Gerald Tyrwhitt-Wilson, the 14th Baron Berners (1883-1950), was one of the genuine British eccentrics of the first half of the 20th Century. Composer, painter and writer, he was a polymath who wasn't taken greatly seriously during his lifetime, partly because he had inherited a great deal of money — and therefore did not have to work ...
Saturday's Guardian has an interview with Ed Balls: [IMG: Ed Bals] Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, has moved to challenge accusations that Labour is not credible on the economy by telling the public sector unions that he endorses George Osborne's public sector pay freeze until the end of the parliament, and that he accepts every spending cut... "My starting point is, I am afraid, we are going to have keep all these cuts. There is a big squeeze happening on budgets across the piece. The squeeze on defence spending, for instance, is £15bn by 2015. We are going to have ...
There is a great piece in the Independent from Steve Richards about referendums and how they tend to reflect not the issue at hand but the politics surrounding them. If Scots get the vote in 2014 they will vote based on recent headlines and arguments, not over the perception of hundreds of years of manufactured grievance, regardless of what people will say. My anger is increasing by the hour as the debate continues as, even someone with the political antennae of Steve Richards is ignoring the grey thing with a long nose standing behind the antagonists - what happens to ...
For the last three days I've been expecting a parcel from The Open University containing the first chunk of books for the first law module of my law degree course. It was sent on 10 January. From the module group on Facebook it seems that most of my fellow students received theirs on Wednesday. Being in ...
Reginald Hill, most famous as author of the Dalziel and Pascoe crime novels, died today. Whenever I mention I'm a huge fan of Hill's, I feel I almost have to apologise for the television series which made his characters famous. For such an enormous talent, Hill was peculiarly ill-served by TV. Most disastrously, ITV attempted an incarnation with Hale and Pace attempting to act straight in the title roles (with unsurprisingly, erm, mixed results). They were soon followed by the perfect pairing of Warren Clarke and Colin Buchanan, but unfortunately the shows were poorly produced. From memory, the debut programme ...
I came across a priceless (for me) clip of Traffic playing live in 1967 the other day. It turns out to come from an event called Christmas on Earth continued held at Earls Court on 22 December of that year. Marmalade Skies (from which I have borrowed the illustration here) says of it: The last major underground event of the year is "Christmas On Earth Continued", billed as an "All-Night Christmas Dream Party" and held in the vast London Olympia on the 22nd. Pre-publicity is hopelessly inadequate and this, plus a particularly severe winter freeze, results in a sparse attendance ...
"If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear." Quote from Winnie the Pooh Viscount Astor, David Cameron's father-in-law, has called the HS2 a 'Pooh Trap' because he says he (Viscount Astor) is 'biased in favour of the countryside'. Well, David Cameron must have fluff in his ear because he has not heard about his father-in-law's grumblings.
Here are Canvey Island's finest - Dr Feelgood with Roxette from OGWT:
Fri 13th
18:33
Assembly Member calls for assurances on safety of Neath Port Talbot's Children's' Services
The Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for South Wales West, Peter Black has called for assurances that children in Neath Port Talbot are being properly protected following a critical report by the Social Services Inspectorate and the rumoured departure of the Council's Head of Childrens' Service, Mr. Black has written to the Neath Port Talbot's Director of Social Services setting out his concerns about the performance of the council's Children and Young People Service. His letter arises after having been approached by a number of concerned constituents, including professionals who work with children, who have set out their own complaints ...
Considering that Nick Clegg can speak Dutch, Spanish, German and French as well as English of course which while this polyglotism is astounding is not shunned by British voters the same is not the case it would seem in America. First of all there was shocking adverts by a group supporing Ron Paul about the fact that former US Ambassador to China Jon Huntsman might be able to communicate in Mandarin. Now the fact that an American who spent 2 years in French in his youth can speak, shock horror, French has been attacked in this add from Newt Gingrich. ...
Chris White is pressing the county council to upgrade the No Entry signing at the High Street end of Market Place. Chris said: 'I was astonished today to see a Parcel Force van block the High Street as it attempted to turn right into Market Place. It then proceeded to drive the wrong way down the street. 'The problem, however, is not the driver but the fact that there is virtually no indication that this is a one-way street. there is just one no entry sign – and this is faded and turned away from traffic coming from the Peahen ...
