I've now got ten short stories that I want to put together into a collection – Jeeves And The Singularity, Monologue, The Shakespeare Code, Occupational Elf, Bubble Universe, Print The Legend, Boltzmann And Boltzwomann, The Singularity, Free Will And Testament and one I've not yet posted here (it's still under submission to a zine, but ...
There have been a few comments about suggestions that a fee may be introduced for Freedom of Information requests. And so, I thought that I ought to check, in my capacity as Portfolio Holder for Finance on Creeting St Peter Parish Council. And, as I expected, I'm not going to be losing sleep over any potential requests... But, for your delectation and delight, here is some guidance... Can a fee be charged for responding to a Freedom of Information request? Sections 9 and 13 of the Freedom of Information Act allow public authorities to charge for answering requests in certain ...
Education, education and education. For many years Blairs' mantra was a joke for state schools in Greenwich, especially secondary schools. Things are still not perfect, but after a very welcome improvement last year across many schools in the borough at GCSE, there is a really positive news story by the News Shopper today on the ...
It's the first day of the south of England's hosepipe ban. So here are 80s post punk rockers Spear of Destiny (who I hadn't realised had reformed) with 'Rainmaker' live from May 2009.
If you approached Theddingworth station along the gated road from Laughton and saw the station master's house, signal box and station building, you might fear being held up by a mixed freight or a stopping train to Rugby. But the station closed, along with the whole line from Stamford via Market Harborough to Rugby, in June 1966. That station master's house is now a private residence and the people who live there obviously respect the site's history. The level crossing gates and signal box are well maintained and there is even a Theddingworth sign on the remaining platform - though ...
Other than following occasional links to stories on the Pink Paper, I don't read the gay press. It must be about 5 years since I last bought a copy of Attitude and much longer since I got an issue of GT! Purchasing a copy of the Radio Times in Sainsbury's Local earlier, however, I did happen to notice the cover of this month's issue: I think the question posed says it all... Andrew
Speaking at the recent Munich Security Conference, US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton said "Americans and Europeans must send a clear and common message to despots that they must respect the rights of their people....America and Europe stand shoulder to shoulder." ... Continue reading →
A few weeks ago I posted a "Liberal Democrat achievements in Government" infographic by Mark Pack. This is an updated version to take into account the 2012 budget.
Fri 6th
19:59
Tim Farron replies to Lib Dem members' letter: "Britain must be more liberal and free with Liberal D...
Lib Dem President Tim Farron has today sent this reply to the letter I co-signed yesterday:-Thanks very much for the letter, I will raise this directly with Nick and his team.I think you probably know my views on this matter. As a Liberal I was extremely concerned by the press reports of new surveillance powers potentially to be included in the Queens Speech.I also agreed very much with Julian Huppert's article on Lib Dem Voice — there must be no question of the authorities having universal internet surveillance powers.We are reasonable people and we should be prepared to look at ...
Thanks very much for the letter, I will raise this directly with Nick and his team. I think you probably know my views on this matter. As a Liberal I was extremely concerned by the press reports of new surveillance powers potentially to be included in the Queens Speech. I also agreed very much with Julian Huppert's article on Lib Dem Voice — there must be no question of the authorities having universal internet surveillance powers. We are reasonable people and we should be prepared to look at what will now be draft legislation with an open mind, but we ...
A few weeks ago I posted a "Liberal Democrat achievements in Government" infographic by Mark Pack. This is an updated version to take into account the 2012 budget. [IMG: Lib Dem achievements in government]
"Why don't we end this by everybody just publishing what they earn and then what they pay in tax?" suggested Jenny Jones. And they have. BBC News reports: In the 2010-11 tax year, Conservative Mr Johnson paid £210,410 income tax on an income of £473,280. Labour's Mr Livingstone paid £22,691 tax on an income of £94,568. He also paid £11,970 in corporation tax. Liberal Democrat Mr Paddick paid £14,534 in tax on an income of £76,804. And Green Party candidate Ms Jones paid £15,577 in income tax on an income of £63,028.I cannot summon up any enthusiasm for the practice ...
