View from the Potting Shed

This post is related to this post: Mum’s hassles with British Gas.
I spent this evening writing a carefully worded letter to four people:

Mr Sam Laidlaw, Chief Executive of Centrica plc
Mr Phil Bentley, Managing Director of British Gas
Mr Alastair Buchanan, Chief Executive of Ofgem Scotland
Mrs Rosalie J Saunders

A word of explanation:

#1 is the chief executive of […]

I’ve always voted Liberal Democrat — at election time I’ve always been places where the Lib Dems had the best candidates and the best policies (as far as I could see): David Steel, Simon Hughes, Charles Kennedy.
I’m also a big Richard Thompson fan. By which I mean that I’m a big fan of Richard Thompson […]

This is a refreshing view of Lars Ulrich of Metallica speaking openly and honestly about democracy: Lars Ulrich from Metallica on democracy.
The video was filmed by a group called Why Democracy? who asked the Danish drummer ten questions on his views about God, democracy, and systems of government.
The ten questions asked were:

Who would you vote […]

While I’m not a supporter of the UK Conservative Party I am very impressed with their leader David Cameron’s blog: webcameron.org.
Not only is it a great pun on ‘webcam‘, it is, as far as I am concerned, the most accessible and personal website of any of the major political parties in the UK.
This is a […]