Saturday, December 31, 2005

Deep in the heart of the family

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I'm taking advantage of a rare quiet moment to make this entry. The past few days have been a blur of parties, with members of my family...
Wednesday, December 28, 2005

Does anyone have an aspirin?

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It's Wednesday afternoon, and I feel like death... "And why is that?", I hear you ask. Perhaps the hangover induced by dr...
Sunday, December 25, 2005

A little contemplation on this Christmas morning

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It is said that Christmas is a chance to count your blessings, sheltered as most of us are in the bosom of our families. And yet, it is onl...
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Friday, December 23, 2005

Faceless bureaucrats: a faceless bureaucrat salutes you!

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It's been an odd day. I started by setting off for the Indian High Commission to get my visa for the forthcoming family wedding in ...

A token ethnic minority male writes...

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I found this picture the other day and thought that my family might like to see me in best faceless bureaucrat mode. Notice how I am cunni...
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Tuesday, December 20, 2005

Everywhere I look there are young people

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An evening out with Dylan and Kim last night for a few beers and a chance to catch up. Until the weekend, I hadn't seen Dylan for fifte...
Friday, December 16, 2005

So much to do, so little time...

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To be honest, I'm bored with the ongoing Liberal Democrat "leadership crisis". So, until someone declares against our gloriou...
Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Just in case you hadn't noticed...

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All of this talk about Charles Kennedy's leadership is truly fascinating. No, I really mean it. I'm intrigued that discussions are ...
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Confused of South London writes...

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I've spent an evening watching a politician talk about liberty, responsibility and fairness. All things that a Liberal Democrat would a...
Sunday, December 11, 2005

When friends and reality intervene...

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It is with some surprise that I concluded yesterday that I have a job to do, and that there is a debt to be repaid. And so, gentle reader, ...
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Friday, December 09, 2005

A penguin is a bureaucrat's best friend

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I have to admit that I'm rather looking forward to "March of the Penguins". Having been to visit penguins in New Zealand (fai...
Wednesday, December 07, 2005

Where Valladares rules the Earth...

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For some obscure reason, my beloved Local Party elected me as Chair for 2005, and this remarkably coincided with our best General Election ...
Monday, December 05, 2005

Did anybody see that tax rise?

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My specialist field is corporation tax and I was, to put it mildly, somewhat surprised, to see the Chancellor announce that he was; (a) ...

A mystery sketch

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Gentle reader, I have a mystery for someone out there to solve. I know that it's a bit of a long shot, but my younger brother suggeste...
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An afternoon north of the river

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To Hornsey, for an afternoon at Baroness Northover's lovely home, drinking mulled wine and eating the occasional mince pie, plus a litt...
Friday, December 02, 2005

My pension or my life?

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Will this government please make up its mind about my pension? Naturally, I work in government (where else did you expect to find a lib...
Tuesday, November 29, 2005

Which part of "resignation" is so hard to get?

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I'm a mite puzzled (and yes, I know, there are those of you out there who are convinced that this is my semi-permanent state). I tender...
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Monday, November 28, 2005

When candidates are a necessary evil

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An evening spent at headquarters, looking at candidate review forms from the General Election (and you thought that they just got filed...)...
Sunday, November 27, 2005

Happiness is a warm pair of socks

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Having successfully assassinated another household gadget, this time the washing machine (made whirring noises, no sign of the drum moving)...
Saturday, November 26, 2005

Shoot first, ask questions later?

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I may have done something very stupid, gentle reader, and all in the cause of honour and integrity... so here is a cautionary tale for anyo...