At just before 19:00 I am starting to prepare for my Play Radio slot in the sweltering heat. Never mind typing just reaching for the keyboard in these conditions is making me break into a sweat.
Lots of talk today about Gordon Brown's British Homes for British People initiative, I wonder where that idea came from. It was only a few months ago that on analysing the BNP's constitution several Labour MPs declared this policy to be not only unworkable but illegal. Apparently it didn't measure up to the catch all "promotion of diversity and equality" ticket, but having dressed in up with a Labour rose their not so vocal about this any more.
ITV may be covering this tonight from the point of view of some poor Brits in Dagenham who have had to watch people from all over the world occupy desirable properties whilst they live in overcrowded squalor. When I was a councillor in Dudley I remember being called to a house on Laurel Road to see some poor heavily pregnant teenager having to sleep on the floor of her grandmother's house while "asylum seekers" occupied a recently renovated property just a few doors away. Got to go, tune in if you can.
