Archive for the 'Olympics' Category

Why Matt's the only gay in the Olympic village

Yazan: sarabedford | 18 April 2009 | 3 Comments
Categories: equality, Olympics, sport, swimming

Last August, I switched on to watch the diving finals from Beijing’s Water Cube to see if 14 year old Tom Daley could make history. Of course he was too far behind to make a move on the medal positions, but he was, by his own admission, completely upstaged by Australian Matthew Mitcham, Going into [...]

Yes, I'm watching – but is the Queen?

Yazan: sarabedford | 16 August 2008 | No Comments
Categories: Olympics, shoes, swimming, the Queen

As a competitive swimmer in my youth, albeit of a much lower standard, I’ve stayed up to watch Becky Adlington win her second gold medal in the 800 metre freestyle. Just superb! Not only did she finish a long way ahead of the silver medallist, she also took more than two seconds off the oldest world [...]

My recent posts

Categories

Data loss

This blog suffered a catastrophic loss of data at the end of 2009. I am restoring as many posts as possible as time allow, but comments are missing.

Tags

ACA Alan Milburn alcohol Arsenal banks Barack Obama Big Brother BNP books children chocolate Chris Grayling Claire Ward coalition Conservatives crime Daily Mail David Cameron drugs Ed Davey Gordon Brown Harriet Harman Ian Oakley Jacqui Smith John Major John Prescott Labour LibDems Manchester United Margaret Thatcher MP expenses MPs expenses Nick Clegg Nick Griffin Olympics Paddy Ashdown Sarah Palin schools Soccer specials students Three Rivers tuition fees UKIP Watford William Hague

Blogs by LibDems

Why I am a Liberal Democrat

The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity.
Follow sarabedford on Twitter
Click here to visit Plan-uk.org and see how you can make a difference today

Disclaimer & moderation policy

The comments on this blog are mine alone and should not be attributed to anyone else, including the LibDems, either Three Rivers District Council or Abbots Langley Parish Council, my family or fellow Gooners, however tempting that might be. You have a right to express a view here, even if I disagree with it. You do not have a right to use my blog to abuse others.
Wikio - Top Blogs
Wikio - Top Blogs - Politics