Govt also paid towards jaunt to Budapest

Posted by on Aug 6, 2006 in updates | 15 comments At the same time that Defra officials enjoyed a three-day waste disposal junket in Germany, the Government helped fund a trip for local politicians to Budapest to learn about blogging and e-democracy where they stayed in a sumptious 5-star hotel. It was an international event which included the Mayor of Washington as a speaker. Among those who attended from the UK was Oxford Labour councillor...
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A great discovery

Posted by on Aug 6, 2006 in updates | 8 comments Neville Hobson is to social media what Iain is to Tory bloggers – an icon, of a kind. He is always one step ahead of the game, what he doesn’t know isn’t worth knowing. So you can image how flabbergasted I was when I was idly flicking through Technorati and discovered he had been writing about me, recommending me as an excellent woman blogger. I feel terrible for not promoting...
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Suzy’s appeal on animals and hols

Posted by on Aug 6, 2006 in updates | 2 comments We are a renowned nation of animal lovers, hence a timely appeal that has been made by Suzy Gale to report back any cases of animal cruelty and neglect that you come across during your hols. Suzy set up a new organisation called Animals Worldwide, a non political group, along with a number of major UK animal welfare charities, including Battersea Dogs and Cats Home and The Dogs Trust, to tackle...
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