Monday, November 19, 2007

Pride, Shame, Nick Clegg and the Bloggers' Breakfast

I am feeling a tad tired, my day having started with a breakfast meeting at the Social Market Foundation to launch the "Spendometer" a brilliant idea to help people keep track of their money on their mobile, downloadable free, unless of course like me you have a basic no frills phone without WAP access. Actually I was pretty impressed with myself to be able to get up in time to catch the 7.28 from Bedford!

But the breakfast meeting meant that I was in the vicinity at exactly the right time to be able to join fellow bloggers to interview Nick Clegg in Portcullis. It was great to meet Mary Reid for the first time, but especially great to meet my old sparring partner Paul Walter, who dear reader, I once suggested should hang me from the nearest lamp post! James, Richard, Millennium and especially Alex I already knew........which brings me to the "shame" bit of my story. Alex had bemoaned my attacks on Chris earlier today (which I had actually read being up at such an ungodly hour!). Actually, he demonstrated to me why he is such a good "Daddy Alex" no doubt that rascal Millennium has taught him some good parenting skills. He built me up by telling me how lovely I am in person..........then socked it to me by saying how unbearable my blog was! I felt suitably chastised and I hope you will notice a new approach in my mus/zings. Unfortunately there are times when I use my blog as a bit of a therapy........this is not a good idea. Also, I know I am a bit of a fighter so sometimes I start shouting the odds without appreciating that some people who are much nicer than me may be upset. This I don't want to do. Of course, it may make my blogs even more banal and tedious, but let's give it a go eh?! (All feedback gratefully received, especially as I will soon be a resident blogger on a Haymarket publication and heaven help me if I upset Michael Hesseltine!).

So, a second breakfast of Krispy Creme's and Nick Clegg - the perfect combination!

Mary Reid, Paul Walter and James Graham have already given some feedback on the proceedings. So I will focus on the issues which particularly interested me. Of course, it should be born in mind that my opinions may be influenced by the rosy glow from the specs I was wearing at the time...........


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