Coalitions

So Ming Campbell has admitted that the Lib Dems are seriously considering how to handle the possibility of a hung parliament. See Iain Dale's post here.

What's really interesting is the prospect of how politicians, so used to the oppositional jousting and sparring of Westminster will handle the idea of coming together to form a genuine coalition. Are our politicians ready to put partisan loyalties to one side in order to achieve at least some of their shared goals? Who knows.

Of course, at a local level, politicians of all parties have wrestled with coalitions of the most unlikely nature for many years. We've also seen in Scotland and Wales what happens when politicians are forced by the electorate to work together.

Interesting times ahead...

Taking up challenges when drunk

When I decided to pay a surprise visit to a good friend in Sweden, I didn't expect that the weekend would end with me wearing a red choir robe and singing in Latin in front of a member of the Swedish royal family. However...

The friend I'd gone to visit is a church organist. On Saturday night, during a night in the pub, my friend's wife told me she didn't think I'd be up to singing the Latin version of the Lent Prose - an ancient hymn sung at this time of year. I begged to differ, thinking (under the influence of several £5 pints of lager) that my distant A Level in Latin would see me through. I protested that I was up to the task.

The next morning, through my hangover I came to terms with what I'd taken on. What I didn't realise as I processed into the English Church in Stockholm was that I'd be singing in front of none other than Princess Lillian, Duchess of Halland, a Welsh-born member of the Swedish Royal Family.

One minute you're having a few drinks with a couple of mates, the next you're in a foreign church singing a sacred hymn in a dead language in front of an elderly member of Europe's aristocracy.

I think I just about got away with it but it was a salutory lesson in what you say when you're three sheets to the wind.

An extraordinary turn of events

Just as being a Spurs fan was fast becoming akin to winning Best-in-Show at the Annual Festival of Terrible Errors...we pulled an away win out of the bag!

Jermain Jenas has been outstanding for us this season and last night's late winner sealed a sorely needed victory against Everton.

Let's hope we can use some of that spirit against the Pensioners in the cup. Hmmm...

Hello again

First new post on new blog. Due to lack of care and attention, previous blog appears to have withered and died. I'm back.