MPs deserve to be properly paid

April 20th, 2020|

Karen from Facebook is angry about MPs’ pay. Periodically we will be bombarded with images of a half empty chamber and some sort of pithy comment about pay. Usually it will be a full chamber and an empty chamber, one ascribed to a vote on the topic of the day [...]

Lib Dems dedicate their campaigning machine to community assistance

March 20th, 2020|

Liberal Democrat Acting Leader Ed Davey has set up a Coronavirus Community Taskforce, chaired by Sir Stuart Etherington, the former Chief Executive of the National Council for Voluntary Organisations, to coordinate the party’s response to the coronavirus crisis. Lib Dems are known, perhaps not always favourably, for being able to get [...]

Marlowe Panto Dame registers political campaign to become Prime Minister

December 11th, 2019|

Canterbury has seen its share of political controversy during this General Election but it seems there’s time for one more before the polls close on December 12th A shock candidate, not for Canterbury, but for the highest office in the land has emerged in the ample shape of Mother Goose. [...]

High Speed Views: Paper Cut

October 18th, 2019|

High Speed Views: Paper Cut 18th October 2019 I have a paper cut. Don’t worry, I’m being brave, but how can paper cause that much pain? Well, I Googled it (with my good hand) so you don’t have to. Yes, that is essentially what you are reading, a Google search, [...]