Just a quick reminder, our monthly drop in at Arbury Community Centre (on Campkin Road) is tomorrow, from 10am to noon.
Sometimes I think I am on a different planet to Conservative Home. This morning they virtually had to be wrestled to the floor and injected with diazepam, such was their hyperventilatory excitement about MIchael Gove: As 2012 opens, the winner of our readers' Conservative of the Year award for 2011 (Michael Gove) is the master of all he surveys. What? Hello? Is this the same Michael Gove we're talking about? The one who who drives me up the wall every time he opens his mouth in public? The one who reduces me to needing a strait-jacket because I am just ...
A week ago I posted a list of questions I had regarding the economic case for the stadium for Cornwall which had been passed to me by the Council. I also passed these on to the Council themselves and they have sought answers from the consultants. This is the response they have sent which I reproduce below: "Dear Jordan Re: Response to Cllr. Folkes regarding Economic impact assessment for Cornwall Stadium In response to the comments regarding the Economic Impact assessment in the Phase 2 report (Oct 11) made by Councillor Folkes, we have looked over the detail again of ...
It's Friday. It's five o'clock. Here's a fistful of lists that sum up the LDV week: 5 most-read stories on LDV this week Lib Dem Peers rebel as Government defeated on Welfare Reform (40 comments) by Caron Lindsay Lib Dem council candidate in trouble over online comments (3 comments) by Prateek Buch Opinion: Scottish independence - bleak consequences for LibDem and Labour Westminster representation (34 comments) by David Franklin How the left/right balance of Liberal Democrat voters has changed (28 comments) by Mark Pack Lord German writes... A benefits system that works: the Welfare Reform Bill in the House of ...
Over the Fridays between now and the opening ceremony for the London 2012 Games I'll be taking a little look at the summer Olympiads that have gone before. Nations 14 Competitors 241 Sports 9 Events 43 So to kick off it is back in 1896 to Athens where Baron Pierre de Coubertin vision which he first had in 1889 to revive the ancient Greek idea of an Olympics. He wasn't the first as Thomas Arnold head of Rugby School had first come up with the idea of the Much Wenlock games (after where one of the London 2012 mascots gets ...
Find the nearest book to you, turn to page 45, and read the first sentence: this describes your sex life in 2012. "Third-party commercial vendors provide prepackaged Apache installations together with an application server, additional modules, support and so on." Oh :( [IMG: comment count unavailable] comments
It's possible to get really deep on this subject. I'm going to get really superficial. However, anyone who comments is welcome to make it deeper and I'll join you. If you're in any way religious, you'll be familiar with people saying religion is bad because it causes wars. Well, yes, it does cause some wars. Anything about which people feel passionately is likely to cause some conflicts. It also stops or prevents some wars. As a History graduate who's maintained my interest in the subject, I've come across huge numbers of wars going from ancient Egypt and Babylon to modern ...
My latest piece on the New Statesman has just gone up - and I wonder if I've been just a bit too kind to the Labour party and their unswerving support for what they regard as the 'right' sort of leaders... Anyway, make your own minds up and let me know Cheers
There's no escaping history in our party, and current debates of nationalism, unionism and secession should prompt Liberal Democrats to delve back into the Gladstonian past. The Liberal Party split over the Union. Gladstone favoured Home Rule for Ireland, Liberal Unionists didn't, and ultimately joined the Conservative Party. This cemented the Conservative Party as the party of the Union, and it is a position the Conservative Party still holds. The purpose of this article is, however, to challenge the Conservative Party's stranglehold over being British. The existing Conservative argument goes that a Conservative Britain is a Britainthat stands proud and ...
It seems issues discussed at last night's Cabinet meeting made the top story on the North West news last night. In case you missed it (and sadly it's only available on iPlayer for a short while after) I've got the relevant clip uploaded to Youtube which you can view below. Thanks go to the BBC ...
I was pleased to read the Independent's report that the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Metropolitan Police Service are launching an investigation into "allegations raised ...concerning the alleged rendition of named individuals to Libya and the alleged ill-treatment of them in Libya...".I was delighted to read that "Former ministers in Tony Blair's government are expected to be
Fri 13th
15:11
If Mitt Romney wins the Republican nomination he will most likely lose. Here are a few reasons why.....
