Comments on: LOCAL ELECTION 2007: Portslade South comes to the boil http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/02/local-election-2007-portslade-south-comes-to-the-boil/ The weblog of Brighton-based writer Justin McKeating Fri, 30 Jul 2010 12:42:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Justin http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/02/local-election-2007-portslade-south-comes-to-the-boil/comment-page-1/#comment-30978 Justin Fri, 04 May 2007 11:14:59 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/02/local-election-2007-portslade-south-comes-to-the-boil/#comment-30978 I'm not a fan of the hanging basket, Phil. No drainage you see. Risk of drowning whatever you put in them. We tried tomatoes in some this year and they're knackered. I'll ask for maybe a nice pot for the decking at the next election. I’m not a fan of the hanging basket, Phil. No drainage you see. Risk of drowning whatever you put in them. We tried tomatoes in some this year and they’re knackered.

I’ll ask for maybe a nice pot for the decking at the next election.

]]> By: Phil http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/02/local-election-2007-portslade-south-comes-to-the-boil/comment-page-1/#comment-30960 Phil Wed, 02 May 2007 17:46:15 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/02/local-election-2007-portslade-south-comes-to-the-boil/#comment-30960 Hanging baskets, mate. Shame you didn't raise it when the canvasser came, but you can always ring them up. <i>Do you need a car to take you to the polling station?</i> Well, no, but... Hanging baskets, mate. Shame you didn’t raise it when the canvasser came, but you can always ring them up.
Do you need a car to take you to the polling station?
Well, no, but…

]]> By: Justin http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/02/local-election-2007-portslade-south-comes-to-the-boil/comment-page-1/#comment-30959 Justin Wed, 02 May 2007 16:29:22 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/02/local-election-2007-portslade-south-comes-to-the-boil/#comment-30959 <b>bbm</b>: My hand may waver over the Green's box before I draw a massive cock and balls on my ballot paper (as is traditional with ballot-spoilers, or so I've been told). It would have been nice for them to blow my skirts up a bit. <b>redpesto</b> <i>...how’s the school places issue affecting things?</i> I'm not really sure. My kids aren't at that age yet so I complacently tuned out a bit at the time. The Labour fix to get the motion through was pretty despicable, mind (dissenting committee members sacked before the vote). That's the part that sticks in my mind. bbm: My hand may waver over the Green’s box before I draw a massive cock and balls on my ballot paper (as is traditional with ballot-spoilers, or so I’ve been told). It would have been nice for them to blow my skirts up a bit.

redpesto …how’s the school places issue affecting things?

I’m not really sure. My kids aren’t at that age yet so I complacently tuned out a bit at the time.

The Labour fix to get the motion through was pretty despicable, mind (dissenting committee members sacked before the vote). That’s the part that sticks in my mind.

]]> By: redpesto http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/02/local-election-2007-portslade-south-comes-to-the-boil/comment-page-1/#comment-30956 redpesto Wed, 02 May 2007 16:16:01 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/02/local-election-2007-portslade-south-comes-to-the-boil/#comment-30956 <i>ejh: I used to have a soda siphon on hand in case Tory canvassers came round. Never got to use it though.</i> Whatever happened to a wooden stake and some garlic? PS: Justin, how's the school places issue affecting things? ejh: I used to have a soda siphon on hand in case Tory canvassers came round. Never got to use it though.

Whatever happened to a wooden stake and some garlic?

PS: Justin, how’s the school places issue affecting things?

]]> By: bbm http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/02/local-election-2007-portslade-south-comes-to-the-boil/comment-page-1/#comment-30955 bbm Wed, 02 May 2007 13:59:14 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/02/local-election-2007-portslade-south-comes-to-the-boil/#comment-30955 What's your problem with voting green - environmental and social justice in one package? What’s your problem with voting green – environmental and social justice in one package?

]]> By: ejh http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/02/local-election-2007-portslade-south-comes-to-the-boil/comment-page-1/#comment-30954 ejh Wed, 02 May 2007 13:42:04 +0000 http://www.chickyog.net/2007/05/02/local-election-2007-portslade-south-comes-to-the-boil/#comment-30954 I used to have a soda siphon on hand in case Tory canvassers came round. Never got to use it though. I used to have a soda siphon on hand in case Tory canvassers came round. Never got to use it though.

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