It’s going to be an awful campaign, awful. Yesterday we were at Labour HQ (they still have a smart new building in Westminster, but after the election they may move to a scout hut in Streatham) to see the video. It was introduced by the home secretary and by Harriet Harman, glossier than ever. Her eyes were like French-polished lentils. I spoke to colleagues afterwards, and we agreed that she seemed to be staring balefully at each of us. L ... Jump to full article >>

Crookston Park Board member Larry Brekken has a bone to pick with the city Ways & Means Committee, which, in December, modified the board’s recommendation to prohibit smoking on the Crookston Sports Center property entirely, and instead approved a policy that would create a designated smoking area on the east edge of the parking lot. “I’m tired of caving into the minority,” Brekken said at Monday’s park board me ... Jump to full article >>