A slightly unfortunate photo that's been released of Mitt hard it it on the campaign trail... The latest Newt Gingrich attack ad. Ouchio (probably worth saying I don't agree with much of it - but it will be a huge problem for Romney...) An early promotional photo from Bain... And of course, this: He's almost making it too easy...
Inevitably when policy-makers design cuts packages they look at the short-term - savings achievable in particular department budgets within the spending review period. More holistic assessments, looking at where other public services 'pick up the tab' for another budget's austerity measures, and the 'displaced demand' or 'knock on costs' that arise, are left for another day. This has been brought home with the Government's legal aid reforms now before Parliament; an Independent report from a Kings College economist suggests the contribution of these cuts towards "deficit reduction" will be negligible, owing to the public costs of unresolved legal problems. The ...
"That government is best which governs least." The famous words of Thomas Paine in the Common Sense pamphlet. Government, by nature, is illiberal and authoritarian at best; it it the main road block to reform. Advocating small government is not a left or right issue; the SNP, a centre left party, reduced the size of ...
Over at Huffington Post, I have blogged about the UK's latest efforts to support the Israeli/Palestinian peace process - things are getting interesting. Do have a read and post your comments over there. I see also, by the way, that Prime Minister David Cameron is in Saudi Arabia. I have blogged previously about the realpolitik of Anglo-Saudi relations and I cannot oppose Mr Cameron's going there - just so long as we are all clear about the reality of where he is going.
I'm mildly amused but mostly slightly irritated by those seeking to attack the decision by Waterstones not to use the apostrophe in their name any more. I'm annoyed mostly because of their reasoning – it's really not that inconvenient, right? Wrong. My surname is O'Connell. In general, I don't use the apostrophe when I enter my name on computer systems. It does not appear on my bank cards for example, because I asked them to take it off when I changed my name. It's not on my blood donor card, because I did not put it on the forms when ...
The appearance of cross-party consensus in politics usually makes me welcoming and wary in equal measure – welcoming as it signals a weakening of the fierce discord between political tribes, wary because the sheen of consensus often betrays a deep underlying suspicion of the ability of any party to take on the challenges they face. Excessive remuneration appears to be the latest issue on which the three main parties appear to agree – it apparently unites the hitherto unlikely trio of Vince Cable, Ed Miliband and, latterly it seems, David Cameron around the recognition that extremes of pay are damaging ...
Dear Editor, I was surprised to read the article about the councils proposed shoppers parking permit ("Town parking charges may leap", 6th January). The only leap that was accurately reported was the leap made by the journalist to go from the fact that as yet no budget has been freed up next year for this scheme to the idea that all or part of the cost would be recouped from increased parking charges. The council reviews it's charges every year and parking is no exception. But that does not mean that the parking permit will be funded from other parking ...
Five candidates will be contesting the Launceston town council election for a seat in South Ward made vacant by the sad death of Olver Harris. The five are: Ashley Crapp, standing as Community Volunteer - Independent Maurice Davey - Liberal Democrat Anna Duke - no description Leighton Penhale - no description Susan Roberts Alfar - Labour I'm obviously backing Maurice Davey, the landlord of the Bell Inn and a great local bloke. But I'm delighted to see such interest in the seat. Last time there was a by-election there was no contest and John Conway was elected unopposed. The time ...
This Sunday the advert goes out for the position of Chief Executive of Bath and North East Somerset. Our current CX has served for 14 years and been employed by the Council since it's start in April 1996. He will be a hard act to follow but we are confident we will attract a good field. I have had 2 radio and 1 tv interview over the matter and their main concern seems to be why we are offering a lower salary.
In the past week, the Coalition have backed controversial plans to construct the London to Birmingham section of HS2, a major public wor ks scheme that aims to connect the capital to Scotland by high-speed train over a generation into the future. However it's looked at, the logic of this depends upon a highly dubious belief - that a trainline that won't open until 2026 and will only reduce the journey time by half an hour at most is the best possible use of £33 billion of public money. The government are trying to sweeten opposition by floating figures of ...
