Friday, April 30, 2021
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Monday, April 19, 2021
Saturday, April 17, 2021
This week : a haircut, some gyms & swims , and a Manifesto !
A Todmorden Bookshop |
Audio: Jerry Jeff Walker : Texas 1991
As I have already said here , I am no longer in The Labour Party .
I am , currently, much taken with the new Northern Independence Party .
How they pan out is unclear. It's very early days.
They only have 5 candidates standing in the coming local elections ,plus Thelma Walker the former Labour MP for Colne Valley, who is standing for them in the Hartlepool by-election .( who will be lucky not to lose her deposit)
They are (like me) Corbyn Refugees .Socialists. I can't fault their logic. I hope they establish themselves and ( at the very least) give the Starmeristas a sharp nudge and stand candidates in every Northen seat ( they even talking of standing a candidate in Holborn , Starmer's seat)
Anyway ,its a long-term thing .Much will change before 2024
They pubished their Manifesto this week.Read it here .Personally, I can find no fault here https://www.freethenorth.co.uk/ourfuture
Newcastle ,during the minute silence for Prince Philip. |
Thelma Walker campaigning in Hartlepool this week. |
Thelma's CV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Walker
Tuesday, April 06, 2021
Saturday, April 03, 2021
Hells Angel of The North
Today,this biker in Hebden Bridge had just been moved on by a Traffic Warden for parking in a dangerous
place.and he saw me taking photos of that exchange.
So, seconds later, he aimed his machine
at me.(Nearly got my toes seconds after this photo was taken ! )
"Social Distancing"is a thing of the past!
audio is Polly Harvey in 2000.
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In other news, I left the Labour Party last May.(12 months ago I had an email from The Labour Party saying I was "under investigation":n.b. I wasn't suspended, but the treat was there. As I given so much time to the party over recent years it felt like a slap in the face . So I jumped, rather than waiting to be pushed)
Today ,I dislike Starmer more than Johnson . I certainly will not be voting Labour in the coming local elections and I am seriously thinking of joining this lot instead with a view to 2024. .
I have voted Labour in EVERY local & national election on for 50 years . That it has come to this is incredible. (is this how Labour lost Scotland?) So Sad. I don't really take any pride in the situation .
The Northern Independence Party (NIP) are mentioned in The Guardian today.True Socialists.in a Corbyn -fashion.but , it turns out, maybe Starmer's bastard child? ..... https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/apr/03/northern-independence-party-electoral-british-politics?utm_term=Autofeed&CMP=twt_gu&utm_medium=&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1617444975
Strange Days.........
Balloon
If you love the Blue Nile, Prefab Sprout, Go-Betweens, Michael Head and all that good stuff, then you should give this a listen.......... ...