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Would primaries mean more women? 11 Jul 2013 | 02:56 pm
Lots of discussion on the TV last night and the radio this morning about Ed Milliband's suggestion of primaries for Labour Westminster constituency selections. I'm all for primary selections and I do...
A new organisation for Women 9 Jun 2013 | 04:09 pm
Yesterday, I attended the wind up of Women Liberal Democrats and the inaugural meeting of Liberal Democrat Women; and whilst it may sound like the most semantic of all name changes, there is indeed a ...
Tying up loose ends... 18 Oct 2010 | 09:24 am
I haven't posted in nearly two months and in fact, my posts have been few and far between for at least the last year. I wish I had more time to blog but with full time work, a time hungry allotment a...
Is the Campaign for Gender Balance trying to kid us (or just themselves?) 8 Sep 2010 | 06:12 am
In its report to Conference[1] the Campaign for Gender Balance (CFGB) states that it knows what works. No, really, in the year that we actually reduced the number of women in parliament, it says that ...
The Boris Bike* 27 Jul 2010 | 04:17 am
I've just signed up as an annual member of the Barclays (yawn, yawn - my ex-employer is following me around) Cycle Hire Scheme. I think I need to use it for less than half an hour once a week for tha...
Nothing to do with politics... 22 May 2010 | 09:50 pm
This has nothing to do with poltics and hat tip to Alison Wheeler who put this up on her blog; this is just sooooo cute! <p>Meet the sloths from Amphibian Avenger on Vimeo.</p> Posted via web from j...
Diane Abbott, Diversity and the Labour leadership... 20 May 2010 | 08:33 pm
Well, as Evan Davies said on his twitter feed just before she came into the studio, Diane Abbott is always good value! And the race for the Labour leadership will definitely look more diverse now tha...
Where I’m right and Boris is wrong… 15 May 2010 | 03:42 am
I have always thought the development of the new Routemaster Bus was a mad, bad waste of time and effort when London has so many more pressing concerns. And now it seems I’m not the only one; in a re...
On sleep and the constitution… 13 May 2010 | 10:17 pm
Is this the first morning in four or five weeks that anybody, now involved in the government of this country, has woken up after an even vaguely decent nights sleep? I can’t help thinking that I’d ra...
Our Lib Dem Democratic Deficit 12 May 2010 | 11:09 pm
I am on the whole delighted today; amazed that a man, whom I knew had something good going for him from the moment I met him, that I drove about for a day in the back of my car during his party leader...