As Leader of the Council I am also the official Olympic Champion for the Council area and so I am challenging all 64 of my Councillor colleagues to join me on the Olympic 2012 km challenge to also help raise money for Dorothy House hospice. Any group of residents can also set themselves a challenge and sign up and choose from a number of charities to support. More tail at this LINK. www.goldchallenge.org My letter to my colleagues Dear, What will you be inspired to do for London 2012? As part of the Olympic Year in Bath and North East ...
The world would be a better place if more people listened to this track regularly... An excellent quality performance from the Old Grey Whistle Test in 1972: [IMG: Post to Twitter] Tweet This Post
Occupy Sheffield have been staging a small ring of tents on the grounds of Sheffield Cathedral for over a month now. Ostensibly they are a wing of the international Occupy movement representing 99% of people. Of course, one group of people they cannot claim to represent are supporters of Sheffield Cathedral which has never given permission for the small camp to be put up on its property. On the 7th December, Labour run Sheffield council debated a motion praising Occupy Sheffield. Despairing at both the Sheffield Labour and Green parties offering their unqualified support for the group's illegal actions, the ...
Jonathan Hunt argues that the time has come for Democratic Capitalism When David Cameron calls for shareholders to make decisions about pay and other issues in the companies they are listed as 'owning' he was not, of course, talking about the real owners. Since World War Two, the 80:20 rule has been more than reversed. In the 1940s, getting on for 80 per cent of shares were owned by individuals. Today, that proportion is a less than 20 per cent. The shares are held in the names of pension funds, fund managers, insurance companies and other parasitical institutions. The people ...
I make absolutely no apology for saying that the Liberals, the Labour Party and the Tories are anti-Scottish in coming together to defy the will of the Scottish people and the democratic mandate that they gave us to hold a referendum at a time of our choosing, which, as the First Minister said, would be the latter half of the parliamentary session. The sight of those parties cosying up on the sofas of various Scottish television studios will really alarm the people of Scotland.Joan McAlpine MSP Official Report, 12 January 2012 I have to say I was livid when I ...
The Adam Smith Institute is – according to its website – a libertarian thinktank. It promotes free market solutions to policy questions, and individual freedom more generally. It does not pretend that it agrees with absolutely everything its namesake believed, but purports to promote his "belief in humanity and the power of freedom". I would ...
Fri 13th
11:15
Opinion: Liberal Democrats should welcome Michael Gove's proposals for the ICT curriculum
Earlier this week, Michael Gove announced that the ICT curriculum in schools will undergo a revolution, with a new emphasis on programming. Some announcements from the Education Secretary have prompted anguished discussion within out party (what other kind do we have?!) but this is a move by him that we should welcome warmly. For one of the most exciting, creative, and essential parts of our curriculum, the way we deal with IT in schools is outrageously tedious and uninspiring. Gove hit the nail on the head when he spoke of pupils "bored out of their minds being taught how to ...
Radio 4 In Business is doing a programme focusing on the worker owned businesses of Mondragon in the Basque Region of Spain. Jo Grimond and Robert Oakeshott visited these successful enterprises. Today over 100,000 people work in these worker owned businesses. The mutual bank they set up has been described as the most successful entrepreneurial support system ever. Grimond and Oakeshott returned and together set up a group to promote employee owned businesses. For generations this has been central to Liberal Party thinking . The model of shareowner capitalism under which Britain suffers need radical reform and employee ownership should ...
29 hours on the campaign trail In many ways, I am not a very good campaign reporter (tags: ) World's Smallest Frog Found From the New Guinea rain forest. (tags: science ) Ten 100-year predictions that came true Forecasts from 1900. (tags: sf history science ) I'm not here to make friends Google just broke its search engine. (tags: internet ) Android as we know it will die in the next two years Hee hee. (tags: phone ) Inside Tito's nuclear bunker Stunning! (tags: war bosnia ) Paris Former Doctor Who companion Jackie Lane visits Paris, 2010. Beautiful video. (tags: ...
I was reading Professor Philip Booth's excellent blog post yesterday on David Cameron's red tape challenge to ministers. Here is an extract that caught my eye.. (emphasis is mine) . "Of course, this is just what we need - more employment regulation. It comes in a long line of announcements and enactments over the last two weeks about executive pay, council house tenancies, the disastrous implementation of the moratorium on employment regulation for small firms, alcohol regulation, the extension of employment rights to temporary workers and the regulation of the scrap metal industry. I am wondering if I have misunderstood ...