News that 20 police officers are being investigated for racism might lead some to welcome the apparent purge on a few bad apples, yet failure to address deeper institutional issues can only mean cartloads of more such apples arriving to ... Continue reading →
This morning, an open letter to Lib Dem Party President Tim Farron was published on Lib Dem Voice and I was one of the signatories. It was on the subject of the Home Secretary's reported plans to introduce more government snooping on personal emails and the surveillance society. The full text of the letter is as follows: Dear Tim, We understand that the leaked policy on RIPA internet surveillance is now being reviewed more thoroughly, rather than rushed into the Queen's speech. As such we would like you, as our president, to convey the following thoughts to appropriate Liberal Democrat ...
After the Council said most of the streets in Southfield, Chiswick had now had their household waste and recyclables collected I decided to cycle around each street to check for myself. Yes, I am quite cynical. Some people have been waiting since Monday to have their waste collected whether it be their black bag waste, recyclable items or their kitchen waste. Most streets have been partially done but this is not good enough. The streets where I found issues were the following: Clovelly Road - recyclables and some kitchen wasteGraham Road - recyclables and some kitchen wasteCarlton Road - recyclablesFlorence ...
Fri 6th
18:00
Tim Farron replies to Lib Dem members' letter: "Britain must be more liberal and free as a result of...
Earlier this afternoon, Lib Dem Voice published An open letter to Lib Dem party president, Tim Farron: Concerns over our liberal identity and mission in government following recent suggestions the government would seek to increase the authorities' web surveillance powers. Signed by more than 150 Lib Dem members (with many more adding their names in the comments thread) it urged the party's ministers "to heed our call - block these illiberal proposals and lead the charge for reform of RIPA to ensure our citizens enjoy the fair, free and open society we seek to build and safeguard." Tim Farron has ...
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 Bradford West by-election: 5 initial thoughts on an astonishing result (53 comments) by Stephen Tall Julian Huppert MP writes... Safeguards to control state surveillance (24 comments) by Julian Huppert MP "Reports about plans to snoop on your emails are complete nonsense" – Lynne Featherstone writes to Lib Dem members (39 comments) by Paul Walter David Walter (27 comments) by Mary Reid The wheels are coming off the online monitoring bandwagon (18 comments) by Mark Pack 5 sample ...
A lot of people seemed to be reading the two "Walking from A to Z" posts (SEEMED...but what were they REALLY doing???) Like when on the BBC TV news they say "...and now the news from where you are..." - I mean, HOW DO THEY KNOW WHERE I AM??? OK, enough of pretending to be paranoid (I can't keep the pretence up for long and then my guard is down AND THEY'LL GET ME). I realised I'd not covered some fairly obvious issues in those two posts, and as people seemed interested, it'd be worth adding a bit more. So ...
Bizarre comments from Labour MP Ben Bradshaw on the government's plans for marriage equality: This isn't a priority for the gay community, which already won equal rights with civil partnerships. We've never needed the word 'marriage', and all it's done now is get a bunch of bishops hot under the collar. We've been pragmatic, not making the mistake they have in the US, where the gay lobby has banged on about marriage. As Pink News goes on to report: In 2010, 98 per cent of PinkNews.co.uk readers that identified as lesbian, gay, bisexual or trans said they wanted full marriage ...
Read about the results of a recent house-to-house parking survey in Vermont Road and a meeting this week with residents of Dorothy Pettingell sheltered housing, who are concerned about access for fire-engines from the cul-de-sac. Full details on my council ... Continue reading →
Today marks the anniversary of one of the most significant events in Scottish history - the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath. It was a truly inspirational and courageous statement on many levels, and it is unsurprising that almost eight hundred years later it continues to have an impact on our understanding of nationhood and Scottish identity. That it was an expression of Scottish nationalism cannot be doubted: indeed, it is one of the most articulate, eloquent and heartfelt expressions of Scottish nationhood ever written. But it is so much more than that and at its heart was more than ...
