Dear Mandy…
An open letter to Peter Mandelson.

Giving Holyrood more powers
The Scottish Parliament should not be given any further powers as it currently stands. There is already a massive disparity between Scotland and the rest of the UK, both in the amount of UK money spent on it and through the democratic deficit. Holyrood should not get any furthers powers until the Welsh Assembly has been given some more and England has a parliament of its own. The democratic deficit is still massive, the West Lothian Question is as poignant as ever.

And we haven’t died! (Yet)
So we’re not dead yet. Even if this was only a “low-speed” collision, it hasn’t automatically generated some kind of black hole and destroyed all life as we know it. Which is nice.

Jedward political posters
As soon as Jedward were voted out of The X Factor, the Conservatives launched a new poster: This was in direct response to a previous poster made by Labour: Some seem to view this as the parties having “

This is actually quite freaky to watch…
The Children in Need song this year is actually pretty weird to watch - many kids TV characters in one video! It takes me back to days long gone. It’s a pity they couldn’t have got some more retro characters such as Super Ted or Bananaman in there, though!