Monthly Archives: March 2010

646 All Out!

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Those of you that aren’t reading this via RSS may have noticed a little logo that has appeared over on the right hand side. It’s a little campaign I’m trying to launch which I think might appeal to anyone that may happen to be reading here. I shall simply repeat here what I’ve said there and hope that if the idea appeals to you, that you’ll maybe spread the word a bit and maybe lend a hand in anyway you can. “646 All out!” is a non-affiliated independent campaign, that receives no funding from anyone. This is not an anti-politics … Continue reading →

Servants of the people?

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A bit of not so local news, which really isn’t terribly surprising but that’s worth highlighting anyway. News reaches me that due to police objections Strawbery fair is to be cancelled this year. The organizers say: “Cambridgeshire Police have made it absolutely clear they do not want the event to go ahead and have put an incredible amount of time and resource into preventing it. We feel the police action shows just how far out of step they are with the people of Cambridge, who have shown overwhelming support for the event; and had the same enthusiasm been spent on … Continue reading →

We’ve taken care of everything – The words you hear, the songs you sing

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Not quite the thought police but step by step we’re getting there. The Portsmouth News (Via The Register) is reporting a musician who was taken off a train to explain a song list he was writing which was read over his shoulder by (presumably actual) transport police. Though at least this time they didn’t use the terrorism excuse but instead it was because there had “been a ‘number of arrests’ nearby including one man who had killed his wife.“. It’s probably just as well he wasn’t in a folk group, anyone singing traditional ditties staggering home tonight had best be … Continue reading →