Sunday April 8th, from 12.30 to 7.00 with 4 live bands. £5 entrance.
Read about the new heritage railings that were recently installed in Sutton Garden Suburb on my council ward blog here.
There are close to a billion people going hungry every day. I find the scale of this hard to imagine, but if I'm honest even the personal experience of going hungry for a day is something I can't easily relate to. I'm lucky enough to have never really experienced hunger, living as I do in a relatively wealthy country, where even if I were unwell or unemployed the state would support me with basic social protection. The worst thing about global hunger is that it is an unnecessary injustice. We actually produce enough globally to feed everyone, but people don't ...
Dr Jenny Woods moves the amendment to the Civil Liberties motion at the Lib Dem Spring Conference in Gateshead: Conference papers with the text of the amendment and the rest of the full Civil Liberties motion are available from the Lib Dems Conference site. (The CCDP amendment is listed in the Saturday Conference Daily).
Below are recently submitted Planning Applications in the Chorlton area. You can find out more information about any of the proposals on the City Council's Planning Portal at http://tinyurl.com/yv6lex or by contacting the South Area Planning Group Manager - Roger Hall; Tel: (0161) 234 4536; email: r.hall@manchester.gov.uk . You can also make a Planning representation (in support or opposition) to Mr Hall or the designated planning officer for each application. Please feel free to contact me on (07947383740; cllr.v.chamberlain@manchester.gov.uk) if you wish to discuss any application and please also send me a copy of any representation you make. 098919/FH/2012/S1 538 ...
Fri 6th
14:59An open letter to Lib Dem party president, Tim Farron: Concerns over our liberal identity and missio...
Matt Gallagher, Chorlton's Lib Dem candidate, and I have both signed the following open letter to the Liberal Democrat party President. The letter was written by Cllr Lev Eakins a Lib Dem councillor for Northenden and co-signed by more than 150 fellow party members. Dear Tim, We understand that the leaked policy on RIPA Internet surveillance is now being reviewed more thoroughly, rather than rushed into the Queen's speech. As such we would like you, as our president, to convey the following thoughts to appropriate Liberal Democrat ministers. The Home Secretary wrote in the Sun on Tuesday that "Only suspected ...
"Dog-whistle" politics is something many parties do. Tories do it over things like Europe. Liberals do it over their signature issues – freedom and the environment. Reading Labour, however, do it in a far more sinister way. Check out the context of the leaflet below. The defending councillor in Reading's Church Ward is Azam Janjua. First elected as a Labour councillor, he stood down, subsequently joined the Conservatives and was re-elected in 2008. The true colours of Reading Labour were shown up when a planted question was asked by a Labour activist which led to a pre-arranged orchestrated smear against ...
There's still time to listen to Shirley Williams on this week's edition of Belief on BBC Radio 3: The new Easter series of Belief opens with a conversation between two baronesses: Joan Bakewell and Shirley Williams. Shirley Williams was born in 1930. Her father, the philosopher and political scientist George Catlin, was a great influence. He bought young Shirley a copy of TS Eliot's Four Quartets when she was two years old. He also introduced her to the Roman Catholic Church. She has also been greatly influenced by the moral and political convictions of her mother the feminist and pacifist ...
On 6 April 2012 the Personal Allowance will be raised for the second year in a row, meaning 137,900 people in Manchester will get a £130 Income Tax cut and the number of the lowest paid people who have been lifted out of paying any Income Tax will reach 8,200. Commenting, Manchester's Lib Dem Leader Coun Marc Ramsbottom said: "The tax system had gotten increasingly unfair under successive governments over the last few decades, sucking more and more people into paying Income Tax. "It was patently unfair that when Liberal Democrats came into office, millions of low-paid workers were paying ...
