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If you haven't seen the Paxman–Brand interview yet, go see it . I thought I would add my two pennies (whatever that's worth!). Russell Brand makes a lot of very interesting points. He draws on the large disparity between the super-rich, '1%' and the rest of us. He is also disgusted at the way we are abusing our environment (and seemingly doing nothing about it). His point about the decoration of the House of Commons is excellent. " The Houses of Parliament, [are] decorated exactly the same as Eton, [they're] decorated exactly the same as Oxford. So a certain type of people go in there and they think, 'Eurgh! This makes me nervous!'. And another type of people go in there and they go, 'This is how it should be!' And that's got to change" While, in theory , anybody can be voted in to 'govern' our country, the reality is that a certain 'class' (can we still use that word?) of people are more comfortable in the ...

A galaxy was discovered today. It sent its message and drifted further away. Shifting from blue to red, Lonely photons travelled across the cosmos to be read. Electronic eyes scoured the blackness and we deciphered the story, Of an object so distant in time, we had a birthing memory. A hazy image of things for which there were no words, But which we now know as suns, moons and worlds. * http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v502/n7472/full/nature12657.html

The Ideal Candidate must be, Trained in Chemistry And have received a degree. No, wait! Make that a PhD! Furthermore, they must, Edit, change, adjust, Pieces of writing, audio clips, or just, Occasionally, the odd blog post. Does this sound like you? "Yes", I think. "That's me, it's true!" But there's something that makes me feel blue. And that's that The Ideal Candidate thought so too!