Tasteless, tawdry, and slightly fun

A tacky, lowest-common-denominator website has appeared called SexyMP which draws on the wisdom of crowds to rank the stars of the Mother of Parliaments by how many people would like to have sex with them.

Normally, I wouldn't lower the tone of this blog with such drivel, but it has been drawn to my attention that our own night flight turncoat Roger Gale isn't faring too well. Currently (31st May) he's 468th out of 648, two places behind IRA scumbag Martin McGuinness, and trailing the likes of Iain Duncan Smith, John Redwood, Dennis Skinner and Julian Brazier.

May 2011: most read

1. Whoops Apocalypse!
2. Another bid for Night Flights
3. Ramsgate chooses Beauty not Blues
4. Manston is still a hole in the ground
5. Victorian Shelter
6. Wildlife Survey
7. Manston's job forecasts
8. Virginia
9. BBC: Biased Broadcast Coverage?
10. Brown-tail moth caterpillars

Our Chosen Few

Here's what they said about themselves in the papers before the election.

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2011 Election Results

Previously: Roger Matthews (LibDem), Margaret Flaherty (LibDem).

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Previously: the same three.

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Previously: Ron Flaherty (LibDem), Robert Bright (LibDem), Ken Hando (LibDem).

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Previously: Gabrielle Davis (Con), Gillian Reuby (Con), Ann Taylor (Con).

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Previously: Peter Lee (Con), Vince McMahan (Con).
Click for full results across the District.

Yellow lines, etc.

Canterbury City Council is consulting on the latest requests for new yellow lines, parking bays, residents' parking and so on. Any objections to any of the items will be reported back to councillors in June and July. Items for which they do not receive objections will be implemented after the consultation period.

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Survey for Herne Bay clock tower

Work has started on a hi-tech structural survey of Herne Bay’s landmark clock tower. Three-dimensional laser scanning is being used on the clock tower, and engineers will also be making a hands-on inspection of every stone, fitting and fixture. Part of the survey will include the use of ‘rectified photography’, enabling an accurate scaled image of the clock tower to be made.

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Diamond Jubilee

United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom, national and regional events to mark the Diamond Jubilee are being co-ordinated by the Queen-in-Council and her Royal Household at Buckingham Palace.^[12] As for the Golden Jubilee in 2002, the Department for Culture, Media and Sport is responsible for co-ordinating the Cabinet-led aspects of the celebrations.^[13]

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Runners and riders

Here are the candidates for Herne Bay for the local elections.

"Standards"

Standards for England "We believe in principled local politics. Our mission is to champion and promote high standards of conduct amongst our local politicians".

Roger Matthews did wrong. He accepts he broke the rules. Standards for England agree he broke the rules. Guess what happened next...

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HBHRS Wine & Wisdom 26th March

HBHRS Wine & Wisdom Evening at Christ Church: Entry by ticket, details TBA.