Jenni Ajderian

Just a quick update, and the results of a quick Google search which lead me to a few quotes from Robert Louis Stevenson-- " I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move. ” " To travel hopefully is a better thing than to arrive. ” Musing on these as I rush my things together before driving to the airport. Four Canadians so far who basically helped me to stay alive-      Plane lady- saw I didn't order a veggie meal so convinced an air hostess to bring me a plate of cheeses from first class      Bus lady- saw I was looking fatigued & confused so asked where I was headed, if I had a place to stay, if I knew where I was going...      Bus driver- told me which way to walk to find Sean's house (very important stuff)      & last but by no means least, Sean- the guy letting me camp out in his house for 2 nights, hop on his Wifi, and who made me ...

     Having seen just a few clips of the queues outside Iraqi polling booths this week, I've started casting my mind out to May and the forthcoming general election here. I'll be out in Canada, so it'll be a postal vote for me. Which means deciding even sooner. Grand.      Also on my viewing schedule recently was BBC 3's attempt at Question Time aimed at first-time voters. The panel started off looking respectable enough- Shadow Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt, Higher Education Minister David Lammy (who held his own very, very well), Lib Dem Communities Spokesman Julia Goldsworthy, Tim Campbell, first ever winner of reality hiring agency The Apprentice (um...), satirist Rory Bremner (um..? but ok, he knows his stuff), and Jamelia, (what?) singer and Prince's Trust Ambassador (what??), and all hosted by that well-known political commentator Dermot O'Leary (WHAT??).     So kudos to the BBC for trying to talk down to, sorry, rela...