I am delighted to now have my March 2009 'g3' www.g3mag.co.uk for gay / bi women. Later this evening, I will be attending a performance of the musical 'Priscilla Queen of the desert' www.priscillathemusical.com/ starring Jason Donovan www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jason_Donovan
at The Palace www.usefulwiki.com/londontheatre/priscilla-queen-of-the-desert-the-musical-london-2009.html In addition, I will also be attending a forthcoming performance of 'The Vagina Monologues' www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vagina_Monologues at The Hackney Empire www.hackneyempire.co.uk

In issue number 30 of March 2009, Women, Politics and Elections http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/downloads/wpe30.pdf the following can be found:

Conservatives
The Conservative Party has selected
an additional 13 candidates this year,
of which 4 are women; Janice Small,
who will stand in the marginal Batley
and Spen, and Karen Allen, Lynda
Donaldson, and Antonia Cox who
have been chosen to stand in the
seats of South Shields, Rother Valley
and Islington South and Finsbury,
none of which are considered key
target seats. Of the 9 selected male
candidates, only Simon Reevell,
Conservative PPC for Dewsbury,
is likely to have a chance of being
elected.
Labour
Judging from the sources available
to us, the Labour Party has so far in
2009 selected 7 new candidates to
stand at the next General Election.
Amongst them is Jane Thomas who
will stand for Keighley, replacing Ann
Cryer as the Labour candidate, and
Julie Hilling, who will be standing in
Ruth Kelley’s current constituency of
Bolton West. Overall 4 out of the 7
candidates selected are women. 2
of these have been selected in what
would be considered winnable seats
(i.e. where the current MP is retiring;
however, both seats should not be
considered to be safe), with the other
2 selected seats that are not part of
Labour’s top target list. None of the
new male candidates announced are
in key Labour seats. Constituencies
waiting to finalise their candidate for
the next General Election are Reading
West, Wimbledon, Hornchurch and
Upminster, South Holland and the
Deepings, Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch
and Strathspey, and Ross, Skye and
Lochaber.
Liberal Democrats
The Liberal Democrats have also
selected a further 13 candidates to
stand, none of which are key Lib Dem
targets. Out of these 13, 2 are women,
with Laura Edge selected in Finchley
and Golders Green and Rebecca Hunt
in Chatham and Aylesford, The other
11 candidates are male.

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If like me, you are into things that you have read in my blog, and more like:

Sense and Sensibility www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJMnm28vAqQ / www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxXffditEgA

Casablanca www.youtube.com/watch?v=INBmVxAsdFE / www.video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6377772137840605130

Gone with the Wind www.youtube.com/watch?v=49dQ0PxkVu0 / www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mM8iNarcRc

Pride & Prejudice www.youtube.com/watch?v=ARWfCBr0ZDM / www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpinWlxCdxE

The Age of Innocence www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeI2TkebVn0 / www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0bENHsyGPg

The African Queen www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s2r8_BwkQo / www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYd1sghbHgU

Withnail and I www.youtube.com/watch?v=L95MAROlcqg / www.youtube.com/watch?v=xT5qhPoRS9g

Harvey www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvfXvW2wsuQ

Victim www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYlLnrhzU_E / www.revver.com/video/522349/victim-early-gay-movie-trailer-1950s-british-film-dirk-bogarde/ / www.metacafe.com/watch/963521/victim_early_gay_movie_1950s_dirk_bogarde_queer_blackmail_drama/

Emma www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WpLozLqLZ0

Northhanger Abbey www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bZV2HbjxYM / www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZ6n5kpBfXo

Mansfield Park www.youtube.com/watch?v=oW1iLzHeG1s / www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2QJWA7ALcI

Catherine Cookson's www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Cookson 'The Mallen Streak' www.fantasticfiction.co.uk/c/catherine-cookson/

the L word www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0yX5Ns6gh4 / www.youtube.com/watch?v=Za1MhTkeSLc

/ www.metacafe.com/watch/958043/the_l_word_season_5_trailer/ / www.thelwordonline.com/finale_pr.html

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Yesterday, I viewed the Rodchenko & Popova exhibition at the Tate Modern www.tate.org.uk I arrived at the Tate Modern from Tate Britain via the Thames Clippers www.ThamesClippers.com I was impressed with the shapes and colours of the work displayed in the exhibition.