I reckon I’m not the only person with a weblog who got all misty eyed during the Peel tribute on Radio 1 this evening. And not too cloying – well done Aunty.
And what’s really good is that we’ve now got a few hours of Peel-inspired music choices on R1 (hopefully without too much chatter) – perhaps the last time we’ll get to hear anything quite like it on national radio.
Month: December 2004
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Not a dry eye
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I singeth not, ’tis blasphemous
Making Fiends 14 in which Vendetta gets the last laugh.
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Don’t forget to vote
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Devil you know?
So, at last, Blunkett has resigned, though only for a few minor misdemeanours and not because of his policies and practices.
What worries me though is that the even less attractive political lardarse, Charles Clarke, is tipped to be his replacement. Firepan and fire? Would we be better with the devil we know? (Probably not, but who can tell?)
Interesting to see that the PM persists in supporting Blunkett. I would have felt that this was the time to be putting some distance between Number 10 and the outgoing Home Secretary. Blair has been hanging on to Blunkett desperately during the past couple of weeks, as he is one of his few remaining supporters in the fight against the Brownites. Now, however, we see that Blunkett has become incredibly unpopular with the backbenchers and the rest of the cabinet – to such an extent that the Chief Whip hurled a copy of his autobiography across the Commons chamber (though that says as much about her as it does about him) – and, as such, it can not be doing the PM any good at all to be continuing to support him. The question is, will this encourage the Brownites to move on the PM before or after an election? -
Naming poll
The latest on the cat name poll (scroll down a bit to vote) is that Nipples is in the lead (oh dear), with Sprout and Rommel following in second and third. I’ll keep the poll going until Friday, when I’ll declare a winner. However, at the moment I feel the approaching force of the wifely veto if Nipples wins.
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Name the cat!
Just one vote per day, kiddies!Poll results are not necessarily indicative of the name that may finally be given to the cat. -
Big bridge
I feel a trip to Millau coming on.
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Cat names
Following the recent posting of pictures of the kittens, there has been some discussion of the best name for our little girl cat, since the boy will be named Monty. Rommel appears to be sticking, although Hels doesn’t think we can call a girl-cat Rommel. So, as a compromise, our friend Kathy has suggested Rommelle.
Which I think is great.