Tweets on 2011-04-23

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Elections, me and the Pod Delusion

I’ve been talking on the Pod Delusion again this week, this time about some of the processes involved in standing for election to your local council. It’s more complicated than some people realise, and my process piece explains some of the intricacies.

The full podcast is available here.

Most of the time, I just scribble something down and send it in to PD and all is well.

This time, unfortunately, I got a bit carried away, and ended up writing seven pages of text before recording fifteen minutes of sound. Clearly that would not fit in a podcast where they try and keep the pace going and a variety of different reports, so I was asked to edit it down. This meant cutting two large digressions about elections by thirds and some of the candidates for election in Nottingham. Happily, the unexpurgated report is also available for download at the link above.

It’s not the first time I’ve spoken about election processes for the Pod Delusion. Last year, they ran a piece from me on what happens on polling day, taking in the count and the work of polling officers. You can find that on Episode 32.

I also did a bit of spiel on how political parties target leaflets mostly about Election Communications delivered during general elections to voters by the Royal Mail.

Tweets on 2011-04-22

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Tweets on 2011-04-21

  • Planning committee (@ Loxley House) http://4sq.com/e3d3vU #
  • @Meryl_F eek, what got him, and when? #
  • RT @alexfolkes: Packed room. Sun shining. No windows open. Crucial decisions. One councillor asleep <<< could be anywhere in country 🙂 #
  • RT @qikipedia: Most expensive flat in London sells for £136m – enough to buy 1,564 average houses in Burnley http://tinyurl.com/3fgd3lb #
  • Cripes. More people follow @stephenfry on twitter than buy a daily newspaper. #
  • It's April, nearly 10pm, and whilst we're not quite eating outside, we are in the conneh by candlelight with the doors flung wide. #

  • End of meatballs and rice http://flic.kr/p/9AhUAJ #
  • . @qikipedia thanks for the retweet, but the nugget of info came from Michael Buerk on #bbcradio4 #039;s Moral Maze #
  • RT @meerkatmartin: RT @bykimbo that will change the moment @stephenfry starts charging. << Is he likely to stampede, d'you think? #
  • @mawawa eek, I use them – what happened? #
  • @kayray eat the cat? 🙂 #
  • OMG, just noticed I got an awesome DM from the nice folks at @qikipedia, signed PERSONALLY by the Elves! #

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Tweets on 2011-04-20

  • @dr_nick don't think last thing was done by a poltician. Arguments in favour of AV: http://www.yestofairervotes.org #
  • RT @charltonbrooker: Are there *any* No to AV ads that aren't constructed from very very obvious horseshit? Not sarcasm; genuinely curious. #
  • @NCCLols are your comments libellous? #
  • @MadameNottm there is also the Militant Elvis Anti Tesco Popular Front candidate in Sneinton. Splitters! #
  • @Psythor so poor people can only go to post-94 unis?! #
  • @jonxyz you've presumably seen all the redubbed ones on Youtube? #
  • @Psythor no, no it's not. #
  • @Psythor "The new data could help advance our understanding" <– no, no it couldn't. It will give boring men more things to be boring about. #
  • @Psythor apparently there's more than one football team here! And some lady rugbyers too. #

  • Yup, @A_C_McGregor is definitely sober in this one http://flic.kr/p/9A41zm #
  • Playing with foursquare. I'm guessing A&E means summat totally different to the leftpondians. #

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Tweets on 2011-04-19

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Tweets on 2011-04-18

  • A Seikh march through Hyson Green. Some amazing saris. And some impatient traffic. #
  • Congrats to @cllrjoncollins for running the marathon, but please don't show us any more blisters! #shudder #
  • Nigella's Chinese lamb shanks smell amazeballs already and still have another two hours of cooking ahead of them. http://bit.ly/i1tdx7 #
  • "A No vote will be a terrible headache for Nick Clegg; Yes vote will be a skull-splitting migraine for David Cameron." http://bit.ly/hP4BKt #
  • Can you plant split peas and expect to harvest pea shoots? or are they too processed to germinate? #
  • RT @lordbonkers: @stephentall Ahem, I make that the Golden Eleven. <<< always nice to know people are paying attention 🙂 #

  • Banana custard #fail http://flic.kr/p/9zjNTa #

  • Earlier today, bought a creme egg cosy. Didn't realise getting cold was such a problem in the choc chick community http://flic.kr/p/9zjPZ4 #
  • Who puts sprinkles on banana custard?! #
  • @foxc_uk it has to be cold! The custard has to set! #
  • RT @jamesgraham: The biggest political party in Finland is called KOK. Tee hee hee! #ohdogrowup #

  • Wish I'd discovered home cooked lamb shanks years ago. Easy, impressive and delicious http://flic.kr/p/9zmEP6 #
  • Can anyone help me refind a Telegraph article that had numbers of councillors defending seats by party? #
  • @doctorvee my technique is (usually) a) never let it get more than half empty and b) fill 'er up (regardless of round number or cost)! #
  • @kayray is the cat cold? Ours are MUCH more attentive when they feel need to huddle for warmth. 🙂 #
  • @alanfleming Yes. It's not very good. And I don't prune as often as I should. But it's the only WP plugin that does what it does. #
  • @doctorvee I was once told that nearly empty petrol tank much more likely to explode if vapours ignite. Plus running out v embarrassing! #
  • @alanfleming I like it because I use twitter for informal bookmarks and it's much easier to find old tweets on my blog than twitter. #
  • @alanfleming you fave your own tweets? that seems vaguely conceited 🙂 #
  • @alanfleming plus I never really know which ones I will want to try and find again. #
  • @alanfleming hopefully back now? whole of libdemvoice.org family died briefly this evening, again. #
  • @alanfleming – yeah, or a category obscuring plugin, or a site design like markpack.org.uk which all but hides them might be way forward. #
  • @alanfleming plus there are a surprising number of people who engage with my tweets through my blog – some opponents, some old friends. #
  • @Orcs the world needs more steampunk school governors. #
  • Hooray! I've found some public domain Hawaiian music for my report for @PodDelusion about the local elections. #
  • @benrav Sir Peter's been a councillor, MP and now wants to be mayor. Is he sure this is the job for him and he won't cause more by-elections #

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Tweets on 2011-04-17

  • Workin' on my campaign tan #libdems #
  • Coketime (@ Northgate Stores) http://4sq.com/eB8RiV #
  • I just unlocked the "4sqDay 2011" badge on @foursquare! http://4sq.com/eODjH6 #
  • Was chatting about wallflowers to someone in a lovely garden the other day. Now noticing them everywhere. #
  • Someone on a balcony called out "hey, beautiful!" as I walked past. Which was nice. #
  • Attempting Tarte flambée for dinner tonight. http://bit.ly/guX8u5 #
  • @dr_nick woohoo! so, who's the better layer? #
  • @technicalfault I'm not 100% sure they were talking to me, but I'm still allowing for the ego boost. #
  • @Alexander_Ball you don't look 6'4" on twitter! (although come to think of it you probably look 6'4" on leaflets) #
  • RT @lornaspenceley: My guest post for Lib Dem Voice: A Visit to the Library http://ldv.org.uk/23827 #
  • @dr_nick you didn't have any manky half-egg half-poos the first ones out? #

  • Om nom nom http://flic.kr/p/9z4naT #
  • Tarte flambée quite tasty but not in hurry to repeat. However, dough recipe would make pretty good pizza too. #
  • Palm Sunday. Can hear scores of motorized on A60 outside (@ Daybrook St Pauls) http://4sq.com/hdJ3Ro #

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Tweets on 2011-04-15

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