LibDem Blogs - Archived! - Wednesday 14th February 2007

Peter Black launches ‘A Better Learning Environment’

Trust in Wales Ymddiried yng Nghymru Education spokesperson Peter Black today launched a new pre-16 education document, which will form the basis of Welsh Liberal Democrat policy for the remainder of the assembly and beyond. Mr Black said: “Giving young people the best environment to learn is key to Wales’s future, and at the moment, not every Welsh school pupil has access to the best facilities available. “The Welsh Liberal Democrats have always rejected Blair’s selection-based education reforms, and this document outlines our ideas. It puts forward 21 points for 21st century school-age education ...

Clwyd South Welsh LibDems Choose Assembly Candidate

Despite the weather conditions a lively meeting of Clwyd South Constituency Welsh Liberal Democrats was held in Ruabon on the evening of Thursday 8th February for the selection of their Candidate for the forthcoming Assembly Elections. The selected candidate is Frank Biggs of Acrefair, Wrexham Attached photo shows, from left to right, Bruce Roberts (Candidate for Wrexham Constituency), Eleanor Burnham AM (North Wales Region), Frank Biggs (Clwyd South Candidate) and Mr Tom Ellis (President of CS Constituency Party) Frank Biggs states “I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to represent the Welsh Liberal Democrat Party in Clwyd ...

Recycling progress; Community Council

Today, had good news that the residents in Gowrie Street will be given the option next month to get brown (garden) and blue (paper) recycling bins. Also, good to get promises that the lack of a street sign on the south side of Almond Place and the very worn sign on Almond Place’s north side will be addressed - I have been promised that these will be replaced within the next 4-5 weeks. Well attended West End Community Council meeting last night where the new STV electoral arrangements were explained. Also strong support for saving the ...

Abbas, Olmert and Rice...........whither the roadmap?

OK, so this is how I spend my Valentine's night........ just got this email, if you support the sentiments please sign the petition and pass on to others: Dear friends, It will soon be seven long and devastating years since the top Israeli, Palestinian, and international leaders sat down together to talk peace. But this week that tide could turn - on Monday, President Abbas and Prime Minister Olmert will meet briefly with US Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice in Jerusalem. We cannot afford to let Monday's summit lead nowhere. This may be our best chance in ...

Is Coate Water safe?

Steve Wakefield, a Tory councillor from Swindon, suggests that the University of Bath may be preparing to bale out of the proposed Coate Water Campus development on the outskirts of the town. For reasons I explained a year ago, this would be a thoroughly good thing. Later. There is more in the Swindon Advertiser.

Elspeth unplugged

There is a substantial interview with one of this blog's heroines - Elspeth Campbell - on the Evening Standard site: "I just want him to do the best possible job he can, although my prime concern is that he stays healthy. But you know, if the polls result in a hung Parliament, he could be a significant player come the election. People are beginning to recognise that fact."

Westminster Challenge - Support Nick Clegg and Jenny Willott

The Westminster Challenge is now well underway. Again the Lib Dems are disproportionately represented (2 out of 5 MPs) with Nick Clegg and Jenny Willott (and they always gave the impression of being so sensible!) I have to say I so admire them both, I have no doubt it will be an amazing experience, but enormously demanding, and I am quite sure my tongue would be permanently stuck to the side of the igloo by now! Both Nick and Jenny are looking for sponsorship so if you haven't already sponsored them please do so and let other ...

That Trident motion in full

Liberal Democrat Voice has the text of the Federal Policy Committee motion which is going to our Spring Conference, and the amendments proposed by the Lib Dem Peace and Security Group. It also provides links to the majority and minority reports from the working group set up to consider the future of Trident.

Footprints in the sand.. (Underneath the Lintel)

Its always slightly worrying going to see a play starring an actor from one of your favourite TV shows in it. Especially if he is the only actor in the piece. What if you can't get past the fact its Toby from the West Wing on stage? Well the moment Richard Schiff stumbles onto the stage in Underneath the Lintel all my fears were banished. Although most famous for his TV roles Schiff cut his teeth

Gah! Bloody Orange

I’ve always liked Orange as a mobile phone operator - I’ve stuck with them for more than a decade now, but my latest experience with them is pissing me off. My phone stopped charging. We walked through a diagnosis, they said “it’s the charger”, and sent me a new charger - making me fork out a £15 [...]

