• Unison rally in Market Square – looks more impressive on ground floor http://flic.kr/p/7JfMcP #
• Hearing news of some sort of sit-in on the tram tracks as part of the protest outside. Trams stopped briefly. #
• The clock in our office in the Council House has been an hour fast since the end of BST. We're all wondering what will the next time the … #
• Full Council. A minute's silence for Keith Alexander and Hon Alderwoman Margaret Crow. #
• Thanks for all the #50waystoloseyourwheeliebin suggestions – looking forward to my speech now! #
• @mithomas20 they stuff the money in the mattress so Cllr Collins can't feel the pea. in reply to mithomas20 #
• Budget debate proper begins 3.15. #
• Ooh interesting – Labour are amending their own budget. #
• Just found a pen down the back of my chair that says it was manufactured out of recycled games consoles. #
• Accepted amendment changes the figures of all other amendments, so this army of officers are crunching numbers. http://flic.kr/p/7JmG5U #
• Accepted amendment changes the figures of all other amendments, so this army of officers are crunching numbers. http://flic.kr/p/7JhLLc #
• Wincing at Tory suggestions: cut maternity pay, says one. Another says he feels like he's living in the USSR. #
• Every single Labour councillor present just voted to close Beechdale Road Library. There's a very strange feeling in the room. Is it the … #
• Strange feeling in the room… Is it Labour's shame? <= how last message should have finished. #
• Cllr Long pointing out that many of the suggestions we made last year were ridiculed – but are in Labour's budget this year. #
• After six hours of meeting we end up exactly where we predicted: oppo amdts defeated and Lab's budget agreed. #
• @thickfurred http://bit.ly/91sKLJ #
• Haven't done owt for Int'l Women's Day yet, so go read "I'm not a feminist, but…" http://bit.ly/aofvtc (hat tip @MarkReckons) #
• Mind you, I have occasionally said *I* am a feminist. #
• @miketd did you see @mitchbenn's response to the goodie bag? "Turns out, you CAN have too much lube." in reply to miketd #

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