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Yes and No to AV
It is a curious thing to discover that I live in a tiny enclave which has voted Yes to the Alternative Vote whilst there has been an almost universal rejection of it elsewhere. I didn’t think it would pass and it did indeed turn out to be the compromise that no-one wanted. A year ago,…
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Right, here’s the plan!
Friends, Glaswegians, Fellow Countrymen, the voters of Glasgow Kelvin have spoken. To the astonishment of almost all the rest of the country, Glasgow Kelvin has voted a resounding YES to the Alternative Vote referendum. Today is the day for decisive action to build on the electoral courage, strength and self determination shown by the Kelvin…
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New Political Landscape
Well, we’ve woken to a new political landscape and no mistake. The SNP are to be congratulated on their victory which is decisive and very clear. There have been shocks and surprises all over the place and I think that even the SNP activists that I know, who were expecting a good night are themselves…
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On the election tomorrow
We’ve a Scottish parliamentary election tomorrow. My good wishes to all candidates – I know what it feels like to be a parliamentary candidate. You enter into this strange other worldliness where nothing else matters. The focus narrows and all you know about is the task in hand and the team that are hopefully working…
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Yes to AV
As will be obvious from the garish purple affinity banner that has been populating one of the sidebars of this blog for the last couple of weeks or so, I’m supporting the proposals to change the election system in the UK to the Alternative Vote system. For Episcopalians, it should not be too hard to…
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Unto us a child is born
Today began on the early side with the joyous news of a new baby born to Chucks and Adanna Iwuagwu. Chucks is the curate at St Mary’s and it was lovely to hear him talking about his new son with such joy. The babe is called Christian Ezeibe and is believed to be looking forward…
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Bin Ladin
I was awake this morning early and heard on the World Service the first reports that the US had killed Osama Bin Ladin. I find the public rejoicing being reported in the US vulgar and foolish. Living closely with Pakistani neighbours and shopkeepers, the complexity of the situation is all around me and cannot be…
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Nuptials Review
Well, they are wed. What to say? Congratulations to the Dean and Chapter of Westminster, to start with. These big occasions in the Abbey are being done extremely well these days. The visit of the Pope last year and then this Royal Wedding are enormous set piece liturgies and they do come off very well.…
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