I had an appointment with a physiotherapist yesterday, related to ME/CFS symptoms. She had a good look at me: the way I stand, and type, grip things, and exciting stuff like that, and eventually declared that I have bad posture, stiff wrists and hypermobile knees. Somehow, despite knowing exactly what hypermobility means, I had to giggle at the mental image my brain generated for me, in which I was chasing my kneecaps around the house. [IMG: comment count unavailable] comments
Fri 6th
13:55An open letter to Lib Dem party president, Tim Farron: Concerns over our liberal identity and missio...
The following letter, written by Martin Eakins a Lib Dem councillor in Manchester and co-signed by more than 150 fellow party members, has been sent to party president Tim Farron: Dear Tim, We understand that the leaked policy on RIPA internet surveillance is now being reviewed more thoroughly, rather than rushed into the Queen's speech. As such we would like you, as our president, to convey the following thoughts to appropriate Liberal Democrat ministers. The Home Secretary wrote in the Sun on Tuesday that "Only suspected terrorists, paedophiles or serious criminals will be investigated." This is akin to saying "if ...
"Marriage is about a union for the procreation of children, which by definition can only happen between a heterosexual couple. So I see no circumstances in which we would ever bring forward proposals for so-called gay marriages." Who said those words? Was it a) a nasty bishop? b) a homophobic preacher or c) A Labour Home Secretary If you answered c) A Labour Home secretary and were thinking of Jack Straw MP then go grab yourself a reward, because you are absolutely right. As a result of the rather bigoted Jack Straw Labour introduced, marriage apartheid, Civil Partnerships. That thing ...
Read about the new CCTV cameras and park benches in Rosehill Park West on my council ward website here.
This Monday I attended one of Warley Community Association's regular meetings. The group is a fantastic example of a community group that does a huge amount for the area. I joined them earlier in the year on one of their regular community clean up days. There are a number of traffic issues in the village that need addressing. As people will be aware the Liberal Democrats have been successful in seeing a 20mph zone implemented throughout the area. There are a number of people in the village now asking for a one way zone to be introduced. The required consultations ...
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Miss Bell with Martin Johnson during a visit Today is a sad day for me. One of my best friends is leaving work for a much better job and a bright future. Caroline and I have been friends for about three and a half years and she's helped me through a particularly nasty period of my life and I've always tried to be there for her and help her through things. More than once have we found ourselves walking around the park chatting things over or emergency talks down on Lower Ground floor... hugs and tears and fights and laughs. ...
As I mentioned this week, For the first time in 8 years my name will appear on a ballot paper, as I'm standing for election to Oxford City Council. Which also means my profile appears alongside my fellow Lib Dem candidates for election at OxfordLibDems.org.uk. Here it is: Headington Hill & Northway: Stephen TALL I've lived in Oxford for 18 years, and had the privilege of representing Headington on Oxford City Council for 8 years. This is a wonderful city to live in - but that doesn't mean there aren't problems that need sorting. We all want to live in ...
South Glos Council has submitted planning application no. PT12/0895/R3F for an 800 metre length of cyclepath parallel with Westerleigh Rd, from its junction with Kidney Hill to the Green Lane that gives leads towards the Railway Path at Coxgrove Hill. This would avoid the "pinch point" under the motorway at the rail depot, and give a more direct route in due course to Emersons Green. See the South Glos website for details - look under Documents, then "The Fishing Lakes Link" for full details in a very understandable form. If you wish to make a comment it has to be ...
I've written before about the Gateshead conference amendment about online snooping. The speech from Dr Jenny Woods on the amendment is now online, and it's a great introduction to the issue: The text of the amendment, passed by conference, reads: a) ensuring that there shall be no interception of telephone calls, SMS messages, social media, internet or any other communications without named, specific and time-limited warrants; b) guaranteeing that any communications data kept by service providers in accordance with the EU Data Retention Directive are kept securely by the service providers, and that they be only released to government bodies ...
