Spiderplantland

Thoughts and ramblings from the shire of Woking

The power of the internet

I’ve been reading an interesting case this week about someone in the US who has been targeted quite badly by an individual over a disagreement.  It got so bad that their personal life was invaded by the perpetrator and their professional reputation in danger of being damaged.

Knowing that a friend, whom you let into your life would do something so hurtful as was done to this person must have been a tough pill to swallow. One incident of their spitefulness followed by another, all designed to enact revenge for simply disagreeing with their opinion on something, nothing more. Their end game objective? To have the victim ostracised by all their friends and peers. Did it work? No. Thankfully I have never been treated this way by any friend that I truly cared about. Continue reading →

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Meeting Dave Prowse

Every child of a certain age remembers seeing Star Wars at a young age and feeling utterly terrified when a 7ft tall Darth Vader enters the scene with his distinctive breathing sounds and wreaks death and destruction on the world.

I am one of them. The Star Wars trilogy (I wont mention the ‘first’ three aberrations) marked a turning point in my childhood for understanding the difference between good and bad and I was enraptured by the amazing story unfurling infront of my eyes. There is also nothing like a damn going light sabre fight to cheer you up on a cold saturday afternoon under a blanket on the sofa. My addiction to all things Star Wars has carried through to my adult life. I am an exceptional geek about the genre and can Continue reading →

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Welcoming the debate that Liberal Left brings to the table

This week has seen a new group enter the sphere of Liberal Democrat discussion, Liberal Left. As someone who has been a staunch critic of the coalition and some of its policies, I welcome an internal party group that seeks to challenge out place in the coalition.

As Liberal Democrats, it has been said many times that we are a broad church and we welcome many differing views into the party. Liberal Left is no different to any of the other groups who seek to have their voices heard within the party. What is different is the way in which the groups arrival has been greeted by other elements within the party. Continue reading →

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Inconsideration on public transport

I’ll keep this short because frankly I am upset and I have a meeting to go to. I would much rather curl up under my duvet and cry if I am honest because I am fed up with being treated like a second class citizen because I have a disability.

I have a problem with my right knee. I cannot stand up for more than 20 minutes at a time and long walks etc are out of the question if I don’t want to wipe myself out for days at a time. But because my disability is not immediately obvious it puts me at risk of people who are less than tolerant as I found out once again this evening. Continue reading →

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Chris Huhne statement by Crown Prosecution Service in full

The following is the complete statement by the Director of the CPS Kier Starmer on the Chris Huhne affair.

This statement is made by the Crown Prosecution Service in the interests of transparency and accountability to explain the decisions reached in the cases of Mr Christopher Huhne and Ms Vasiliki Pryce and to explain the time taken in arriving at these decisions. Continue reading →

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