Due to the attempted denial of service attack recently I’ve been a bit more jumpy about who’s visiting my site and that means I’m examining a good deal of IPs that show suspicious behaviour. I’m starting to get a better idea of who reads this site (and there are a surprising number).
One that’s come on [...]
Bridge Ward News
News from Bridge Ward, Ipswich including the Hayes, Old Stoke, Prince of Wales Drive, Maidenhall Estate and Wherstead Road
Browsing the archives for the General Election category
10 Mar 10
Hello Chris Mole
7 Mar 10
What was John Major’s speech like?
I’m on the top of Google’s results for John Major Ipswich. Above Sky. That won’t last for long, but while it does I thought I’d give a quick verdict on the speech.
Well it was OK, John Major is a professional politician (or was one) and giving a good speech is part of his forte. He [...]
2 Mar 10
Ben Gummer in Wherstead Road
It’s election time, you can’t really escape politicians at the moment, at least I can’t.
The one particular politician that I can’t shake off is Ben Gummer. And as luck would have it he’ll be at Wherstead Road (the top end) at the The Shipwrights Arms, near the Starfish chip sjop, Colwill’s butcher and the Jorna restaurant. [...]
24 Feb 10
This is why you need a stint of opposition, Comrade Ross
I’m going to spend most of this post annoying my Labour supporting readers, so I might as well start by annoying the Tories. The worst election for the Tories was not 1997, but 1992. They needed a time in opposition and the win in 1992 convinced them that they were invincible. The lost their humility, [...]
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21 Feb 10
Oh No Hide! Now Chris Mole joins in
I owe an apology to Chris Mole. When Gordon Brown visited Ipswich I said that it goes without saying that a three year old has more sense than a Labour MP. However I was wrong. Chris Mole has had the same reaction as the three year old “Oh no. Hide.”
If you look at his press [...]
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17 Feb 10
The Visit, why it was wrong
Both Ben Gummer and Ipswich Spy have it wrong, the problem with Gordon Brown’s visit was not the fact that it was publicly funded (well not entirely the problem), but the fact that it blended the political campaigning in a marginal seat (and marginal ward) together with an official visit. So the speed limits being [...]
17 Feb 10
Quick Ipswich Spy Update
Ipswich Spy is a good idea, as our politicians should be transparent (Eye Spy is almost certainly where they got their idea from). However there is a question as to why politicians should be transparent but their watchers should be anonymous with their perspectives and motives un-examined. There may be good reasons for anonymity, there [...]
17 Feb 10
Oh no, hide: Maidenhall Estate’s message to Brown
It really should go without saying that a three year old should have more sense than a Labour MP.
The Evening Star have a very funny story about a young boy trying to give the sagest advice that Chris Mole will ever get about what his election campaign should do with Gordon Brown. ”Oh no. Hide“. [...]
16 Feb 10
Vote Mole, get in the Brown stuff
Seventeen and a half minutes into this interview on BBC Suffolk Gordon Brown commends Chris Mole
Councillor Alasdair Ross (this time on the record) says he is “thrilled this man is our Prime Minister”.
There are quite a few Tories who are thrilled that Gordon Brown is your leader as well.
15 Feb 10
Labour’s new front
Labour may not be able to run an economy, but they seem to be doing a good job of running an internet campaign. They have set up a site to coincide with Gordon Brown’s visit, called Ipswich Spy, it also has a Twitter site.
The idea is to act as Ipswich’s version of the anti-politics net, [...]