[IMG: Copped Hall, Near Epping] I've been reminded about the Copped Hall Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday: ideal if you have children with you this weekend and are wondering what to do with them. Any accompanied child (under 14) can take part in the fun and games. The all-important hunt for Easter Eggs is just one of the activities organised for young visitors. Keep your eyes open for the Easter Bunny! For the adults, there are 24 acres of garden to stroll around including the fantastic Walled Garden, Long Garden and Rock Garden. The results of all the hard work ...
Southwark is currently consulting on the future of all our open spaces - how can we make them more cherished? Our local East Dulwich input has been: East Dulwich ward has no green space. So its an important subject to us down here. Generally we need to open up the river frontage to ensure the Thames Path is contiguous there and all along the river in Southwark. Great destination string of open space for us from down here! The draft strategy talks about greening streets. Many of our local street in ED are called Groves because they were originally completely ...
[IMG: Description: Description: Bahraini authorities are now turning to the foreign nationals who have expressed criticism over last year's crackdown of the popular protests. Latest victim was Jonathan Fryer, past chairman of the Liberal International British Group. On his arrival, the immigration officer held a file, including printouts of tweets Mr. Fryer had published expressing dismay at the crackdown on demonstrations at Manama's Pearl Roundabout and the security forces' intervention in a major hospital. He was told that "no-one has been killed in Bahrain" and that "the doctors who were taken away were revolutionaries who were trying to overthrow ...
The coalition Government last month unveiled plans to lift 3,770 people in Wycombe District out of paying income tax, while over 65,000 will see their bills cut. Catherine Bearder, a Liberal Democrat MEP for the South East, hoped the reduction would start helping hard-pressed families. She said: "The tax system had gotten increasingly unfair under successive Governments during the last few decades, sucking more and more people into paying income tax. "That is why the Liberal Democrats did the right thing and made rebalancing the tax system a priority, putting it on the front page of our manifesto. "On Friday, ...
nostalgia_lj: I AM LATE TO THE WEDDING Before rewatching Tenth Doctor stories, we start with his last filmed appearance. (tags: doctorwho ) nostalgia_lj: TENATHON BEGINS "Here is Jackie looking sad. Some bastard alien has stolen her daughter from her." (tags: doctorwho ) nostalgia_lj: Tenathon: New Earth "I quite like how Billie scratches her leg when Rose is nervous. I have never fully appreciated that. She was still trying at this point, bless." (tags: doctorwho ) nostalgia_lj: Tenathon: School Reunion "If you want to see the Doctor in love then this is the episode for you. He stares at her, completely ...
The hard part of coalition is over. As the result in Bradford shows, three things are now true. Our Conservative colleagues have finally overreached themselves. Labour is now known to be as ineffective as it really is. And there is a howling void of dissatisfaction where our support used to be. The country has changed since 2010, and we must move to capture the mood, or we are done. Key to this is winning the votes of students, the young, and the disenfranchised. We have, however we colour it, had a hard time. Most of our policy 'wins', like the ...
I took the chance of seeing Caroline Pidgeon at a public meeting in Westminster to ask her about the ever problematic doors on Victoria Line trains. Here's the detailed follow-up she sent me: [IMG: Tube station corridor] As you know, the sensitive door edges have not gone unnoticed by passengers or TfL (they even got a mention on the BBC documentary 'The Tube'!) and TfL have admitted that the sensitive-edge door system, which is a safety design feature, has proved far too effective at detecting small objects such as bag straps from within the train, which do not present any ...
The Welsh Liberal Democrat Assembly Member for South Wales West, Peter Black, will be holding his regular advice surgery in Neath next week. On Friday 13 April 2012 he will be in Neath Central Library from 5pm to 6pm. No appointment is necessary.