The pure hypocrisy of Labour is shown here - Labour MPs who mocked disabled Tory were like 'hyenas going for the kill' http://tinyurl.com/4bkc36g
My predictions for 2012 are; 1. Hungry will default. Europe can afford this but expect more turmoil. 2. The Euro will survive against all odds. They will do whatever they can in the end to save the currency against all sense. 3. Iran will have its nuclear installations bombed by the United States, If they don't then Israel will. 4. Again No Lib Dem MP's will walk the floor and join Labour 5. Again, Bracknell Town centre will still not have the new town centre it so needs. 6. No new guitar bands will have a number one record. A ...
Labour are clearly in difficulties. Ed Miliband is being written off by many commentators as awkward and ineffectual. We've moved beyond playing the ball to playing the man. He's too geeky. He lacks gravitas. He talks weird politico-speak. His relatively privileged background means he lacks empathy with real people. His attempts to be more 'relevant' and street are ever-so slightly embarrassing. He lacks presence. He's not sufficiently camera-friendly. He walks oddly. Etc, etc, etc. With this sort of stuff circulating among the chatterati, it's not surprising that opinion polling suggests the public do not see him has prime ministerial material. ...
While the initial reaction to this Wednesday's House of Lords votes on the Welfare Reform Bill and in ESA reforms in particular was one of relief at the scale of the Lib Dem rebellion (fewer than half the Lords Party voted with the whip), in the cold light of day the reaction is somewhat different. In fact, underpinning the vote are a series of fault lines that have the potential, if mishandled, to make the fiasco over tuition fees look like a picnic. Picture, if you will, this. It's 2015. You're a Lib Dem MP standing for election. You have ...
Such is the argument deployed by the editor of the UK's leading medical journal, Richard Horton, in analysing the implications of both the recent breast implant scare and the Health and Social Care Bill for the NHS. Horton acknowledges that the specific case of PIP, and the industrial-grade silicone they appear to have used in breast implants, represents clear regulatory failures at the hands of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). The Health and Social Care Bill has very little to say about how the way in which medical devices are regulated and any changes to the way ...
My attention was drawn (hat tip Richard Stay's blog) to a piece in the Independent on Sunday diary column which tells us that former TV presenter and independent candidate for Luton South at the last General Election, Esther Rantzen, may still have political ambitions. Although next time it might be by standing for Labour. But sadly for us it won't be in Luton; '"I would try somewhere else next time," she says. "I have to say I was shocked by what I found in Luton," she adds, describing the constituency as "riven with factions".' I am tempted to say – ...
Fri 13th
09:27
As featured in Lib Dem Voice: The path to 2015 should be one guided by our principles, not by doubt
Before the Christmas break, I produced an article on Lib Dem Voice about how the EU veto could and should be the first step of many where our party expresses its individuality in coalition loud and clear. After this blog I saw many opinion articles about where we stood on various issues. The conclusion? Varied. ...
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Before the Christmas break, I produced an article on Lib Dem Voice about how the EU veto could and should be the first step of many where our party expresses its individuality in coalition loud and clear. After this blog I saw many opinion articles about where we stood on various issues. The conclusion? Varied. Let's just take one example – tuition fees. Some of us think we will be congratulated at the next General Election for making the loans system fairer. Wrong. While ensuring that up-front fees are in the past and protecting graduates by asking no one to ...
Although of course nothing really matches the experience of sitting down and watching the story, there is a certain amount of fascination in following the words and the script as they were originally written. One appreciates just how much is brought to the show by the designer, director, producer and above all the actors, but at the same time the strengths of the script itself become clear. The seven episodes are actually all rather distinct from each other, and more self-contained than I had appreciated; the fake-out of the end of episode four is still rather striking; the Thals somehow ...
Someone recommended this to me months ago, a surreal reimagining of Prague as a city with a mystical twin space linked to it. I found it dull and incoherent. China Mieville did it much better in The City & the City. At least it is short.
