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Neil Lawrence

@ox1digital.co.uk

Product Manager at Unilink / localgov survivor / LocalGovDigital alumni / All my views / Stupidly excited by default / European citizen / passionate about not using the word “passionate” / proud hearing aid wearer

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This is true! Rapidly close to finishing it, and since I’ve read the other two can you write something else sharpish? 😉

12.03.2026 11:49 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@radiobeartime.com sounds right up your street

12.03.2026 11:45 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

They just casually ignored everything I did really.

Fast forward to today and the old blog+digital strategy is still up as I can't access the GitHub site that hosts it with no council email address!

12.03.2026 06:16 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I didn't ask! Just started up a team blog and starting posting

11.03.2026 17:43 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

The story reveals a bit more detail beneath the click bait headline which suggests this is normal for this time of year and there are other supplies

09.03.2026 08:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Nice work - love the 1st one with your reflection

08.03.2026 18:53 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

I'm so happy someone remembers 'Oh Crickey'

07.03.2026 06:12 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

md for the win

06.03.2026 20:22 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Tell 'em it's tofu

06.03.2026 20:16 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

My wife and I both went for the Phonak Audéo I90 Sphere aids as they were fresh out and highly reviewed. Hard to know what 'good' is when it's your first pair, but they do the job well and we can create custom profiles for different environments. Pretty comfortable

06.03.2026 20:14 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

From conquering heroes to cunts

06.03.2026 20:06 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Balanced out nicely by the number of old mattresses in gardens

03.03.2026 06:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

You live in a weird part of France!

03.03.2026 06:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Hey James. It would be great if you could not use tinyurl in your links. As a follower, I've no idea where these are going to, so I'm less likely to follow them.

Also, they are stuffed full of tracking so there goes my privacy too.

Hope this makes sense. Love the show

03.03.2026 06:26 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

The strongest argument for people to understand is 'without international law it could happen to us too'

03.03.2026 06:20 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

There are none. Compare to the French; beautifully expressed as Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité with a constitution that expands and builds on them. They know what they stand for. We just keep celebrating the World Cup 1966 and WW2

03.03.2026 06:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Conversely, you can't lose it either

03.03.2026 06:04 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

"Kanedaaaaaaa!!!!"

27.02.2026 10:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Oh I love this - thank you!

27.02.2026 08:57 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Known in this household as acquiring a cat disability

27.02.2026 08:49 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

What is this 'sectarian' conspiracy that Farage & Co are bleating about after losing the Gorton & Denton byelection?

Are they suggesting Christianity equates to democracy? Or that if everyone was Muslim that would equate to democracy?

Just a reminder that France is a sectarian country

27.02.2026 08:47 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Ah, I see, so France (as a sectarian country) has no democracy then. Interesting

27.02.2026 08:40 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you! I can't help myself either when I see this

27.02.2026 08:35 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ah 'let's be performative rather than effective'. What a shambles of a government

27.02.2026 08:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Straight out of the Trump playbook

27.02.2026 07:09 👍 94 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Coming soon - our new recycling centre booking system Next year, we will be introducing a booking system at four of our Household Recycling Centres (HRCs): Dorchester, Wimborne, Shaftesbury, and Sherborne.

LocalGov can't win: if it tries to incorporate feedback in a policy change the focus is always on 'I don't want this'. If it presses on without then it is faceless bureaucracy.

This was a more honest (and informative) approach by my council; it saves money www.dorsetcouncil.gov.uk/w/hrc-booking

25.02.2026 12:23 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Illuminating - thanks.

25.02.2026 06:51 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Yep, why not allow dual nationals to use an ETA with their other passport?

25.02.2026 06:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I think music is like friendship; some are there for life, others are important at key times in life but may drift away afterwards. Some you forget and then rediscover with delight

24.02.2026 06:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Was so happy to see the award news this morning. Watched it at home recently and was blown away, but hadn't heard anything about it previously.

23.02.2026 06:19 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0