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Salopblog stories from the early noughties
By Colin Dowse July 20, 2021
By Colin Dowse December 2, 2019
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By Colin Dowse December 2, 2019
Emma Bonino is my favourite Italian politician.
By Colin Dowse December 2, 2019
Early in 2020 these cooling towers are scheduled to be blown up and replaced by housing - while we need the houses these towers have been part of the landscape for nearly 100 years.
By Colin Dowse November 22, 2019
Youtube video
By Colin Dowse November 20, 2019
Really looking forward to this
By Colin Dowse November 19, 2019
.The longstanding Brexiteer versus the defector to the LDs Wokingham is one of the most intriguing battlegrounds at the GE where the veteran Brexiteer John Redwood is defending against the remain backing former CON MP from the neighbouring constituency, Philip Lee. Redwood has been MP there since 1987. It was while Johnson was speaking that Phillip Lee crossed the floor of the House of Commons from the Tory benches to sit next to Jo Swinson. Lee and Redwood, of course, have totally different views of the EU. At the referendum, Wokingham went 57% remain. In Euro2019 the LDs came top in Wokingham with 33.45% with the Greens getting 11.3%. The Tories were estimated to have got 13.4% with BP at 29.4%. LAB was at 4.9%