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If you’re in the UK you know we are on the countdown to the 2010 UK General Election.  The polling stations open tomorrow and it’s the best chance so far for the UK population to get rid of Gordon Brown.

However, there is much talk of a Hung Parliament, a result where no single party has an overall majority.  These ‘hung parliaments’ are usually disastrous and do not work.  The televised debates featuring the leaders of the 3 main parties are new to the UK in 2010.  These have raised the profile of politics in general and have given some good exposure to the policies of all involved.

There is speculation and a hint of fear that there will not be a clear winner this time around and there have also been talks of tactical voting.  If you have doubts or uncertainties around who will form the next Government of the UK take a look at these pages on the BBC to give you an idea of what might happen…

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/8427233.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8609989.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8660699.stm

If you’re still not sure which way to vote you can compare policies of different parties here

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/election_2010/8515961.stm?col1=none&col2=none&col3=none#subject=economy&col1=conservative&col2=libdem&col3=labour

It helped me decide (like I needed much persuading (;o)

Whichever way you swing make the effort to get out there and put your cross in the box, if you don’t vote then you have no right to complain afterwards.

Well I’ve been shooting the revolutionary B-Stinger stabiliser now for nearly a year and have found it to be fantastic at minimising the effects of bad shots.

It stabilises the bow like nothing else I’ve seen for it’s length.  The heavy out front weight took some getting used to but I’ve worked up to the 17oz and am loving it.

B-Stinger Pro Series Stabiliser

I’ve been speaking with Blair, the man behind the B-Stinger for a few weeks now and have agreed to become a B-Stinger Staff Shooter.  This means that I believe in the product, will help promote it, I will get access to early versions of new products and provide feedback that will help in their development.

My B-Stinger XL and V-Bars have been ordered so I’ll have plenty of time to play with the setup and get it just right as I move in to the Unlimited class for GNAS/FITA indoor target shooting.

So not only am I switching to the B-Stinger XL I’m also switching to using a scope and release aid, lets hope I can get to the top flight quickly enough!

Watch out target shooters here I come.

I’ll be doing a full review of both the B-Stinger and B-Stinger XL over the coming months so why not subscribe to my RSS feed so you don’t miss it.

Well I was just doing a quick search for some archery related podcasts to load on my iPhone and came across www.archerypodcasts.com

Not a great deal on there but I did come across this little gem

An interview with Harry Boyce and Terri Boyce all about field archery

The interview was done back in 2005 while both were still members of Castle Bowmen.  Of course Harry, Terri, Graham, Liz and a couple of others went on to form Nemisis Archery club not long after this was done.

Harry has moved on to new heights and is now in his second term of office as NFAS president, Terri is also the Supplies officer.  It’s good to know there are folks out there willing to put time in to the society to make life and the sport enjoyable for the rest of us.

I also found http://www.bowcast.com/ which has some interesting stuff on although on the whole it’s geared towards the North American Bowhunting fraternity.

Leave a comment (it’s easy and it’s free) if you know of anymore archery related podcasts or websites

Well I had to shout about this, it’s my company.

Digital Marmalade have just launched an exciting new website which shows us to be the world class web design and multimedia production company that we are.

Some highlights for me are the SEO friendly URLs

The fantastic job our designers did

The exciting news timeline that is feed via XML generated from a database

The intricate cross referencing of news and case studies

There’s just so much going on with this site, I love it

The new home page of www.digitalmarmalade.co.uk