tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post4909140733306475440..comments2024-02-06T07:57:54.467+00:00Comments on underdogs bite upwards: Size doesn't matter.Leg-ironhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-18195522608614646652011-05-16T14:00:39.136+01:002011-05-16T14:00:39.136+01:00It was a good rally. As over 400 signatures were ...It was a good rally. As over 400 signatures were collected (in support of EDM1799), I believe there were nearly 500 there, not that it matters much. The publicity generated has brought awareness of the issue to many, so a good day for sanity.<br />The rally continued in The Westminster Arms pub afterwards, with a chance to talk to Guido, OH & Nigel Farage, etc. A good time was had by all (& I fell asleep on the train home and missed my stop...).Ed Pnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-72459042613236451332011-05-16T01:53:28.835+01:002011-05-16T01:53:28.835+01:00Dick Puddlecote has found out who's been reall...Dick Puddlecote has found out who's been <a href="http://dickpuddlecote.blogspot.com/2011/05/left-in-nutshell.html" rel="nofollow">really working hard</a> to publicise the event.<br /><br />I'm practicing my Joker laugh here.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-60199080517939063452011-05-15T14:00:20.771+01:002011-05-15T14:00:20.771+01:00"Still, at least the Olympics will make every...<i>"Still, at least the Olympics will make everyone feel better the year after next. ;-)"<br /><br />What makes you think that?</i><br /><br />Tongue was very much in cheek, MD, hence "the year after next" as opposed to next year when they're supposed to be on.Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-18274425681608050882011-05-15T11:33:31.458+01:002011-05-15T11:33:31.458+01:00As I said over at Nik Lowe's place, I looked f...As I said over at Nik Lowe's place, I looked for a report on the BBC to see how (un)seriously they were taking it. Even last night you had to go onto the "England" news page and it was already nearly falling off as the bottom story, and the story itself is filled with quotes from the Unions.<br /><br />Oh...and if there's an election soon, Neo Labour will get back in. And we don't want that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-50357176326919079552011-05-15T10:58:43.443+01:002011-05-15T10:58:43.443+01:00"Still, at least the Olympics will make every..."Still, at least the Olympics will make everyone feel better the year after next. ;-)"<br /><br />What makes you think that? I gather the majority of Londoners don't like the idea of their taxes being spent on it, and having draconian security measures forced upon them. As for me, living over 100 miles away, I couldn't give a XXXX, and I hope the whole thing collapses before the opening date...microdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01352078582764696261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-83220972456290883072011-05-15T10:39:25.786+01:002011-05-15T10:39:25.786+01:00You're working your balls off to sustain your ...You're working your balls off to sustain your family, only keeping 30% of some of your income and you happen to notice a few obscure websites urging you to take yourself down to London to March against debt. You go to bed on Friday night and turn off the alarm...<br /><br />You're lying on the sofa wondering what to do with the latest benefit cheque, when your IPhone alerts you to a mass rally against reducing your dosh. Since, to you, every day is a Saturday, you decide to get together with all your neighbours and make a plan - in the nearest pub.john millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-43986945531905845302011-05-15T09:28:26.849+01:002011-05-15T09:28:26.849+01:00Yes, cockups are the norm now and inevitably coinc...Yes, cockups are the norm now and inevitably coincide with other events. We have truly entered the age of SNAFU. If only there was any money in it Britain could become a world export leader and solve all it's money problems in about a fortnight. Still, at least the Olympics will make everyone feel better the year after next. ;-)Angry Exilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02491082312193274360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-79655637593618894092011-05-15T07:32:58.458+01:002011-05-15T07:32:58.458+01:00incompetence... they're experts at it.
True, ...incompetence... they're experts at it.<br /><br />True, incompetence is everywhere now but there are just too many coincidental cockups these days.<br /><br />Or maybe there are just so many cockups they're bound to coincide with important things often.Leg-ironhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04932361799889315359noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2170981338945747646.post-32686663020343381052011-05-15T05:19:35.850+01:002011-05-15T05:19:35.850+01:00"Oh, it could just be coincidence that the lo...<i>"Oh, it could just be coincidence that the longest Blogger outage I've ever seen just happened to be at that time..."</i><br /><br />Never attribute to conspiracy what could be just as easily attributed to sheer incompetence... :)JuliaMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07844126589712842477noreply@blogger.com