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Tweets on 2009-02-27

  • Little twitter poem. http://tr.im/gNXz I’ve more or less stopped following slebs now as their thoughts take up too much space. #
  • @tonytheaker Are you casting opposition cllrs as the wicked plotting against the righteous? #
  • @rfenwick take his badge number and shop him secretly to the taxi licensing authority #
  • Held front door open for cat. Amazed to see him slowly and deliberately look both ways before crossing road. #

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Tweets on 2009-02-26

  • @mitchbenn R4’s Media Show is covering the issue of disabled children’s presenter. #
  • Solar panel was pulling in nearly 50 deg of heat in this morning’s sun. #
  • Is it me, or have there been loads more air accidents in recent weeks than normal? #
  • Off to supermarket to buy a basket full of Gaviscon plus things that cause heartburn. #
  • I knew there was something shifty about Mark Pack! Turns out he’s solely responsible for the death of morris dancing. http://tr.im/gMSH #
  • @technicalfault http://twitpic.com/1p0s5 – I *knew* it! http://tr.im/gMSY #
  • @susioneill I thought brown was trendy now? in reply to susioneill #

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Tweets on 2009-02-24

  • @flocktogether do you really mean @@LondonLibDemsLibDems ? #
  • @tonytheaker I should think so too! No-one should live at County Hall! #
  • Mmmm. Newsagent onion bhaji. #
  • Hoping I can find a way to watch Law and Order UK despite not having been home when it was on. #
  • Wanting Law and Order UK to be good, but not getting my hopes up too much. #
  • Aargh! Cable TV and internet are down. No Law and Order. Engineers are trying to fix by 9am in NG3/NG5 area. #
  • Dammit, it’s not like I ask much of cable tv, just the occasional Dave vegathon, QI XL on IPlayer and L&O right now! #
  • Ooh, the internet is back. Hello internet! #
  • 12seconds – Ferris wheel http://tiny12.tv/ZIY9T #
  • 12seconds – Tram passing http://tiny12.tv/EQCXA #
  • @willhowells @artesea does it have the donk-donk? #
  • @helenduffett the famous Law and Order donk-donk made out of monks’ feet and cash registers http://tr.im/gIaX #
  • 12seconds – Someone else’s cat http://tiny12.tv/P2RKA #
  • On a site visit with planning ctte, with a difficult listed building enforcement to think about. #

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Tories: put your money where your mouth is

Cllr Richard Kemp, leader of the Lib Dems in local government, has challenged Tories to take action on their new pledge to push for more mayors in English cities.

We covered this tangentially whilst discussing lovebombing last week, when we also linked to Millennium Elephant’s masterful dismissal of the entire policy:

The proposal to increase accountability will actually DILUTE it; the promise to return power to people will really move power IN to a new centre that is less representative and more remote; the plan to free local government from central government control will, in reality, SHACKLE local councils even further.

Cllr Kemp has slightly more gravitas than Millennium – and a really valid point, which is if the Tories really wanted more mayors, why haven’t they taken steps to achieve it already?

Cllr Kemp says: “In Coventry you have sufficient votes to get a resolution through the council committing the council to hold an immediate referendum on the question of whether or not there should be an elected Mayor for Coventry.

“There is no need to wait for Tory legislation when you could, in fact, do it now.

“In Leeds and Birmingham you do not have sufficient votes to get a resolution through the council but you do share control in both those cities.”

Tweets on 2009-02-23

  • 12seconds – Champagne breakfast http://tiny12.tv/WMUFC #
  • Hah – you can tell @jamesgraham isn’t actually here – he thinks we’re talking! #
  • Whose round is it? Looking pointedly at @jamesgraham #ldvmeetup #
  • Hmmm, dozing all the way home certainly makes a three hour rail journey fly by. #
  • 12seconds – Chauffeuse http://tiny12.tv/S45GT #
  • @jamesgraham I have finally looked up what a Dead Nazi consists of… and… I have the ingredients in the house… looks quite nice… #
  • This was the viaduct we went over today on way to London: http://tr.im/gFRn #

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