http://www.antoniabance.org.uk Thoughts of Antonia, Labour activist and feminist in Oxford Tue, 06 May 2008 23:11:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Thanks to the lovely Steve Hanlon. Please do go back and comment on the past few days' election posts here, here, here, here, here and here. Update: unfortunately my links list now appears to be buggered. Oh well. Particular apologies to non-Labour bloggers listed as Labour, and Labour ... http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2008/05/06/comments-now-back-up/ I thought Cllr Malik was playing a joke on me when he texted at 5pm that there was to be a by-election in Holywell ward of Oxford City Council. But no, he wasn't; it would appear that Cllr Richard Huzzey (Lib Dem) is stepping down for reasons unspecified, so ... http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2008/05/06/more-elections-merry-go-round/ One of the uses of the internet is that stories that aren't picked up by the MSM (apparently, that means "mainstream media") get an airing. So, in the spirit of that, and in a continued avoidance of the state of the party in the rest of the country, I ... http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2008/05/05/oxford-elections-round-up/ ... I'm not going to work in a Henley by-election. Ken Livingstone is a massive loss to this country's capital city, Boris Johnson is a clown, and I'm sorry that he was ever allowed out of Oxfordshire. phentermine prescription cheap phentermine discount tramadol tramadol discount soma soma free shipping clomid ... http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2008/05/02/just-so-were-clear/ Having made my own celebratory post, my thoughts have turned elsewhere, to the rest of the country. To be honest, it looks pretty dreadful, and may get worse at 8.30pm when the London vote comes through. (I did my own bit of London GOTV yesterday, calling four members ... http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2008/05/02/the-rest-of-the-country/ Comments appear to be buggered. Have looked up the answer on the Wordpress Forums, and it appears to be gibberish (that's short-hand for "well beyond my technical understanding"). Are there any keen Wordpressers out there who can help me fix the problem? If so, please pretty please ... http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2008/05/02/comments/ Celebrating with Cllrs Mark Lygo and Laurence Baxter Hello all. Good morning. Well it feels a) like morning and b) damn fine to me, but I've just turned on News24 and it appears to be nearly 3pm and not good at all for my comrades elsewhere in the ... http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2008/05/02/672/ Those who read Luke's blog will already know, but here's the brief headlines from Oxford. (NB - I know it doesn't fit the narrative, but we're a south-east region city, with a hyper-marginal parliamentary seat). Labour take the council, albeit one seat short of outright majority - 23 ... http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2008/05/02/a-labour-oxford/ It's nearly time to go to bed, but I just wanted to wish all the Labour candidates across the country and their footsore weary activists good luck for tomorrow. I'm particularly thinking of friends and comrades in Reading, Portsmouth, Cardiff, Haringey and Hackney, but I'm not exclusive. And best ... http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2008/04/30/night-before/ This article about celebrities who are considering voting Tory (and the reaction of a traditional Tory to why they were converting) tickled me: One thing that bothers me is that when you quiz these potential swing voters on what has drawn them to the party, it tends to be the things ... http://www.antoniabance.org.uk/2008/04/27/on-winning-the-argument/