Opinion: Conference delegates should vote for 'No new Trident'

To me the answer is simple - the answer is no. No to Trident, No to son of Trident and No to any so called Independent Nuclear Deterrent. Last year I went on behalf of the party to Pakistan and tried to engage with politicians there as to why it was wrong for Iran or any [...]

Valentines............Yellow Roses...........and fanciable MPs

I suppose the problem with Valentine's day without a "significant other" is that it's a bit like Christmas when you've stopped believing in Santa..........All around you are men and women of all shapes, sizes, demeanours, people you would never in your wildest dreams put in the same room as a red rose, protectively carrying their (increasingly) enormous and elaborate bouquets, scurrying purposefully to their darlings. One feels a little like a child, face pressed up against the window, watching the party without an invitation..........oh heavens, shall I go hang myself now?! But, who am I complain? I did ...

Trident motions

I’m just about to upload another article on Trident. Here for reference is the Federal Policy Committee motion which is going to conference, and the amendments proposed by the LD peace and security group. There was a working group set up on the future of Trident - the FPC motion reflects the majority report (PDF) [...]

Norwich leading the way with totally "free" wi-fi

Channel Four did an interesting piece for the news last night about free wi-fi in Norwich. Norwich is leading the way in providing wi-fi, but unlike other councils, including many Lib Dem ones, Norwich is pioneering completely free wi-fi, with no costs, hidden charges or fees. They are using a slightly slower speed Broadband so as not to be a direct competitor to super fast broadband speed wi-fi operators, but the service provided is suitable for internet browsing, e-mail, even music downloading and some video downloads. It is nice to see Norwich leading the way, and particularly good ...

Think of the children

LibertyCat has read the full UNICEF child poverty report and was planning to blog about it. However, as a taster... Femme-de-R notices that of the 6 dimensions used to measure child poverty, material well-being was measured as 'relative' comparative to conditions in that country (the report acknowledges that this is controversial). It is for this reason that Grauniad is on debatable ground

Brave New World

For a lot of people, today has been loaded with a lot of ritual significance. It's been a significant day for me too, but for a slightly different reason, because I found myself agreeing with Simon Heffer. The steady descent of MPs from representatives of the people and legislators to over paid social workers has long been one of my favourite hobby horses, and like Mr Heffer I believe that a review of numbers is well overdue. I don't accept his point though about a cut in the pay, though I'm sure that this would play very well to the ...

Rental television

Just posted the following in the comments of a digg posting about cross platform DRM and how the BBC are being encouraged to make it happen by The Trust (sorry that has to be written with caps). A lot of people (probably 13 year olds that don’t pay a licence fee anyway) are saying, wrongly, that [...]

Don’t use net says Deputy

A Guernsey Deputy (MP), slightly out of touch maybe, has suggested that his fellow Deputies shouldn’t be using the internet to air their views and opinions - but instead should only be talking in the States (parliament) meetings. Nice to know he’s up for open democracy and debate. He does have a good point about anonymity [...]

Sweet Home Alabama

Just watching the repeat of Top Gear in America.. If there was ever a reason not to visit the deep south, here is the section in Bagdad, Alabama... Red Neck country.

Frank Field takes Lord Bonkers' advice

Frank Field has called on the Labour Party to pass on the opportunity of having Gordon Brown as its next leader. Writing in the Guardian this morning, he says: The question then becomes not who is owed the leadership, but who by their very presence shouts at the electorate that New Labour has already moved on to the next stage of its life. Will that be best achieved by a candidate whose hands have been on the steering wheel for the last decade? Or will it come from the younger generation, in a candidate who is not linked in ...

Conservatives confirm they are third in Lewisham West and Penge

I am pleased to see the acknowledgment by Bromley Tory councillor Neil Reddin that the Tories are third in Lewisham West and Penge. Of course we could argue all day as to what set of figures point to what result, but at least the Tories are acknowledging that the Lib Dems are best placed to beat Labour in Lewisham West and Penge.

Images of Cleopatra and Mark Antony discovered

Getting better?

