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Bits and pieces
I do not get hayfever. But chunks of tree being blown into my eyes nevertheless hurt. Ow.
Had enormously lazy night last night - sent Pete off to the cinema, and sat on the sofa knitting & watching Shrek, followed by assorted news programmes to see what was happening with the elections[0]. Dress is coming along nicely - would like to have it finished by the start of July. Would *really* like to have it finished by Glastonbury, but this may not happen.
Have just found out that the three people I know who are Labour councillors in Oxford held their seats, despite Labour losing overall control of Oxford. Hurrah. Proof there that actually putting the effort into being a good local councillor works.
And in other news, the British Library are putting 19th c. newspapers online. Shiny!
[0] Labour losing lots of councillors nationally, the Lib Dems & Tories picking lots up, the BNP losing all but one of the Burnley elections it stood in, UKIP getting 2 councillors (in Derby & in Hull). This as of this morning. Ken predicted to win (in a second-round runoff with Norris), but results not till later today.
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I note that without my sterling campaigning work that took us neck and neck, we lost St. Clement's by 741 to 357. Although
Claire Palmer (Green) 741
Mary-Jane Sareva (Green) 597
is a remarkable gap compared with
Jane Darke (Lab) 357
Mohammed Nawaz (Lab) 356
and makes you wonder about
David Leake (Ind) 197
despite him being an ex-Tory and anti-pedestrianisation campaigner.
Green collapse in Carfax too, meaning the Tories are now second there, which is quite odd.
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Claire Palmer getting really strong personal vote?
Re: staying here would guarantee it