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Radio Clash 59 and 60
Jan. 9th, 2006 03:36 amNot one but two shows now up over at Radio Clash, Show 59 the New Ear Show, and Show 60 a show specialising in electronic music and mashups:
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Jan. 9th, 2006
Radio Clash 59 and 60
Jan. 9th, 2006 03:36 amNot one but two shows now up over at Radio Clash, Show 59 the New Ear Show, and Show 60 a show specialising in electronic music and mashups:
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Radio Clash 59 and 60
Jan. 9th, 2006 03:36 amNot one but two shows now up over at Radio Clash, Show 59 the New Ear Show, and Show 60 a show specialising in electronic music and mashups:
( Read more... )
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Radio Clash 59 and 60
Jan. 9th, 2006 03:36 amNot one but two shows now up over at Radio Clash, Show 59 the New Ear Show, and Show 60 a show specialising in electronic music and mashups:
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The Lib Dem Leader farce
Jan. 9th, 2006 04:07 amI for one am following the whole Charles Kennedy business with interest - not only because it seems to have the subtext of 'never admit the truth because you'll get booted out' - ie. that if you admit alcoholism people will treat you as a leper, rather than supporting you, but that Simon Hughes is one of the front runners for leader.
Now those of you with long memories will remember Simon Hughes in 1983 as the one who won the election in Bemondsey in a really messy slug-off between an-only-recently outed Peter Tatchell (So those GLF marches must have been not that visible then, eh Pete? Not that you were actually there as my partner and others were...) and also a Tory who I think later was found to be gay also, to complete the set.
Are you getting the trend here? Ooh the irony...
Two interesting recent press quotes:
Really?...I can hear the *squirming* and avoidance in that reply...
and from the Independent:
Grr. Read between the lines. As an MP he's entitled to his privacy but not as the Indy article says, as a political leader who should be open from the outset. If he keeps his quiet and orientation vague and wins the leadership battle, I think a few proclaimations that Mr Tatchell would be familiar with will be needed...even though I'm usually against that tactic, I'm also against 'don't ask, don't tell' policies if you don't keep your end of the bargain if people do indeed ask, and people not playing straight, so to speak.
In this day and age it shouldn't matter, at least with the Libs who've had a history of MPs and leaders of all persuasions. So there really should be no need to play that tired old 'batchelor' card should there? It's not like he's a footballer or anything...
This is why I'm batting for Menzies, strangely since I'm a socialist and not a liberal I shouldn't actually care but he's talked sense in the past. I'll ask my dad who's ex Lib Dem what his opinion is...sadly it seems moot and scarily that Cameron is gaining ground, by appealing the the yoof via music and getting rid of health reforms. If he sorts out european issues in the Tory party then be. very. scared.
I'm closest to an old-style socialist so of course hate New Labour, if you were wondering.
Now those of you with long memories will remember Simon Hughes in 1983 as the one who won the election in Bemondsey in a really messy slug-off between an-only-recently outed Peter Tatchell (So those GLF marches must have been not that visible then, eh Pete? Not that you were actually there as my partner and others were...) and also a Tory who I think later was found to be gay also, to complete the set.
Are you getting the trend here? Ooh the irony...
Two interesting recent press quotes:
BBC: "On more personal matters, and with his leader recently married, Mr Hughes is coy about why he has never taken the short walk down the aisle.
"I'm hopeless at relationships really, is I think the short answer," he said, but adds with a laugh: "That may not be quite true.
False starts
"There have been a few opportunities that I have regretted, missing a few boats."
Really?...I can hear the *squirming* and avoidance in that reply...
and from the Independent:
"Which brings us to Mr Hughes's other love affairs, about which he has been reticent. He will be 55 next year, a good decade older than Charles Kennedy, but unlike Mr Kennedy, he is not married with a child. Should he decide to pursue his ambitions Mr Hughes can expect questions to be asked about his sex life, orientation and relationships. Such intrusion might be a factor in whether he runs for the leadership."
Grr. Read between the lines. As an MP he's entitled to his privacy but not as the Indy article says, as a political leader who should be open from the outset. If he keeps his quiet and orientation vague and wins the leadership battle, I think a few proclaimations that Mr Tatchell would be familiar with will be needed...even though I'm usually against that tactic, I'm also against 'don't ask, don't tell' policies if you don't keep your end of the bargain if people do indeed ask, and people not playing straight, so to speak.
