Monthly Archives: September 2016

No taxation without representation

September 27, 2016 – 6:45 PM

Extensive coverage in The Observer, 25th September 2016, of the Labour Party leadership and the debate over who should elect the shadow cabinet. It seems that a number of people have failed to grasp a few simple facts. At the last general election 232 Labour MPs were elected with 9,347,304 votes that was 30.4% of […]

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Radio 3 locked in the past and they have lost the key

September 27, 2016 – 6:39 PM

Charlotte Higgins ran an article in the Guardian on the 24th September 2016,  saying that after 70 years Radio 3 needs a rethink . The rethink, whereby composers would be  put in charge, reminded me of a rearguard heroically defending a lost cause. The BBC gave us the iplayer internet streaming catchup service and yet is […]

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The Labour Party leadership contest – “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”

September 5, 2016 – 1:25 AM

  “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea” is an American popular song  with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Ted Koehler. Cab Calloway first recorded it in 1931. The Boswell Sisters recorded the song with The Dorsey Brothers in 1932. Frank Sinatra also recorded the song in 1959. Ella Fitzgerald recorded it for […]

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