Archive for September 25th, 2007

Nicky Turner Joins Walkden Conservative Action Team

Published by Iain on September 25, 2007 in Walkden. 0 Comments

Nicky TurnerI am delighted to announce that Nicky Turner has agreed to join the Walkden South Conservative Action Team. Nicky is the third member of our team alongside myself and Nicky’s husband Cllr Les Turner.

I know that Nicky will be an excellent advocate for local residents in Walkden South and that she is looking forward to getting stuck into some of the issues that concern the local community.

Site Upgrades

Published by Iain on September 25, 2007 in Site News. 0 Comments

I’m about to upgrade to the new version of K2, which is the excellent template this site is built on. My blog software WordPress has also released a brand-new version so I will be installing that over the next day or so as well. Hopefully it will all run smoothly, but there is always the small possibility that I’ll press the wrong button somewhere along the line, so if there are any glitches please let me know!

There shouldn’t be any downtime although the sidebars might get rearranged for a short while.

UPDATE: The sidebars on the new version of K2 seem to be a little bit temperamental, so I’ve reverted back to the old version for the time being. I can change back with one click of the mouse button if needbe.

First Political Memory

Published by Iain on September 25, 2007 in Miscellaneous. 0 Comments

I have been tagged by David Jones MP to blog about my first political memory. I usually ignore blog memes but I thought this one was a bit more interesting.

I find my first political memory a bit odd. I distinctly remember being in the playground at my old primary school in Scotland, standing under the wall that separated Kirkton Primary from the Scott’s chocolate factory next door - the jam factory was across the road. It was 1990. There was a mention of the Conservative leadership contest. I preferred Heseltine, although I have no idea why. Maybe I thought his hair was silly. I was seven.

The reason I find this odd is that I have absolutely no recollection of Thatcher being deposed, only fleeting memories of the Gulf War and I don’t remember the 1992 election at all. It seems such an strange thing to recall in isolation. I’m not entirely sure why!

I’ll try to keep a political balance to this meme by tagging Chris Paul, David Ottewell and Tim Roll-Pickering.