And the weather forecast is....

I shall be doing my surgery tomorrow then catching the train to head up to Manchester for the weekend for their Pride Weekend.

My main hope is that the weather stays good and it doesn't rain. Hopefully the sun will shine (finally) and I shall do my best not to do a repeat of Brighton Pride a few weeks back and go as red as a lobster.

Which has got me thinking...... I seem to recall from some of those involved in climate change issues warning of one of the hottest summers. Excuse me, but where would this be, certainly not North London. Thankfully some of those spreading doom and gloom about climate change and the weather weren't around during the Ice Age, no planes to blame there me thinks, indeed one wonders who would have been to blame for the ice melting... Perhaps this is the reason why I've never held the climate change and environment portfolio, I'd be asking questions all round.

Anyhow, whatever you're doing, here's hoping you have a good Bank Holiday weekend!!

BIG BROTHER AXED!!

Right, well that has caught your attention!

It's been announced that the (so-called) celebrity Big Brother for 2008 has been axed by Channel 4 "in the wake of the race row which engulfed the show's last run".

Obviously, C4 are wanting good points for that. It's just a shame that the current series of Big Brother wasn't axed.... not so much for the race reasons, but because it has been awfully dire this year.

I must admit I am a bit of a BB fan, yet other than the first series which I hardly watched, this year after Day One when all the women went into the House I'm afraid it was not so much Big Brother, but Big Turnoff.

Hello

What can I talk about?

Is it really that long since I last blogged? And so much has taken place!!

Elections and polls..... Lots of talk about whether there will be an early general election, depending on what happens during the remainder of August, my money is still on for Thursday 25th October. Recent by-elections, both Parliamentary and Council have been mixed, however the Ealing Southall by-election which saw Labour win by 5,000 votes is a massive boost, especially when you think about the Lib Dems pulling off by-elections wins, so well done to the Comrades there, however anyone looking at Joan Ryan's face at the Count would have thought we'd lost our deposit!

I have spent some time over in Tower Hamlets for the Council by-election in Shadwell ward followingn the resignation of a Respect Councillor. Unfortunately, Labour failed to regain the seat by 97 votes despite a 6% swing to us. Interesting is that since the Council elections last year, another Respect Councillor has defected to Labour, whilst other Respect Councillors seem more concerned about getting their allowances and how much the Leader of the Opposition gets.

Was down in Brighton last Saturday for the Brighton Pride, just a tad hot for me and I had a head like a tomato by the end of play, nuff said there me thinks......

Meanwhile, back at the Ranch, just finished my surgery. Was pleased to attend a couple of local events in Noel Park recently, firstly our Residents' Association held a really good Summer Social, nice to see so many neighbours turning out and meet one another - the whole aim of the event. Also attended the Sky City Health and Community Day - being the flats above Shopping City. All good fun!

Finally, last Friday night having been down to Vauxhall for a party with friends, had to dash back to go out with Haringey Enforcement Officers and visit the night clubs and bars on Wood Green High Road. Only when I saw the Officers wearing their protection stuff did I suddenly relise how dangerous their job can be.... and there's me in a tee-shirt not wanting to look too formal, ooops.

So much that I want to say, and promise that I will try and blog just a little bit more!

And the sun is shining!!!!