A WHITE EASTER.......

The view from my first-floor window is blue skies - and snow. But a welcome change from the dreary rain and wind which - coupled with debilitating bugs - has made the last few days pretty miserable. Not much solace, though, in the Sunday papers. Also just been listening to Alan Johnson defending the indefensible decision not to allow MPs a free vote on the Embryology Bill. Then the usual sycophants like Andrew Rawnsley applauding Brown's continuing lurch to the right. With more rubbish about flag-flying and National Days.......
The way things are, the only hope is to get involved in things at local level in the trade union and labour movement. Next week I'm off to Belfast for NUJ annual conference and before that I am also going to attend a meeting in Manchester of people on the left who are staging an "alternative" conferencec in September. In several weeks' time, well the beginning of May, I am also due to be elected Mayor of Hebden Royd. Which should make it a very interesting year ahead.......