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I’m finally back home after a hectic day. I was up at 7am this (yesterday) morning, then caught a very rare sight, a relatively empty rush-hour train to London, and relatively empty tube to Westminster - loads of spare seats for once! Then it was a quick walk over to County Hall for the Conservatives [...]

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It’s hard for even the most seasoned experts to tell when a video is going to go viral, just ask Dan Hannan who shot to international fame with his video attacking Gordon Brown.
The latest viral video was started last night by fellow blogger and friend Richard Willis yesterday afternoon after he received an interview with [...]

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One of my first memories of Michael Jackson who died of a heart attack this evening…

Californian Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger summed it up as follows:
“Today, the world has lost one of the most influential and iconic figures in the music industry. From his performances with the Jackson 5, to the premiere of the ‘moonwalk’ and [...]

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One of the different sides of being a Councillor is being invited to a wide variety of events throughout the year, this evening I’ve just come back from a very interesting and informative presentation by the Royal Air Force.
The presentation was an overview of the wide variety of work that the modern RAF undertake, be [...]

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The Lib Dems and Labour seem to have given up across large swathes of Reading East, with no tellers or activity spotted at any polling stations in Caversham, Peppard, Mapledurham, Thames, Abbey and Park wards (possibly more, I didn’t visit every polling station). Probably not a surprise for Labour, however the Lib Dems have been [...]

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David Cameron gave a speech last night that the Prime Minister should be giving, I don’t think I need to say much more…

You can see the expenses of the Shadow Cabinet by clicking here

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This evening I received the following email from David Cameron on MPs expenses:
Today was a busy day. Trust in politics has been eroded so much over the last week that I knew we needed to act fast to start setting things right. I began by meeting individual members of the Shadow Cabinet. We went through [...]

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April 09 stats:

Committee Panels - 6
Conservative Group Meetings - 1
Full Council Meetings - 0
Apologies sent - 0
Other Meetings - 3
Ward Surgery - 0

Other highlights included attending an event with John Redwood MP, attending Conservative Spring Forum to watch speeches by David Cameron, George Osbourne, Dan Hannan, a meal with Boris Johnson and watching WBC Councillor [...]

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at her new location http://jane-griffiths-my-book.blogspot.com/

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