Well, it seems the living will / phone call to the undertakers / emotional letters declaring years of undying love to a number of female acquaintances may have been a tad premature. I am getting better, and probably now won't die of the man-flu / head-cold / stop whining there's nothing wrong with you, that I have been suffering loudly with in recent days. Unfortunately my recovery has not come

I am a Mac

To answer Ed, I am a Mac - no question. Of course it is Valentines Day, my wife is a Public Finance Accountant, and definitely a PC - so in answer to Ed's other question, I have to say we are the perfect political partnership.

Richard Benyon - Petrolhead?...Shurely shome mishtake?

From the just-published figures, I notice that Newbury MP Richard Benyon is an apparent "petrolhead", spending £2263 on car travel and only £333 on the train, even though he lives just three minutes from Theale station, which is on the mainline to Paddington. Perhaps he travels in a Toyota Prius like Chris Huhne? If so, I wasn't aware of this. I thought Audis were Mr Benyon's favourite, and I

Amended Planning Application received for Coatham Links

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council has received amended plans in respect of the application already lodged for the multi million pounds Coatham Links development. The Council has learnt from Persimmon Homes that following the consultation process of their planning application, they have decided to amend the scheme, taking into account feedback received during that initial consultation. They have told the Council that their intention now is to put leisure facilities in place of "bingo", such as ten pin bowling, which is classified as "D2 leisure uses", on the amended plans. They also show revisions to the ...

Illegal rendition was going on

It's odd that it should take the EU to expose what our own government have been doing. It is also a damning indictment of the way this government has sought to curb civil liberties and do anything the US wants it to do. Somebody should tell Tony Blair that in 1997 we were still an independent sovereign nation. What has he done since to damage this status ? Anyone taking over in government in the future might want to check thr title deeds just to make sure we still are independent and have not been sold off ...

Will we end up paying for tuition fees?

Who will win the argument over tuition fees? Today's big increase in University applicants is certainly good news for their advocates. But should the Lib Dems ditch their commitment to scrap fees in England? This piece, as so often happens, started off as a reply on another blog. Stephen Tall's is the blog in question which today carries a thought-provoking piece on tuition fees: "The Labour

Just how krap is it to be a kid these days?

Well I wouldn´t go through it again. But I don´t know if the UNICEF report makes us much wiser.

The road-user pricing to serfdom

Gridlock is coming, is both a literal and a figurative sense, and only Douglas Alexander can save us. If that doesn't send a shiver down the spine (or perhaps send you off into peels of laughter), the alternative should cause you to break into a cold sweat. The petition to “Scrap the planned vehicle tracking and road pricing policy” has now received over 1.4m signatures. It says something of the pace and popularity of this petition that the editorial in today’s Times referred to just 1.3m signatories. Like the proverbial snowball, this is gathering ever more size and momentum ...

Trident - play fair!

Nick Harvey MP and Tim Garden of the Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs and Defence Parliamentary Team have written to all local party chairs outing why, in their opinion the Trident motion is a good thing and enclosed a number of "Focus on the future of Britain's Nuclear Deterrent."

Mayor Ken gets the treatment from 18 Doughty Street

While I don't agree with all the attack adverts put out by Internet TV station 18 Doughty Street, this one http://18doughtystreet.com/on_demand/136 attacking Labour Mayor of London Ken Livingstone's record of waste and courting terrorists and dictators is worth a view.

Denis MacShame Again

Sorry to keep going on about this, but it does really annoy me. Of all the things a Labour MP might rebel against over the last ten years, changing the method of voting in the Commons - ONCE - is a pretty pathetic one. Where were you, Denis, during the Iraq debate, the tuition fee [...]

Valentines Day

Having received no Valentines (yet!) today, was cheered to receive one from Adam Boulton in the form of his 2007 10 Most Fanciable MPs. Now, when I was a just a young lass and burning my bra - a wolf-whistle from a workman was to be reviled, put down and spat back - let alone appearing in a 'top totty' poll. However, age has mellowed me. Now - I am just grateful!

travel allowances

I'm glad to see that we now have some increased openness about our MPs travel expenses. Its interesting to see who has claimed for cycle travel. Cameron doesn't make the top 10, and surprisingly Lynne Jones doesn't either. I suspect that quite a few cycling MPs don't actually claim their mileage. In the same way, I have not received any travel expenses (see bottom of this page for allowances paid) from the city council. Claiming for 2-3 mile journeys at 20p per mile seems to have a longer admin time/cost than the actual claimed expense. And running costs of bikes ...

