Looting

Looting breaks out in Camden last night. What next? Hampstead? Best warn Glenda Jackson to get out into the community to calm the situation.

Still no clear news of how Mr Duggan came to be shot. But then the looting throughout London seems to be the dispossesed getting some free goods and a bit of horseplay.

I wonder what foreign news channels are saying about Britain- London, Bristol, Birmingham, Leeds- all going up in flames. The Arab Spring has arrived- no! That was political. Meanwhile the Euro totters, the dollar is now AA rated and China grapples with inflation. Sudan......

News of the World

How high does the rot go? Would you trust Murdoch with BSkyB? Is today's profit going to the charity- Murdoch's greasing of palms fund? What a cynical action killing off the NoW!

Dobson's choice

Sadly I read in today's Standard p34 that our great Labour MP Frank Dobson is still sitting on a council flat whilst he and his wife are estimated to be earning around £100,000 pa. So much for redistribution.

Perhaps he's new labour after all. But then they would buy the flat at some enormous discount and get the interior decorators in.

One day I'll earn £100,000 pa, with the way inflation is going it won't be long! But will there be any empty council houses for my family?

Iain Meek

defeated Independent candidate for Holborn & Saint Pancras by a mere 25,154

http://iainmeek.blogspot.com/

http://www.thestraightchoice.org/leaflets/4159/

Thank goodness for the Independent Network who have emailled to remind me to put in my election expenses forms.

Now that I have found out how to do this, I stand a much better chance of winning next time. Watch out, Frank.

Thanks also to Richard Lefley at Camden who looks after all this sort of stuff.

Oh well. A new cabinet in place- and I wasn't invited.

Work continues- but now on a building down in the City.

Lost!

By a mere 25,154!

Many thanks to all who voted for me. I will do (a lot) better next time.

Promise.

Iain Meek

defeated Independent candidate for Holborn & Saint Pancras

http://iainmeek.blogspot.com/

http://www.thestraightchoice.org/leaflets/4159/

the press

Finally got through to the press today. Leafleted them over the bank holiday weekend as they were closed then.

Too late for the Camden Gazette who were closing for the presses in 10 minutes!

But had an interview with Camden New Journal's Tom Foot and told my hopes and fears for this election. I hope it will be on the streets and well read before everyone starts voting. My opponents must be trembling! think he was taken by the idea that I'd come 4th as a Labour candidate for Council elections years ago, and had helped Frank to win some time ago- but that I'm now completely fed up with Labour's hopeless results after 13 years in power. The rich are richer, the economy is in shambles after Gordon Brown let the financiers get away with everything that wasn't nailed down and we're at war in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Must make more time to get everything done when I stand for re-election. Hopefully I won't have to split my time between work and lobbying/ canvassing/ whatever professional politicians get up to next time.

Apparently there is now an Independent party registered who will support independent candidates. I make a note to contact them in good time.

Meanwhile I make my own good luck.