July 5, 2008 
Posted in Bits and Pieces
Tags: Doctor Who, Dr. Who, BBC, Merlin, Russell T Davies, TV
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For all of you that weren’t just watching Dr. Who: WHAT ON EARTH WAS WRONG WITH YOU! You may think that what you were doing was more important, but believe me, it wasn’t.
The episode had all the marks of a normal excellent Dr. Who story; the death of ALL the last Daleks (like we believe that!), the saving of the WHOLE world (and some others), a seriously cool power for the Doctor’s pal, and (most importantly) we learn something new about the Doctor that he wouldn’t want us to know. We laughed, we cried, we shrieked, we roared and we died a little inside as we watch the Doctor’s despair as he losses another companion (the best ever companion, infact).
So what next for Dr. Who? Well, in the short term, we have a Cyberman episode to look forward to at Christmas and few other one offs. Then a New Exec Producer
So, the question is: Can I wait until 2010 for a full series of Dr. Who?…Well, I’ll have too.
I must thank Mr Davies for bring Dr. Who to life for a new generation - including myself.
January 24, 2008
Posted in Politics
Tags: Gordon Brown, Legacy, LabourHome, PR, STV
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It’s the pop political issue of the moment and everyone has a view. It’s hard to find many political people out there who don’t want it changed somehow. Whether it’s fixed terms, PR, STV, Lords reform, or even looking at local government with much debate going on about unitary authorities over city and county councils, everyone wants something changed. As all the recent posts on LabourHome indicate.
The Review that has come out today from the Ministry of Justice does seem to be an odd one in that all that it does is compare all the systems currently used in the UK. This seems odd to me because it seems more like a exercise for a first year university class than a government department.
Of course a major part of government is analysis and evaluation but it is an issue that everyone in politics knows something about and has a view on unlike different road tax systems, or trade describes act reform, or the role housing companies when it comes to emotional support for their service users.
So it saddens me that on the one issue that you can guarantee to find a view, the government continues to fail to put forward any proposals. When election reform to central government has been ignored by Prime Minister after Prime Minister, Brown has an opportunity to make a lasting legacy around constitutional reform – that is if he actually suggests something.