In this day and age it shouldn't matter, at least with the Libs who've had a history of MPs and leaders of all persuasions. So there really should be no need to play that tired old 'batchelor' card should there? It's not like he's a footballer or anything...
This is why I'm batting for Menzies, strangely since I'm a socialist and not a liberal I shouldn't actually care but he's talked sense in the past. I'll ask my dad who's ex Lib Dem what his opinion is...sadly it seems moot and scarily that Cameron is gaining ground, by appealing the the yoof via music and getting rid of health reforms. If he sorts out european issues in the Tory party then be. very. scared.
I'm closest to an old-style socialist so of course hate New Labour, if you were wondering.
The Lib Dem Leader farce
Jan. 9th, 2006 04:07 amI for one am following the whole Charles Kennedy business with interest - not only because it seems to have the subtext of 'never admit the truth because you'll get booted out' - ie. that if you admit alcoholism people will treat you as a leper, rather than supporting you, but that Simon Hughes is one of the front runners for leader.
Now those of you with long memories will remember Simon Hughes in 1983 as the one who won the election in Bemondsey in a really messy slug-off between an-only-recently outed Peter Tatchell (So those GLF marches must have been not that visible then, eh Pete? Not that you were actually there as my partner and others were...) and also a Tory who I think later was found to be gay also, to complete the set.
Are you getting the trend here? Ooh the irony...
Two interesting recent press quotes:
Really?...I can hear the *squirming* and avoidance in that reply...
and from the Independent:
Grr. Read between the lines. As an MP he's entitled to his privacy but not as the Indy article says, as a political leader who should be open from the outset. If he keeps his quiet and orientation vague and wins the leadership battle, I think a few proclaimations that Mr Tatchell would be familiar with will be needed...even though I'm usually against that tactic, I'm also against 'don't ask, don't tell' policies if you don't keep your end of the bargain if people do indeed ask, and people not playing straight, so to speak.
In this day and age it shouldn't matter, at least with the Libs who've had a history of MPs and leaders of all persuasions. So there really should be no need to play that tired old 'batchelor' card should there? It's not like he's a footballer or anything...
This is why I'm batting for Menzies, strangely since I'm a socialist and not a liberal I shouldn't actually care but he's talked sense in the past. I'll ask my dad who's ex Lib Dem what his opinion is...sadly it seems moot and scarily that Cameron is gaining ground, by appealing the the yoof via music and getting rid of health reforms. If he sorts out european issues in the Tory party then be. very. scared.
I'm closest to an old-style socialist so of course hate New Labour, if you were wondering.
Now those of you with long memories will remember Simon Hughes in 1983 as the one who won the election in Bemondsey in a really messy slug-off between an-only-recently outed Peter Tatchell (So those GLF marches must have been not that visible then, eh Pete? Not that you were actually there as my partner and others were...) and also a Tory who I think later was found to be gay also, to complete the set.
Are you getting the trend here? Ooh the irony...
Two interesting recent press quotes:
BBC: "On more personal matters, and with his leader recently married, Mr Hughes is coy about why he has never taken the short walk down the aisle.
"I'm hopeless at relationships really, is I think the short answer," he said, but adds with a laugh: "That may not be quite true.
False starts
"There have been a few opportunities that I have regretted, missing a few boats."
Really?...I can hear the *squirming* and avoidance in that reply...
and from the Independent:
"Which brings us to Mr Hughes's other love affairs, about which he has been reticent. He will be 55 next year, a good decade older than Charles Kennedy, but unlike Mr Kennedy, he is not married with a child. Should he decide to pursue his ambitions Mr Hughes can expect questions to be asked about his sex life, orientation and relationships. Such intrusion might be a factor in whether he runs for the leadership."
Grr. Read between the lines. As an MP he's entitled to his privacy but not as the Indy article says, as a political leader who should be open from the outset. If he keeps his quiet and orientation vague and wins the leadership battle, I think a few proclaimations that Mr Tatchell would be familiar with will be needed...even though I'm usually against that tactic, I'm also against 'don't ask, don't tell' policies if you don't keep your end of the bargain if people do indeed ask, and people not playing straight, so to speak.
In this day and age it shouldn't matter, at least with the Libs who've had a history of MPs and leaders of all persuasions. So there really should be no need to play that tired old 'batchelor' card should there? It's not like he's a footballer or anything...
