People take all sorts of things to the papers, tooting. That's where they get their news from, whether it's from companies, political parties, charities or people wanting to publicise something they think is wrong, or to puff off some achievement of a family member. When we had a neighbourhood dispute with someone who wanted to nick a piece of apparently ownerless land in our small community to build on one of the first things we did was go to the local press.
Politics pervades our everyday lives, it's ridiculous to say that people should never use the press for political ends. It's a way of 'talking' to the rest of one's community about problems, and triumphs...
ALPHABETICAL FOOD AND DRINK (Jan 26)



The vicar is here, not on the moon.
I hope you've done the washing up.
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