Hung Parliament? Hah, you must be joking! #ge2010
I have seen increasing reports that if we vote Lib Dem, then we will have a hung parliament which is be BAD for the economy. This makes me wonder whether a hung parliament would actually be any worse than another 4 years of Brown / Labour and Darling. I have a particular beef with Darling [...]
They’re all coming out of the woodwork! #GE2010
It’s worse than waiting for a bus… Image by conservativeparty via Flickr Not content with door stopping us, our local lot have taken to phoning, too. Shame they don’t seem to have much of a clue why they’re calling or what to talk about. “I’m calling on behalf of…” Er, yes, and? “(He’s ) your [...]
How to choose a good husband and the UK elections #ge2010
At age 15 or thereabouts my grandmother came to live with us and I how I enjoyed sitting with her as she told stories and shared words of wisdom. On and off she would get into the “lecture” mode on how to choose a good husband which always ended on a cautionary note, “beware of [...]
Guestblog: When is wrong right and vice versa?
Eugene Terreblanche was a white Boer-Afrikaner and leader of the extreme right wing party in South Africa known as AWB. He was murdered by two black workers on 3 April 2010. I do not pretend to follow South African politics in detail, but it is pretty clear that ET was a pretty hateful figure who [...]
Have you heard the one about the woman driver?
A friend joked recently, via Facebook, about women and parking. My knee-jerk reaction surprised no-one who knows me; I issued an immediate challenge to a ‘reverse-off’ the next time we meet. Which I will naturally win. I have parked ambulances in London, stretch limos in Toronto and 18 wheeled tractor-trailers in Texas. So why am [...]
In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell
In her shoes is a series of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]
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