A wee bit of red and green in a Tory blue sea, welcome to the Republic of Brighton and Hove. I am actually rather proud of this. Not the sea of blue, of course, that is a disaster for common sense, the NHS and the less fortunate in our country. But I am proud of the fact that at least there are still pockets of resistance - Viva ! I love a good stripped down song - the kind of thing I would sit and play on my guitar at night when everyone else was in bed. I did some of that last night, but today the whirlwind called Abbi, her Yankee pal, Pepper Ann, and a boy called Lewis from Lewes blew in and space is getting a little harder to find. Oh well, the Republic welcomes them, all the same - they will climb such great heights, Viva !