Wednesday, May 31, 2006

It's been an interesting week. The JSR website has been updated - I had the honour of being the DJ to post his playlist. The weekend was really busy so only got to record my JSR show last night. It was an interesting one - as usual I ran out of vinyl and dived into one of the 'party boxes...so it has a sort of interesting vibe - very Jazz Funk to start with then very 'club classic at the end!

Got into an interesting debate with Quinny (Simon) this week regarding radio on http://www.discomusic.com - he is someone who has strong opinions and I have great respect for. To view the thread (which was somewhat hijacked) click here.

This week will begin in earnest to promote the night at the Loaded Dog - details here - hopefully it's going to be hard to miss.

Finally I had another appearance on BBC News24 - talking about the bain of my life - Family Tax Credits. I get very annoyed that I am being made out to be the 'criminal' where in fact the problem is with the government's system. It was announced today that they have overpaid a further £1.8bn. I was one of them!! I empathise with those who are effected by this, and the lack of compassion this government shows. Clearly this government can't run anything (just look at the Home Office) - as far as I am concerned the extra billions this government has raised and spent has been wasted. Possibly the one exception is the Health Service, which I was exposed to this week. Having said that I get the impression that the majority of staff are from an agency rather than directly employed. I know my battle with them has just begun over my situation - I will not back down and have the support of not just the BBC but other people with political influence. I'm not paying the amount they are asking for BACK.

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