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Windowless flats
at 21:44 16 Jul 2019

Yet another thoroughly depressing sign of where this country is:

An inspector has approved plans to convert an industrial building in #Watford into 15 bedsits, seven of which would have no windows, ruling that the scheme met the requirements of the #GPDO.
— The Planner Magazine (@ThePlanner_RTPI) July 15, 2019

One of the many aspects of Eric Pickles' terrible legacy.

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Neil Alexander still going strong at 40
at 00:06 12 May 2018

I see his Livingston team have reached the final of the promotion/relegation play-offs, so he could potentially be playing in the Scottish Premiership next season. Played in all but two of Livi's league games this season.

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Democracy in action
at 23:28 9 May 2018

Just seen the news that opposition has won the general elections in Malaysia for the first time since independence. Not a country I'd have expected to see that happen in anytime soon. The BBC had an article a few days ago about how people weren't even bothering to register to vote as they assumed it wouldn't make a difference.

And this comes shortly after the Armenians ousting their long-time leader (I have a few Armenian friends from uni and they are very chuffed).

Wonder whether we'll get any other surprises this year – Zimbabwe???

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Most Australian thing I've seen in some time
at 13:17 1 Apr 2018

https://www.sunshinecoastdaily.com.au/news/man-stabbed-heads-to-pub-with-knife-s

Kind of summed up by the line "a substantial amount of alcohol was involved."

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Another housing scandal
at 20:30 30 Jan 2018

Saw the news in Metro today about the MoD housing sell-off and it's infuriating. Can't find the online version, but the Independent have the same story: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/ministry-of-defence-privatise-mili

Is there even a pretence any more that this sort of thing was about getting value for money? It seems to be increasingly the case that the public sector is a cashcow for private interests.

The most frustrating thing is that once stuff is sold off, it's often almost impossible to get back except at great cost. An ideologically dogmatic government can sell off shedloads of public assets in a short space of time (usually just to cover revenue shortfalls) and we end up paying the price for decades...

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Lincoln win the Conference
at 14:53 22 Apr 2017

Very pleased for them and the Cowley brothers.

Over 10,000 at Sincil Bank for today's game, their highest crowd since 1999.

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Burley
at 23:16 27 Mar 2017

Not a suggestion for the new manager, but I was wondering why he left Town as a player in 1985. Going to Sunderland wasn't exactly a step up and he wasn't at the end of his career aged 29.

Same question for Eric Gates.

Would we have stayed up in 85/86 if they'd both stayed?

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