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faxed my mp
Posted Feb 3, 2004
FOR THE ATTENTION OF:
Miss Diane Abbott
MP for Hackney North and Stoke Newington
House Of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA
Tuesday 3 February 2004
Dear Miss Diane Abbott,
the narrow remit of the Hutton Inquiry has led to deep suspicion about its conclusions, and I feel that the new Inquiry into the intelligence leading to the war in Iraq is in danger of being just as flawed.
Please insist that the remit of this inquiry is sufficiently broad to include the political decision making as well as the intelligence that informed it. Its important that it is made public exactly why the government chose to take us to war so that in future we can trust that our armed forces will only be deployed when its absolutely necessary.
yours sincerely,
Jenny Singfield
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I have been awake too long
Posted Jan 26, 2004
http://www.fivesevenyc.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/jenstuff/WhitePoppies.htm
"If theres something inside that you wanna say,
say it out loud and you'll be okay."
"And it's hard to say
Just how some things never change
And it's hard to find
Any strength to draw the line
I'm just burning doin' the neutron dance"
(I have been awake too long and the random Mp3s are confusing me.)
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DISARM DSEI
Posted Sep 1, 2003
be there - Wage Peace! protest against the arms trade, Sat 6th Sep.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/brunel/A1161442
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FRIDAY FUNTIME
Posted Jul 11, 2003
**this is a weeklyish email that I send to my mates with a kindof blog thingy of the week. I'm posting it here for extra fun, if you find it I hope you like it, feel free to join the funsters...***
Greetings Funsters...
Its sunny sunny funtime, and since I should be at the park rather than the PC right now I'll try this funtime short and sweet (like me! 
This week Friday Funtime is gone S_H_O_P_P_I_N_G.
Capitalism is the freedom to buy tat. Anyone for some fishmakeup?
http://www.stupid.com/fishmakeup.htm
Or a workplace Hazards safety mirror?
http://www.stupid.com/stat/SFTY.html
If you have much more money than sense and the desire to fill your home and life with needless frippery, then www.stupid.com is the place to be!
Capitalism is the freedom to buy the leftover supplies from the heavilly subsidised military industrial complex at knock down prices. I mean, look, you can buy them crappy army boots that melted in the desert heat. Trade only, but if can get a couple of dozen of us together we could sort out an order...
http://www.fieldtextiles.co.uk/
Its weird though, browsing thru what the military sells off. All the contracters and categories are listed here.
http://www.disposalservices.agency.mod.uk/
The Babcock Disposal 'miscellaneous' list is a peculiar insight into the world of mililtary stores. Look, you could buy Berol Powder paint (What does the army have that for? Squaddies powder paint challenge?!) Or how about Betamax videotapes - just 12p! And get this - make up supplies are also listed for sale under miscelleny...!
Powder eyeshadow 25p
Perfumed wand 30p (WTF??)
Nail Varnish 42p
Lipstick 42p
I really am confused by this - and wonder what the army is doing with makeup... I like the idea of night raids in drag best of all, but suggestions welcome to the usual address.
I'm thinking of cirulating this 'Night raids in drag' story more wildly, and starting a rumour of transsexual regiments in the navy... which sounds very plausible in fact. If it gets in here I shall be a happy bunny.
http://www.truthorfiction.com/index-military.htm
Deconstructing consumer choices is this weeks story from The Onion - 'Insecurities laid bare in Wal-Mart shopping cart.'
"Looking into this blue plastic cart is like peering into her soul," said psychotherapist and bestselling author Dr. Shari Berman. "I see fear for her future and shame over her current economic status in this roll of Sam's Club bargain-brand toilet paper. In these scented candles, I see a desire to escape life. From the looks of her cart, that poor woman is hanging on by a thread"
http://www.theonion.com/onion3926/insecurities_laid_bare.html
Well, thats about it for this week kids, remember that Purchasing is Power so spend spend spend. I'm off to buy a nail varnish from the army stores in this season's neon pink.
big luv to y'all as always,
Jen x
PS - FUTURE FUNTIME
Sat 19th at the Millenium Dome - Free Event!
Respect Festival. Public Enemy confirmed this week as headliners, top the bill of a wicked line-up. See u guys there.
http://www.respectfestival.org.uk/
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Midsummer Madness
Posted Jun 23, 2003
On 21st June the sun shone all day long. It sure seemed to anyway.
Whilst drinking sparkling wine with my flatmate Viv and my freind Cat on the front lawn of our estate a few months ago in the late afternoon sunshine we discussed the lovliness of sparkling golden drinks in the summertime. Having had a couple of great parties this year we felt it was time for another to come, and after much diarising agreed that the best time would be at the Summer Solstice.
So, in the afternoon, Viv, Cat, Peter and me were shopping for bbq things, summer fruits, champagne and guiness. At 6ish I got to play with fire and start the barbie, then an hour later was tucking in with a dozen pals our little back yard. A neighbour complained about the smell, but Fred, our other neighbour lent us some patio lanterns for the party.
Buy nine the house was heaving, and Vivi's posh mates had brought along a ton of champagne. The carefully prepd playlist moved from 'SUNSHINE' (mostly reggae music and a dab of lovin' spoonful) to 'PARTY' (Kool& the Gang, Dj Hype and assorted funky favourites). A small disco ball was cermonially lit and we bounced the floor hard.
By midnight, after kicking out of the pub time, the second tranch of party peeps arrived - the naughtier ones, the ones who'd got lost and drunk, the lab crew, the circus gang, the DJs and madmen. Cath got her tits out. Someone knocked the grill off the bbq, the neighbour complained about the noise, and the party spilled out of the backyard and into the communal lawn on the Hackney housing estate on which I live. There was some good fire juggling, and some bad firejuggling that scorched the dry grass... no real harm done though.
By 3am, the next-door-but-one-neighbour had arrived, and was slumped drunk on the couch. Out on the yard, there was a hula-hoop contest, as folks leapt, bounded, limboed, hulad and flung my red hula-hoop around. Someone lobbed the hula hoop right over the roof of our 3 storey house, which was now implausibly crammed with what party maths stated was 'easilly 100 people.' A girl unknown then cleared the lounge by insisting on playing her dogdy Madonna albums. I'm all for a bit of Madges Music, but not the all the shite ones, thanks.
Cat was finding the bathroom floor tiles soothingly cool, Viv had gone to bed, and I crashed out, leaving the lucky Peter to handle irate and drunken neighbours, very out there latecomers and a dozen taxis home.
There was some good communal tidyup, breakfast and lounging inthe sun the day after. And so many leftovers that we invited a couple of close mates over for another barbie, which was also ace. With chips. 
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