Month: June 2006
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Simon Jenkins infuriates and delights in equal measure, but today’s article in the Guardian fell in the latter category. The Church of England is simply absurd. I was unaware of how the number of Bishops has sky-rocketed over the past 100 years, but I was aware of how the jealously guarded seats the Church has…
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Not withstanding my irritation about Lib Dem campaign techniques, a sincere well done to the Bromley and Chislehurst team. I wrote my post last night suspecting that it was going to be close; the fact that it was as close as it was does of course give me pause for thought. With the majority slashed…
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I probably won’t stay up for much longer waiting for the by-election results, but while waiting, I did come across this bizarre story about one of the more pointless candidates standing in Bromley and Chislehurst. Apparently the BBC is riddled with gay sex, which is news to me. Concrete slab sex on children’s programmes maybe,…
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Well, actually, they’re extremely tenuous at best, but I did enjoy watching When Julie Met Toby last night on BBC 2. My “links” such as they are were that I went to Manchester University just after Charlotte Raven had left. Raven was the sabbatical Women’s Officer when Derek Draper was a sabb as well (in…
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Got the latest Empire this evening. A few film related things: In July we are to be treated to both Pirates of the Carribean 2 and Superman Returns (which is either Superman 5 – after the Quest for Peace – 2.5 – sort of set after 2 – or 2 – the spiritual sequel to…