This is why I'm batting for Menzies, strangely since I'm a socialist and not a liberal I shouldn't actually care but he's talked sense in the past. I'll ask my dad who's ex Lib Dem what his opinion is...sadly it seems moot and scarily that Cameron is gaining ground, by appealing the the yoof via music and getting rid of health reforms. If he sorts out european issues in the Tory party then be. very. scared.
I'm closest to an old-style socialist so of course hate New Labour, if you were wondering.
The Lib Dem Leader farce
Jan. 9th, 2006 04:07 amI for one am following the whole Charles Kennedy business with interest - not only because it seems to have the subtext of 'never admit the truth because you'll get booted out' - ie. that if you admit alcoholism people will treat you as a leper, rather than supporting you, but that Simon Hughes is one of the front runners for leader.
Now those of you with long memories will remember Simon Hughes in 1983 as the one who won the election in Bemondsey in a really messy slug-off between an-only-recently outed Peter Tatchell (So those GLF marches must have been not that visible then, eh Pete? Not that you were actually there as my partner and others were...) and also a Tory who I think later was found to be gay also, to complete the set.
Are you getting the trend here? Ooh the irony...
Two interesting recent press quotes:
Really?...I can hear the *squirming* and avoidance in that reply...
and from the Independent:
Grr. Read between the lines. As an MP he's entitled to his privacy but not as the Indy article says, as a political leader who should be open from the outset. If he keeps his quiet and orientation vague and wins the leadership battle, I think a few proclaimations that Mr Tatchell would be familiar with will be needed...even though I'm usually against that tactic, I'm also against 'don't ask, don't tell' policies if you don't keep your end of the bargain if people do indeed ask, and people not playing straight, so to speak.
In this day and age it shouldn't matter, at least with the Libs who've had a history of MPs and leaders of all persuasions. So there really should be no need to play that tired old 'batchelor' card should there? It's not like he's a footballer or anything...
This is why I'm batting for Menzies, strangely since I'm a socialist and not a liberal I shouldn't actually care but he's talked sense in the past. I'll ask my dad who's ex Lib Dem what his opinion is...sadly it seems moot and scarily that Cameron is gaining ground, by appealing the the yoof via music and getting rid of health reforms. If he sorts out european issues in the Tory party then be. very. scared.
I'm closest to an old-style socialist so of course hate New Labour, if you were wondering.
Now those of you with long memories will remember Simon Hughes in 1983 as the one who won the election in Bemondsey in a really messy slug-off between an-only-recently outed Peter Tatchell (So those GLF marches must have been not that visible then, eh Pete? Not that you were actually there as my partner and others were...) and also a Tory who I think later was found to be gay also, to complete the set.
Are you getting the trend here? Ooh the irony...
Two interesting recent press quotes:
BBC: "On more personal matters, and with his leader recently married, Mr Hughes is coy about why he has never taken the short walk down the aisle.
"I'm hopeless at relationships really, is I think the short answer," he said, but adds with a laugh: "That may not be quite true.
False starts
"There have been a few opportunities that I have regretted, missing a few boats."
Really?...I can hear the *squirming* and avoidance in that reply...
and from the Independent:
"Which brings us to Mr Hughes's other love affairs, about which he has been reticent. He will be 55 next year, a good decade older than Charles Kennedy, but unlike Mr Kennedy, he is not married with a child. Should he decide to pursue his ambitions Mr Hughes can expect questions to be asked about his sex life, orientation and relationships. Such intrusion might be a factor in whether he runs for the leadership."
Grr. Read between the lines. As an MP he's entitled to his privacy but not as the Indy article says, as a political leader who should be open from the outset. If he keeps his quiet and orientation vague and wins the leadership battle, I think a few proclaimations that Mr Tatchell would be familiar with will be needed...even though I'm usually against that tactic, I'm also against 'don't ask, don't tell' policies if you don't keep your end of the bargain if people do indeed ask, and people not playing straight, so to speak.
In this day and age it shouldn't matter, at least with the Libs who've had a history of MPs and leaders of all persuasions. So there really should be no need to play that tired old 'batchelor' card should there? It's not like he's a footballer or anything...
This is why I'm batting for Menzies, strangely since I'm a socialist and not a liberal I shouldn't actually care but he's talked sense in the past. I'll ask my dad who's ex Lib Dem what his opinion is...sadly it seems moot and scarily that Cameron is gaining ground, by appealing the the yoof via music and getting rid of health reforms. If he sorts out european issues in the Tory party then be. very. scared.
