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On the Thames Barrier Feb 01

On Tuesday, Ming Campbell and Chris Huhne visited the Thames Barrier, and I did some filming with Ming about the Government’s failure to adequately fund Britain’s flood defences.

The Thames Barrier is an impressive piece of engineering and a marvellous landmark. I have memories of visiting it when I was at school, but this time we were able to go onto one of the barrier stations, which was just as grand close up.

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2007 Bloggies – vote now Feb 01

The 2007 Bloggies voting phase is now on – voting closes tomorrow, so vote now. The marvellous Peter is up for the lifetime achievement award in a very difficult field – against Slashdot and Wil Wheaton amongst others – and will be getting my vote.

Nominated in the Best-Kept Secret Weblog category is Woof Woofington, a blogging dog. Hmm. I can’t help thinking I’ve seen that template used elsewhere – maybe 8 out of 10 dogs prefer pink.

Iain Dale gets a blog Jan 31

Via Ryan comes the news that Iain Dale has started blogging. This could be confusing.

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Let MPs do their jobs Jan 30

James has written an excellent post about an absurd opinion poll and the nature of MPs’ workloads. Read it here.