Lovely big coffee-table book of gorgeous photographs exploring different natural habitats and also the (usually destructive) impact of humanity on our environment.
Another excellent volume in this excellent series, taking the frenzy surrounding the publication of the final Harry Potter books and giving it a new twist of darkness. The background narrative of one of the characters is audaciously presented as a choose-your-own-adventure book (I admit I was mapping out the possible paths on the back of an envelope). This volume did not seem as rich in literary allusion as previous ones, but perhaps I missed it; in any case the plot seems to have jumped into a more coherent track, which is fine.
488 votes cast so far... Who is your choice to be @libdemvoice's Liberal Voice of the Year? http://t.co/u3SecJY1 # @GuardianJessica Best Lib Dems: @lfeatherstone, @timfarron, Alistair Carmichael (Facebook), @julianhuppert, @drevanharris # The latest Lib Dem Voice members' survey seems to have gone viral. First http://t.co/67VynLUu, now http://t.co/MklzRJq8 http://t.co/RA1RGJM2 # I'm a bit worried @RevMarkFT that @jennytheseal isn't actually following you yet... # @timfarron Ah, there's the cheery tweet of a man who did well in our latest members' survey [IMG: :)] http://t.co/67VynLUu in reply to timfarron # Okay, I've been on holiday all week but can put it off no ...
Leading Cambridgeshire Liberal Democrat campaigner, Clare Blair has received assurances that national changes to the Blue Badge system, designed to prevent fraud, will not affect existing users. Clare contacted Cambridgeshire County Councillor, Ian Manning, who represents East Chesterton because she was worried that existing disabled users might have to immediately changeover to new style badges leaving them without their permits. She said: "It can take a long time to get a new or replacement badge and I was worried that the changes could have meant users having their service interrupted while the new badge was sent. "I've received assurances that ...
Target setting in government is a noble and worthy thing to do. It brings focus to a the work of ministers and provides goals against which we can measure their performance. However, there is another side to this activity that provides a moral imperative to get it right. If a target is set too far into the future it can blunt or even defer scrutiny, whilst making it impossible to attribute responsibility if it is missed. That is not good government. It is also bad politics to set unrealistic targets so as to give the impression of activity and achievement. ...
With the permission of TACTRAN, the Tayside and Central Scotland regional transport partnership, I am today featuring the latest TACTRAN newsletter New Year 2012 edition. This covers a number of local transport issues and in particular the park and ride proposals for the west of the city. You can download the newsletter by clicking on the headline above or by going to http://tinyurl.com/tactran-jan12.
Thousands of LGBT couples across the world awoke this morning to learn that they are no longer married. A Department of Justice lawyer under Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative Party of Canada government has nullified all same-sex marriages performed in Canada in which the couples' native country does not permit gays and lesbians to marry.
Once a year, in January, the Lord Mayor of London (currently the genuinely charming David Wootton) hosts a banquet at the Mansion House for 300+ movers and shakers and top officials in London government; I've been there for the past three years as Chairman of London Liberal Democrats. The surroundings are historic — the banqueting ...
The restoration of Southport's Kings Gardens to its formerglory has moved a step closer. Sefton Council has submitted the final Stage 2 applicationto the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for more than £4m towards the total cost of£5.5m. The rest will come from contributions from local developers (calledSection 106 money). The highlight of the scheme is the restoration of the famousVenetian bridge, together with the historic seating shelters, a visitor centre,children's play area, improved public toilets and other amenities. Lib Dem Councillor Mike Booth, Sefton Council's CabinetMember for Leisure, Culture and Tourism said: "The submission of the KingsGardens bid marks the ...
Sefton Council's Trading Standards department are alertingresidents to a potential phone scam involving criminals posing as TradingStandards officers. Full details are on Sefton Council's website.
... really is a load of old bobbins, isn't it? I love the depth of feeling with which Tom suggests going to the pub in the first episode, and the interaction between Tom and Lis is a joy, as always, but really, whose idea was it that they'd make the doorways so low that everyone has to duck? And Roy Skelton has never sounded more Zippy-like... I think I enjoyed Invasion of the Dinosaurs more. I wish we'd shown it to [IMG: [personal profile] ] innerbrat while she was here, though. Her incredulity at it's crapness would have been worth ...