I'm closest to an old-style socialist so of course hate New Labour, if you were wondering.
The Lib Dem Leader farce
Jan. 9th, 2006 04:07 amI for one am following the whole Charles Kennedy business with interest - not only because it seems to have the subtext of 'never admit the truth because you'll get booted out' - ie. that if you admit alcoholism people will treat you as a leper, rather than supporting you, but that Simon Hughes is one of the front runners for leader.
Now those of you with long memories will remember Simon Hughes in 1983 as the one who won the election in Bemondsey in a really messy slug-off between an-only-recently outed Peter Tatchell (So those GLF marches must have been not that visible then, eh Pete? Not that you were actually there as my partner and others were...) and also a Tory who I think later was found to be gay also, to complete the set.
Are you getting the trend here? Ooh the irony...
Two interesting recent press quotes:
Really?...I can hear the *squirming* and avoidance in that reply...
and from the Independent:
Grr. Read between the lines. As an MP he's entitled to his privacy but not as the Indy article says, as a political leader who should be open from the outset. If he keeps his quiet and orientation vague and wins the leadership battle, I think a few proclaimations that Mr Tatchell would be familiar with will be needed...even though I'm usually against that tactic, I'm also against 'don't ask, don't tell' policies if you don't keep your end of the bargain if people do indeed ask, and people not playing straight, so to speak.
In this day and age it shouldn't matter, at least with the Libs who've had a history of MPs and leaders of all persuasions. So there really should be no need to play that tired old 'batchelor' card should there? It's not like he's a footballer or anything...
This is why I'm batting for Menzies, strangely since I'm a socialist and not a liberal I shouldn't actually care but he's talked sense in the past. I'll ask my dad who's ex Lib Dem what his opinion is...sadly it seems moot and scarily that Cameron is gaining ground, by appealing the the yoof via music and getting rid of health reforms. If he sorts out european issues in the Tory party then be. very. scared.
I'm closest to an old-style socialist so of course hate New Labour, if you were wondering.
Now those of you with long memories will remember Simon Hughes in 1983 as the one who won the election in Bemondsey in a really messy slug-off between an-only-recently outed Peter Tatchell (So those GLF marches must have been not that visible then, eh Pete? Not that you were actually there as my partner and others were...) and also a Tory who I think later was found to be gay also, to complete the set.
Are you getting the trend here? Ooh the irony...
Two interesting recent press quotes:
BBC: "On more personal matters, and with his leader recently married, Mr Hughes is coy about why he has never taken the short walk down the aisle.
"I'm hopeless at relationships really, is I think the short answer," he said, but adds with a laugh: "That may not be quite true.
False starts
"There have been a few opportunities that I have regretted, missing a few boats."
Really?...I can hear the *squirming* and avoidance in that reply...
and from the Independent:
"Which brings us to Mr Hughes's other love affairs, about which he has been reticent. He will be 55 next year, a good decade older than Charles Kennedy, but unlike Mr Kennedy, he is not married with a child. Should he decide to pursue his ambitions Mr Hughes can expect questions to be asked about his sex life, orientation and relationships. Such intrusion might be a factor in whether he runs for the leadership."
Grr. Read between the lines. As an MP he's entitled to his privacy but not as the Indy article says, as a political leader who should be open from the outset. If he keeps his quiet and orientation vague and wins the leadership battle, I think a few proclaimations that Mr Tatchell would be familiar with will be needed...even though I'm usually against that tactic, I'm also against 'don't ask, don't tell' policies if you don't keep your end of the bargain if people do indeed ask, and people not playing straight, so to speak.
In this day and age it shouldn't matter, at least with the Libs who've had a history of MPs and leaders of all persuasions. So there really should be no need to play that tired old 'batchelor' card should there? It's not like he's a footballer or anything...
This is why I'm batting for Menzies, strangely since I'm a socialist and not a liberal I shouldn't actually care but he's talked sense in the past. I'll ask my dad who's ex Lib Dem what his opinion is...sadly it seems moot and scarily that Cameron is gaining ground, by appealing the the yoof via music and getting rid of health reforms. If he sorts out european issues in the Tory party then be. very. scared.
I'm closest to an old-style socialist so of course hate New Labour, if you were wondering.