Facing up to facts

This time last year, then Lib Dem education spokesman Ed Davey - noting the drop in applications to English universities from English students - commented: “This decline in university applicants shows student fees are already beginning to bite.” I wonder what his successor, Sarah Teather, will say in response to the news today that applications have risen by 7.2% this year? The reason for last

Selection news: Holborn & St Pancras

Congratulations to Jo Shaw, selected to fight Holborn & St Pancras.

More on Ming's BME Reception.......reasons to be hopeful?

Yesterday I received a moving email in response to my blog about Ming's BME reception, it was from the person who was referred to in Tony Lindsay's article, the person who had been accused of "having a chip" on his shoulder. Here it is in full: Hi Linda Thanks for that! I woke up this morning thinking of chucking it all in, but after reading your blog I feel a lot more positive. I am encouraged that I am not alone and there are other people of good will who are trying to change things. ...

Depressed UK

So the UK is the worst place in the developed world for children to grow up according to the UN. Nice! The best place is the Netherlands and we (The UK) was even beaten by the USA. I think I’ll take this with a giant pinch of salt to be honest. 1. The Netherlands 2. Sweden 3. Denmark 4. [...]

Posh rich daughter of media luvvies: the authentic voice of working class yoof?

I’m struggling to work out if this is satire. Apparently Paul Flynn’s other interests include “slick politicians” so no doubt he will soon be writing about how David Cameron’s spliff-related revelations of the past few days demonstrate that he is the true keeper of the Bob Marley flame. Bookmark to:

Environment day

The comments by the First Minister on Monday night could not really have come at a worst time for him given that yesterday was effectively environment day in the National Assembly. Not only did we have Rhodri's own statement on climate change but also a Tory motion on the same subject. This is a difficult subject for the Tories. On the one hand they have a shiny new green image to defend, handcrafted by David Cameron's spin doctors, on the other they have a long history of contradictory statements and actions in defence of the motorcar and the aeroplane ...

Sunnier Climes

For those like the First Minister who believe that global warming will mean hotter summers and a Spanish climate here is a sobering alternative view from Friends of the Earth: Friends of the Earth's Assembly campaigner Gordon James, said, "This is a dangerously complacent and irresponsible statement by the First Minister. Although opportunities exist in areas such as clean energy developments, the environmental and economic threats posed by climate change significantly outweigh any benefits. "The climate will become more unstable producing extremes of weather, such as flooding, droughts and storms, which will cause significant economic, social and environmental ...

Bullingdon Davey

Its not the drugs, but the attitudes indicated by membership of the Bullingdon Club that should concern us about Cameron.

Guido’s not a Tory? Fawkes off!

This whole Blog Wars thing is all rather silly, but possibly the silliest aspect of it is hearing people from all parts of the political spectrum defend Guido as being non-partisan. This argument appears to rest on the basis that, from time to time, he slags off Tories as well as people from other [...]

Glorifying Terrorism in SciFi

SpyBlog alerts me to a new anthology of Science Fiction stories which glorify terrorism. Costing £15 from the publishers (or £20 from Amazon) this really highlights the absurd restriction on free speech this legislation is. If you want a copy you should act soon before the book is banned.

Tories desperate for candidates in South Norfolk ?

A friend of mine who lives in Hethersett, South Norfolk, received an interesting proposition through the door the other day from Conservative Party. They were asking him if he wanted to be a Conservative candidate in the forthcoming local elections. This came as something of a shock to him as he is neither a Tory member, a Tory voter, or for that matter someone devoid of his own ideas, which seems to be the main qualification to become part of "Dave's" pale blue vision of the future. A sign of desperation by South Norfolk Conservative's ?

Macs, PCs and world domination

I cant believe I am puffing Michael Gove (next, I will be saying nice things about Iain D…, no that would be a step too far…) but he has a very entertaining piece in today’s Times about how the whole world can be divided between PCs and Macs (unfortunately I cant find it on the bright shiny new [...]

judgement day!

