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Hazel Must Go: exclusive Martin Bell interview and full speech (video)

Veteran BBC war reporter Martin Bell was the guest speaker at a ‘Hazel Must Go‘ meeting held in Eccles last night. Watch my exclusive interview in which Martin Bell reveals whether he will stand against local Member of Parliament Hazel Blears at the coming General Election.

The future of Ancoats (video)

Updated: 24 October 2009 (video added) I see this old building has disappeared from Tariff Street (the photos are from 2004).

Lou takes me to task

Lou has written about some of my criticism of Manchester Pride, the Lesbian and Gay Foundation and what she describes as my ‘legitimisation of the BNP’: When Pride is a Protest G7’s legitimisation of the BNP G7 v LGF I’ve posted some comments.

Funny cuckoo clock

A neighbour bought this silly cuckoo clock. Decorated with badly-carved animals, it chimes at five to and twenty-five past the hour, loses seven minutes a day and finishes its routine with a comic rasping sound. I think she paid £70 for it. But you can’t put a value on this kind of comedy. Javascript is Funny cuckoo clock

Pride security try to prevent filming in a public place / Candlelit Vigil (video)

For the last three years we have filmed at the gates on the night of the Manchester Pride HIV/AIDS Candlelit Vigil. Entry to the Vigil is supposed to be free and the community was promised it would always remain so when tickets and fences were introduced (first for for Mardi Gras 1999 and then again Pride security try to prevent filming in a public place / Candlelit Vigil (video)