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            Immigration Nation: Nigel Farage

Leader of the UK Independence Party, Nigel Farage goes to Bulgaria to scare monger and stir up a story taking advantage of recent media interest regarding EU work restrictions being lifted from some of the less affluent members - Bulgaria and Romania "I think it is completely irresponsible, and wrong. In fact damned stupid to be opening up our doors to people from Bulgaria. If I was a Bulgarian, I would be packing my bags now". Well as it turns out perhaps Nigel's got it so wrong he's completely Bean'd up the whole trip and the political incentive for visiting, as numerous Bulgarians - including a Gypsy leader - reply: "No no, lots of rain, we are not used to the climate", and "I think that the culture there (UK) is lower, even though the people are richer".

Well Done Niiiige.

If you are Bulgarian or Romanian I would be really interested to hear what you think about Nigel Farage's visit to Sofia. Does he have his finger on the pulse of public opinion? Will the lifted EU work restrictions make the UK a tempting migration location for work? Or does the UK's failing economy mean the incentive is simply not great enough? What are the main reasons for and against such a consideration? I warmly invite your comments wherever you are from!

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MeMemorial:

I am very sorry to hear of the recent fatality of Andrew 'Bart' James Simpson. He was a former World Champion and Olympian sailor from Surrey - very local to me. He recently passed away whilst racing in the America's Cup in San Francisco at the age of 36. He won a Gold Medal in the 2008 Beijing Olympics and a silver in the London 2012 Olympics. 

With deepest sympathy I wish his family good fortune and send my condolences.

United Magic - Bringing Film (and a bit of magic) Back To Sussex:

Something some of you may know, but most of you wont is that I am part of an up-and-coming 'grass roots' production company based in Worthing: United Magic. We are essentially a group of 10-20 graduates or final year students specialising in film or media related degrees. We are passionate about creating exciting innovative film, or works that help and promote local enterprise and exhibition. We are a young, bright bunch, who enjoy the art and want to make film not just as a hobby, but vocationally. Having a role and talent for every occasion and technical niche, I sometimes feel like im a part of the A-Team. FACE!

I am posting this blog today, because in a few weeks we embark upon our most aspiration project yet! In the first week of May the full crew and a cast totaling some 25 active minds and mouths (to feed - one of my high ranking tasks) will start filming a short psychological horror in one of Worthing's spooky old seafront hotels, using the working title 'The Graveyard Shift'.

(Click on this link to hear more from Director Jonathan Brooks & Matt Prior about the background and inspiration to 'The Graveyard Shift' as they talk to Alan Lewis from Splash FM)

If you would like to contribute to our project and help fund our career bolstering, experience building, monkey-not-yet-so-high-up-tree-bottom-is-exposed movie you can watch our Pledge Video on Kickstarter.com (in itself this website is worth visiting). We are humble and not too proud to ask for donations!!  There are tiered incentives, so maybe you'll see something that catches your eyeballs.

As I mentioned we have a varied medley of past works - Our archives are not yet so deep, but are as broad as (Alexander) Boris (de Pfeffel) Johnson's full name. Perhaps you have an inspiring or interesting idea or concept you'd like to tell us? Or perhaps you'd like to look at our back catalogue? Thats cosmic! Here is a link to the United Magic website - "thuD!"

'United Magic Website'

We are always open to ideas and welcome interesting potential projects and free pizza, so feel free to contact us! I personally cant wait to get started! Thank you folks for reading.

Arun District: The Classic-VW Enthusiasts Mecca

G-werks may have gone up in a flash of bad reputation and dodgy business, but that doesn’t mean the Littlehampton area has no facility to offer the passionate VW enthusiast or Corrado owner:

On the very same plot the infamous G-werks rose and fell in Lyminister is a bespoke interior specialist who has a penchant for VW’s and across the lot is also a body spray shop – ‘Total Paintworks’. These guys sprayed Karmann Dubz (my 93’ 16v) in Flash red and the finish was sublime, and very reasonable. Chris who owns Total Paintworks is a decent guy who visually upgrades a good rotation of expensive cars, so from my experience and what I’ve seen he is very good.

Down the road a few miles in Littlehampton behind the Tesco is John Mitchell Racing. Mr. Mitchell has a long history of attending to the older and classic VW’s and in particular specialises in Corrado’s. He also taught Darren (of G-werks), but this should not put you off – the passion for the German technik is shared between them, nothing more. In fact I am due to have my sunroof fixed by him soon. So any problems and ill update this post.

In Angmering village, maybe 4 miles away are another couple of VW orientated ‘Roughs’ where you may find the Diamond your looking for. The first caters in particular to the VW Camper or Beetle enthusiasts more than the more recent ‘classics’ such as the Golf or Corrado, and can be found next to Mayflower Way’s ‘Roundstone Car Sales’ although the name of the yard escapes me, it is there! 

The second is Arundel Road’s ‘Volkswagen And Audi Recycle Parts Centre’ in Angmering, and is a stone’s throw away from my house. Of all the places, this one is closest to mine, and yet it has been of the least help. They always have a wealth of 80’s, 90’s and 00’s VW’s including the rarer ones we’re focusing on, but they never seem to have any parts as they do most of their business via online sales – so once its in, its straight out again. Because of this consideration, if you are travelling quite a distance to visit, it would be a good idea to phone ahead and check the stock.

It is also worth noting as a compensatory post script that Parris Motors is adjacent to the Parts Centre and David  - one of the mechanics - owns and maintains a very good example of an Series 3 Golf. David and Parris Motors generally have done a fair amount of mechanic work on my car I can say that they are trustworthy if you need anything fixed and you happen to be in the area.

Finally if you cant find what your looking for around Littlehampton the VW Dealership in Goring may supply what your after, or even better: 5 miles down t’road in Worthing / Lyons Farm is ‘GSF Car Parts’. They are very competitive and reliable from what I’ve experienced in the past.

Well there we have it, all is not lost in the wake of G-Werks.