Just back from a meeting to judge artwork produced by children from St Benedicts in Garston and Garston C of E school. This is part of the scheme to put up an arch and a plaque at the Rotters (composting project) site on Dutch Farm in Garston. The older children had produced illustrations to act as inspiration for the artist working on the arch.. and the younger ones had made models for the plaque. Two things became clear straight away. Firstly.. we have a lot of talented artists in our schools. Secondly, making these decisions ...

Barren of Thurso

Sky News’ political editor Adam Boulton has published his annual Valentine’s list of the top 10 most fanciable MPs. Congratulations are due to Nick Clegg (No. 3) and Lynne Featherstone (7) for holding the Lib Dems’ end up (so to speak). But the real scandal, of course, is the omission of John Thurso, the party’s very own love-walrus (© Lib Dem Voice), so recently voted sexiest male by this blog

What is the Unicef wellbeing index really measuring?

UNICEF have published a list of industrialised countries ranked by the "well being" of their children- and the UK is at the bottom. Cue breast beating, ashes and sack cloth. Cue a government minister saying that the statistics are out of date (the "we don't wet the bed anymore" defence). Cue left wing academic claiming that social inequality and the "dog eat dog society" is the root cause of our children's misery. Oh, am I being a bit cynical? Well these kind of reports do seem to have become rather ritualised, and I don't really know ...

Happy Valentine's Day!

Diversity in the European Parliament

I was shocked to read a report in the Guardian this morning which told me that only 9 of the 785 Members of the European Parliament are non-white (and an additional 6 that are white but of Turkish or Kurdish descent).

Pant Idol

I normally avoid press releases like the plague, I just don’t like the thought that I might be prostituting my blog for the benefit of a corporation - but the latest Tesco one made me laugh enough to post something about it. Apparently the supermarket giant have been putting photos of people on knickers for Valentines [...]

Breastfeeding magic, File under Bollocks!

Here we go again with another surreal claim according to which breast-fed babies are more socially mobile than bottle-fed babies. For how long are we to endure this pseudo-science? 1. If you take a big enough sample of the population and 1 factor (breastfeeding or bottle-feeding) you can make all the connections you want. What about all the other factors to the equation? 2. The sample polulation in this case were people born in the 1920's and 1930's. Presumably these people have also experience the war and its impact on social mobility. 3. err, ...

Scratch - Smalltalk based realtime programming (for kids)

According to the OLPC project (One Laptop Per Child), the people who are building a sub $100 laptop so that kids in developing countries can become 3lit3 hackers too, the new device will come pre-loaded with a visual smalltalk based development studio called Squeak, and a fun animation / programming toy called Scratch. [kml_flashembed movie="http://www.youtube.com/v/jxDw-t3XWd0" width="400" [...]

Paper Skating On Thin Ice

Posted this direct into a bulletin and reproduce it here to encourage readers to make their views known. I had a very positive meeting with the local authority yesterday to discuss skateboard provisio...

Wood Dene killers youth could be challenged by courts

Charles Falconer, the Lord Chancellor was on Radio 4 this morning discussing a speech he is making today making a long overdue defence of the Human Rights Act that is occasionally vilified by Tories and even the Prime Minister as an excuse for all sorts of administrative incompetence by branches of government. In the speech the example of the Wood Dene killers was raised, in respect of two of them claiming to be juveniles and the Police claiming that they are unable to verify this by, for example, checking their dental records, due to the Human Rights Act. ...

For someone who has everything except fidelity...

An amusing parody on carbon offsetting. I don't think I agree with them since investing in renewable energy should produce a continued reduction in future emissions (unlike a couple agreeing to be faithful for a set period).

Points total update

Some small signs for optimism despite the ongoing saga over who revealed the team lineup to Crystal Palace the day before the game. When we were on 24 points with 18 games to go I calculated we needed 1.55 points per game to reach 52 points (the highest total required in the last 10 years). Now on 3o points that is down to 1.46 points per game. The performance level required for the remainder of the season when we were on 24 points was somewhere between the sixth and seventh placed teams at the time. The performance level ...

