Archive for the Political Category
Goodbye Democracy? As Online Petitions Suspended
Is it goodbye to democracy with the new conservative liberal democrats coalition government? I ask this open question with the recently aquired knowledge that epetitions at No. 10 Downing Street online has been suspended. From their website: With a new Government in place a review is taking place of online services, including e-petitions. We are [...]
Nanny State & Capitalism
I have decided that we in England live in a Nanny State. Nanny State Definition patronizing government: a government that brings in legislation that it considers is in the people’s best interests but that is regarded by some as interfering and patronizing (From http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_561505575/nanny_state.html, Last Accessed: 28th November 09) I say England because I am [...]
A man named Alan Turning
There was once a man named Alan Turning. He is now seen as a hero for helping to break German Enigma code in World War two. However this wasn’t always the case. As a gay man living in these times he was convicted of homosexuality in the hetrosexual world he lived in. He had a [...]
Petrol Prices
Hi All, Petrol & disel prices are set to rise by another 2p a litre according to PetrolPrices.com. I heard on one report that it was to raise funds for public services. We already pay more than most other countries and the majority of the price paid at the pump is due to tax. Do [...]
Manchester Congestion Charge
Hi All, My postal voting papers have arrived for the proposed Manchester congestion charge. I would encourage you to visit stopthecharge.co.uk. and vote NO against the proposals. They have cleaverly set a very short deadline for voting. So do it now with out delay! Warm Regards, Antony
Health, Wealth and Politics
Health wise, every few years I get a terrible migraine. One of those were your eyes are sensitive to light, your ears sensitive to sound and it ends in you vomiting. I have had one of these nightmare migraines yesterday and it has only just started to clear today. In my earlier blog (Financial Blues) [...]
Pink News on Manchester Pride
I regulary check PinkNews.co.uk for the latest news in the gay world. Last week this article appeared: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/2005-8862.html.It follows an article the week before, where some young people had protested that Manchester Pride had become a money making venture. In this article the Villiage Buisness Association (VBA) states that we have a ‘Marketing Manchester Pride’, [...]
No. 10 Petitions
After discovering e-petitions for No. 10 Downing St (see Get politically active!), I have checked for relevant ones on a regular basis. Here’s a few that are relevant to me and my life: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Blood-Equality/ The has been a big story line in Holy Oaks about gay men (or men that sleep with men) not being [...]
Get politically active!
Want an easy way to tell Gordan Brown what you want the poiticans to do for you? We’d all love to have the time to tell Gordan Brown and the other poiticans what we want. But let’s be honest, who has the time? To contact your MP or write letters. Well I found an online [...]




