With the thought that there are only 353 days to Christmas and considerably fewer until the General Election, we launch into today’s Daily View.
On this day in 1918, the Free Committee for a German Workers Peace, which would become the Nazi party, was founded. In 1941, the aviator Amy Johnson, disappeared over the Thames Estuary and was never found. And 28 years ago today, Peter Sutcliffe, a 35-year-old lorry driver from Bradford appeared in court, charged with 13 murders of women in West Yorkshire.
Happy birthday to the second most famous son of Abbots Langley, footballer, actor and current Celebrity Big Brother ‘inmate’ Vinnie Jones, who is 45 today and to former US Vice President Walter F. Mondale, who is 82.
2 Interesting Stories
With the thought that some of you may have already noticed other parties’ pronouncements in the news yesterday, here are two more slants on the coming election.
We’re being outgunned by slick Tory machine, says Labour’s Andrew Slaughter
The Labour MP for Hammersnith believes that his chances of re-election are being hampered by a lack of funding compared to his Conservative opponent. Slaughter said;
“People should be concerned that money is being poured into seats like this and the consequences of that for democracy,”
Funny how Labour never saw this as a problem when they were the ones bringing in large donations?
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