Mirror, mirror

He is back. In todays Telegraph Robert Kilroy-Silk accuses Marks and Spencers of using "distorting" mirrors in its changing rooms to make women look slimmer when they try on clothes: M&S immediately denied the allegation, insisting that its mirrors were "bog-standard". Nevertheless, the matter was elevated to the European Parliament. Mr Kilroy-Silk raised the issue in a written question after his wife Jan and daughter Natasha said that mirrors in their local M&S stores in Windsor and Maidenhead were deliberately tilted or angled to make them look slimmer. In his question, Mr Kilroy-Silk asked if, among the ...

Day 2234: New ITV Game Show

Monday: As we were watching Mr CHARLIE BROOKER doing his Screenwipe on BBC4, explaining how the television ratings are worked out, an idea for a brand you game show struck me! It would be for a ONE MILLION POUND cash prize and it would be called: "HUNT THAT BARB BOX!" Four teams are sent out in NINJA COSTUMES, given cryptic clues and a TV detector van and told to track down as many BARB ratings boxes as they can find. Each team is equipped with a sack full of electronic GIZMOS with which they can ...

MP's detailed travel expenses on the web - thanks to Norman Baker

Very well done to Norman Baker for battling for two years to have the details of MP's travel expenses published. They are now showing on the House of Commons web site. The top claimants (from the press releases) are: Top five air travel claimants 1. Alistair Carmichael, Lib Dem, Orkney & Shetland, £34,347 2. Eric Joyce, Lab, Falkirk, £30,578 3. Angus MacNeil, SNP, Western Isles, £19,919 4.

Obama - putting my money where my mouth is

I previously bet a tenner each on Mark Warner and Mike Huckabee to be their respective party nominees for the 2008 US Presidential race. I ceremoniously tore up my Warner betting slip when he withdrew from the race. I have now placed a tenner on Obama to be Democrat nominee with Stan James at 13/5. A small wager, but it shows that I passionately believe Obama is going to get the nomination. I

Theresa May - Fourth most fanciable MP?!

...Should have gone to Specsavers. Or was there a shoe fetishist on the judging panel?

Council and Police promise action on loads of litter

Redcar and Cleveland Council today promised to clampdown on windblown litter louts who are causing a road safety hazard along one of the Borough's busiest roads. Cleveland Police has given backing to the Council's initiative, aimed at tackling a long-running problem of wagons and lorries, without netting, strewing rubbish along the A1085 Trunk Road. The Council's Cabinet Member for Environmental Improvement Councillor Bob Stanway said: "I'm sure everyone has seen the problem, which has been plaguing us for the past 18 months. "We try to keep the problem under control, but it is not easy. For ...

Masterplanners appointed

International property advisors GVA Grimley have been appointed by Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council to create the Greater Eston Masterplan. The firm has advised all nine House Market Renewal Pathfinders and has a proven track record of success. The regeneration strategy they devised to address the problems of decline in Sefton, Merseyside which included neighbourhood masterplanning, planning, neighbourhood management and financial advice is now being delivered. Gerry Hughes, National Head of Urban Regeneration at GVA Grimley who will lead the study, said: "We are delighted to be working in Redcar and Cleveland and welcome the challenge of ...

Council celebrates £2.8m funding

Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council is today celebrating after being allocated £2,817,000 in Government money, to deliver a range of housing improvements. The cash will be used to improve housing occupied by the vulnerable and aid area-wide regeneration in the most deprived housing areas. Over a million will be used for the Housing Market Renewal Programme, which is currently underway in South Bank for acquisition, demolition and relocation costs. The remainder will be used for: tenure switch, which is where the Council assists with general housing enquiries e.g. people moving from owner occupation into rented ...

Top 10 Most Fanciable MPs

Adam Bolton has posted 2007's list on his blog. He writes: It was a difficult and drawn out consultation process involving viewers, bloggers and in-house experts.Anyway, here is that list in full: Julie Kirkbride. 46. Bromsgrove, ConservativeCaroline Flint. 45. Don Valley, LabourNick Clegg. 39. Sheffield Hallam, Lib DemTheresa May. 50. Maidenhead, ConservativeShahid Malik. 39. Dewsbury, LabourDawn Butler. 37. Brent South, LabourLynne Featherstone. 55. Hornsey & Wood Green, Lib DemAngus MacNeil. 36. Na h-Eileanan An Iar, SNPNadine Dorries. 48. Mid Bedfordshire, ConservativeEd Vaizey. 37. Wantage, Conservative

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