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By: A woman’s place is… not in City Hall

A woman’s place is… not in City Hall — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 17:41:50 +0000

[...] the debate on feminism at Blog Nation, as a feminist myself, I vowed to endeavour to highlight the topic in my blog postings wherever [...]

By: BenSix

BenSix — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 17:45:33 +0000

Why not just transpose the head of Boris onto our faces?

By: Pushing the boundary

Pushing the boundary — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 13:42:19 +0000

Zohra: Thanks for the comment. I hope my feminism will come through in my coverage of any and all issues touched by it – e.g. my post about the Heinz ad including mentioning its use of a stereotypical ‘mum’ figure making sandwiches being the most offensive thing about it, which pre-dates my attendance at the feminism session of Blog Nation So I shall certainly try to bring a feminist perspective to other areas beyond just straightforward, obviously feminist matters. Hope I’m not over-raising expectations though!

The Capital Woman news is interesting and I don’t *think* has yet been mentioned on Boris Watch, so I’ll see what references I can dig up on that front and put something up about it later hopefully.

Tory Troll: bring a mask next time If you’d actually like to be blurred out I’m sure I can arrange this though! After all, you know my real name and have a high-profile blog, so your wish is my command

By: zohra

zohra — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 12:30:04 +0000

Great write up. That’s great if you decide to write more about feminist issues. Can I also suggest thinking about the gender angle on issues you might not think of as feminist? E.g. immigration, the environment, etc. There’s lots of overlap… And on Boris, apparently he’s decided to cancel Capital Woman, the annual conference Ken used to deliver on women’s issues. So, no anti-racism at Rise, no feminism at Capital Woman…

zohra

By: Tory Troll

Tory Troll — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 05:47:58 +0000

That is a truly awful picture. Some strategic blurring would be welcome!

By: Pushing the boundary

Pushing the boundary — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 21:16:32 +0000

Heh, yeah, that’s the bloke. He’s now a paid member of Boris’s transition team, although not one of the higher-paid members, shall we say.

Wouldn’t it be great to be able to be paid to post drivel like that on the internet, then get caught out and yet still keep your job and indeed get a subsequent one and get paid public money to do it? How grateful we should be that jeh and his colleagues kicked out cronyism from City Hall though…

By: BenSix

BenSix — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 20:36:45 +0000

Goodness, I wish that I could have gotten as drunk as I look. My fringe appears to have gained an independent life as well.

A very interesting write-up, Mr SB. I’d no idea that you were targeted by ’shills’ for Boris, but wonder whether you also saw this comment from ‘jeh’ on the Telegraph website:

“Kick Ken and the members of the Communist Party (Nu-Labour) out of the greatest city on Earth, Boris! Ken is a charlatan and has stacked London neck deep with fellow ideological twits. Lee Jasper has been removed, time to take the scalp of that newt-loving so-and-so. Incidentally Ken, I hear that Fidel Castro shortlisted you for Cuba’s leader, shame another slimey commie got that post. Zimbabwe maybe? Or how about China? Your ports of destinastion are endless! Caracas?! You used to like the IRA – try Ireland – Bertie Ahern is gone too…My my my what tangled webs we weave.”

If only they could have known.