Over here Jon Bounds has reminded us of our collective Birmingham blogger wish to mark Blog Action day next week in some shared way. When Tom Watson asked us about this a while back there was plenty of enthusiastic muttering. The theme for blog action day 2008 is poverty, considered in it’s widest sense. So …
How much government money is spent in your neighbourhood? cons08
So how much? Add it all together: policing, benefits, health, road repairs. The lot. How much? You don’t know, in fact it probably cant be done. That is what Dick Atkinson realised 15 years ago. He runs the Balsall Heath Neighbourhood Forum and he wanted to know just how much public money was sunk into …
Prisoner Eye view of being arrested by the West Midlands Police
[youtube]zQZxh7DJtmY[/youtube] West Midlands police comms department is acquiring quite a knack for doing curious things on Youtube. I think this one has been inspired by the head cams the police wear for gathering evidence. It’s a bit like some kids playing with a new toy – and of course playfulness is a quality on the …
What is a Birmingham Blogger doing at the Tory Party Conference?
That’s what I kept asking myself, and I wasn’t alone. Other members of the Birmingham bloggers’ group who’d registered to cover the conference were also considering what they might write, if they should right anything. Why were they there? I know why I was there. Because I was invited. It a huge occasion and I’m …