Well, I did write a really long and thoughtful New Year post the other day (honest), but then i clicked something incorrectly and lost the whole lot.

Anyway, it basically said i was looking forward to 2008 and to getting back into some part-time teaching from next week. It is especially good that I shall be teaching in North Lincolnshire as I will have a real insight into local education. The last school I taught at was in the East Riding and was probably the nicest school I have ever worked in. I am only teaching part-time though and in actual fact I should be able to put even more time into campaigning for local people here in Brigg and Goole.

In an event, we are gaining so many new volunteers it is becoming much easier to campaign locally. The response has been even better than in the run up to the 2005 election in Haltemprice and Howden. However, I wont be getting too excited at this stage as we probably wont have an election until 2010. The polls look good at this stage but I never really pay much attention to them. The lesson I learned from my ward colleague on the Council was always go in to every election thinking you wont win and then you will work harder. That's the way I plan to approach it! 2010 is still a long way off, i just hope my ten year old VW diesel can last the distance. It's efficient on fuel, which it needs to be considering the amount of miles I am doing!

My post also got very excited about the fact that after weeks and weeks of boiler trouble, I am now able to move back into my house. I have been out of it for sometime due to the problems I was having but, fingers crossed, I now seem to have hot water and heating again.

All the best for 2008, I really hope it is a successful and peaceful year both locally and around the world.