much focus or direction to this blog when I do post. However, (and as if to handily illustrate that randomness) I will make use of a night of serious insomnia to catch up with posting some links. So…
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Random Thoughts for 31st July 2013: hats, elephants and things to celebrate
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 17th July 2013 and 31st July 2013: Residents offered chance to speak about town’s outdoor sports facilities Back when I was a councillor and a portfolio-holder I remember trying to get the Council to do some work on developing a proper strategy for outdoor sports. Sadly I got…
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Random Thoughts: A catch up for the rest of June 2013
In this edition we have a birthday chimp, a couple of Russells, and a lot of Boyle. Another unscheduled gap in blogging and a fair bit to catch up on. Although we are (to my surprise) well in to July, here is a catch for June. 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 19 June…
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Random Thoughts for 18th June 2013
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 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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Random Thoughts: A catch up for May 2013
I can’t really believe we are in June already. I seem to be having problems properly organising my time — and then there never seems to be enough of it. Also been suffering from “the curse of the interesting”. I keep finding new things interesting — but don’t have time/energy to do anything constructive about them. For instance; I’ve been hugely fascinated by the debates and arguments over equal marriage recently, wanted to think more…
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Random Thoughts for 9th May 2013
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 30th April 2013 and 9th May 2013: Historical Figures for the 21st Century – Telegraph This gallery shows portraits of historical figures updated as if they were alive today. It is a really interesting and thought provoking idea — although I think in most of these examples they’ve…
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Random Thoughts for 29th April 2013
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 20th April 2013 and 29th April 2013: Liberal Democrats for Electoral Reform The Liberal Democrats for Electoral Reform have set up a new website as part of the Reform Groups Network. Burn our planet or face financial meltdown. Not much of a choice – Will Hutton This is…
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Random Thoughts for 19th April 2013: lemurs and libel
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 11th April 2013 and 19th April 2013: Whipsnade Zoo: Lemur Island welcomes new residents I know I should be more mature about this — but lemurs are just the coolest things ever! Naval strategy lessons for the NHS David Boyle on why Nelson’s “Band of Brothers” leadership style should be…
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Random Thoughts for 8th April 2013: A late March catch-up
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 19th March 2013 and 8th April 2013. This is a catch up of things from the end of March and the beginning April 2013. Probably appears even more random than usual as I am posting it late and have been erratic in adding links. Look at the tracks…
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Random Thoughts for 20th February 2013: Richard Briers, Caedmon and Ella Fitzgerald
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 12th February 2013 and 19th February 2013: The Liberal Democrats are the only fair tax party – Danny Alexander “In government, Labour increased tax on low income households; in government the Lib Dems have led the largest programme of tax cuts for working people for a generation. If…
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Random Thoughts for 11th February 2013
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 4th February 2013 and 11th February 2013: Rare tiger unveiled at Whipsnade Zoo The latest arrival at Whipsnade is a incredibly handsome Russian tiger named Botzman. The Bailey Hill Water Tower, Luton Hoo Memorial Park, Luton LU1, 4 bedroom property for sale One of Luton’s more unusual landmarks…
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Random Thoughts for 2nd February 2013
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 28th January 2013 and 2nd February 2013. This is largely catching up on the political news in January. David Laws announced as chair of manifesto working group I don’t have as much problem with Laws in this role as I know some will have — However, it does…
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Random Thoughts for 24th January 2013
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 9th January 2013 and 24th January 2013: 150 great things about the Underground This month we celebrated 150 years of the London Underground. So I am linking to this fantastic blog (hat-tip Liberal England ). Looking through it I was blown away by the richness and extent of the…
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Random Thoughts for December 2012
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. As there haven’t been any for awhile this is a catch up post for December 2012. A year of zoo babies A feature of these Random Thoughts posts throughout 2012 has been new arrivals at Whipsnade Zoo. Here is a round up of all the baby animals born at…
