It's really not looking good for Ken Livingstone. No point in saying otherwise. But to those of us hundreds of miles away from London it still seems unthinkable that a bumbling right-wing toff like Boris Johnson should now seemingly have a commanding lead in the polls. The last time I blogged re this I failed to understand how the voting sustem works ( being a Northerner unfamiliar with anything but FPTP) but hopefully those voting first preference for the Greens/RESPECT etc and Lib Dems will all switch to Ken and he will still pull it off. Let's hope so because for the Left it will be an utter disaster if he loses. If we lose London, winning the next General Election will be even more of an uphill struggle than it's going to be.
Monday, 24 March 2008
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
THROUGH A GLASS DARKLY.....
In the last 12 months, I have got through about 12 pairs of reading glasses.Lost, variously, in Manchester ( anti-war demo) Bournemouth (Labour Party Conference) , the Trades Club and Fox and Goose (Hebden Bridge) and so on. Superdrug and Boots are laughing all the way to the bank but I am getting to the stage where I'm going to have to wear them round my neck like Miss Marple.
Sheer vanity ordains don't want to wear them all the time so usually end up with them perched on my head - and looking like a slightly batty owl. This morning I managed to lose a pair in between standing at the bus-stop for a lift and getting into the car. Several days ago I sat on another pair after losing them in my coat-lining. Two pairs lost/ destroyed in one week. A record........
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