"Geoff is 45 years old, but a freak accident with a pickled gherkin left him with the mind of an American. It's very sad" - John Sainsbury
Politically speaking, February 2010 was the month Swindon’s Conservative councillors once again lined up loyally behind their leader and his cabinet and voted for a budget which, as several Tory councillors commented at the time, was reckless and almost certain to fail and fail badly. Recent events, and the reaction of Bluhs micro-cabinet to them, […]
In February 2009 the Al Habib Islamic Centre’s bid to run Oakhurst Primary School was rejected by the Schools adjudicator which said there was more support for a community school in Oakhurst than an Islamic one. Oakhurst is now run by Swindon Borough Council.
Swindon’s Tories tell each other that no one pays attention to twitter, facebook, Talkswindon.org or Swindon Bloggers. I think they’re wrong.
In his maiden speech to the House of Commons on the 10th of June 2010, Justin Tomlinson, MP for Swindon North said that dwindling amounts of public open space in the town worried him. Tomlinson said high density new developments like those in Abbey Meads would lead to problems in the future and blamed them, […]
Who said recently :“No one should underestimate the size of this problem. No one should go around thinking any public service can carry on with business as usual”….
….and who’s not practicing what they preach?
Possibly the last AGM this charity will have….
If you question, disagree with or in any way criticise Roderick Bluh then, according to him, your ancestors were troglodytes who “opposed the invention of the wheel”.
After me: All Hail Rod!, All Hail Rod!
At Your Convenience – Swindon Residents Test Towns First Pissoir
Dennis Hopper died on Saturday the 29th May 2010 aged 74 and I think I’ll miss him. Hopper has been a frequent part of my cinema experience over the past 30’ish years
New technology will make election voting more efficient
That’s the claim being made for a voting system being developed by computer scientists at the Universities of Surrey and Birmingham.
22 days after the 2010 General election, and with the phrase: ‘A New Kind Of Politics’ still ringing in the ears of the electorate, ‘Cast Iron’ Dave Da PM Cameron ought to be under considerable pressure to now prove that he means what he says.
Swindon is to become the first in the UK to provide free pipeless WC access to all its residents, it was revealed today