I think Lynne Featherstone can use yesterday's Mail as a badge of success. If the Mail feels the need to turn its big guns on her, which it did, then she must be doing something right. In one article they say the Home Office, supervised by Lynne Featherstone, is 'telling Europe that Britons do not have the right to wear crosses at work'. It then says that the Home Office later contradicted this by saying that 'people should be able to wear crosses. The law allows for this...'. The reason for this – what the Mail calls a contradiction – ...
32 die a week after failing test for new incapacity benefit - Investigations Jesus Christ this is horrendous (tags: workfare ) BBC News - Where are you on the global pay scale? My wage is 24% of the United Kingdom average and 50% of the world average. And the average wage in KAzakstan is more than I earn. (tags: work ) What I May Do With My Naked Body: A Reply to Azar Majedi About the #NudePhotoRevolutionaries Calendar | Greta Christina's Blog "It pisses me off that I've spent decades being told by other feminists how to be a good ...
Agree> RT @stewartjoseph: @stephentall News media (esp tv) is stuck in a bubble called The Westminster Village. Reporters too self-important # RT @libdemvoice: Bradford West by-election: 5 initial thoughts on an astonishing result http://t.co/grDRpOp3 by @stephentall # Congrats! RT @morepartnership: More Partnership awarded contract to provide expert opinion to grd-breaking HEFCE Review http://t.co/rLSJ8JVp # If I'd known I'd be stuck in solid London traffic for an hour I'd have joined my work colleagues in the pub instead. #longfridaylongweek # Do read! » MT @NeilDotObrien Fascinating first – @edstaite blogs pre-rebuttal of a planned S.Times story on him: http://t.co/lnGBCfkH # On ...
The recent debate over rumoured proposals to snoop on private internet traffic has been something of an eyeopener for many internet savvy Liberal Democrats. The report sparked a great deal of anger amongst the online community, all of which led to a hurriedly organised conference call between a group of Liberal Democrat bloggers, two Special Advisors in Nick Clegg's Private Office, and Matthew Hanney, Nick's political advisor on Tuesday evening, organised by the Liberal Democrat blogosphere's resident Auntie, Helen Duffett.It was, it is fair to say, a rather difficult conversation, and it would be hard to describe it as a ...
Back at the end of February, I blogged here about the impending 'Classic FM 2012 Hall of Fame'. I was torn then as to what my final 3 choices would be from what was and is a wealth of wonderful music. Well dear reader, as promised then (albeit slightly later than planned), here I am reporting back with my top 3 choices. Although later than planned, it is in fact apt that I do so now because this year's Top 300 countdown begins this morning at 9am and will run throughout the Easter-long weekend between 9am-9pm, concluding with the No.1 ...
Speaking at the recent Munich Security Conference, US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton said "Americans and Europeans must send a clear and common message to despots that they must respect the rights of their people....America and Europe stand shoulder to shoulder." However, the UK role in encouraging emerging democracies must be determined through a process of working closer with the EU and by identifying limited areas in which tangible gains can be made through shared resources. That is to say that we do what we can with our European partners to achieve the best results within our areas of influence. ...
From the Cambridge Lib Dem website: Cambridge Liberal Democrat MP Julian Huppert has launched a petition to stop Theresa May's plans to create a snoopers charter. Julian said "Liberal Democrats – in Cambridge and elsewhere – will always fight for the basic right of every single resident to have a private life. I've already forced the Government to publish the new bill in draft form so it can be amended. This petition will help force the Government to create new safeguards to protect against state surveillance. We will do whatever it takes to protect our most basic civil liberties." The ...
For earlier ideas on the replacement of the House of Lords see post on 4th October 2011 Neanderthals on all sides (including some Liberal Democrats) continue to strew obstacles in the path to the replacement of the Lords by an elected chamber suited to a modern democracy. Some months ago Labour dinosaurs (led by Jack Straw, as far as I can remember) were chuntering that, because of the alleged economic crisis, it was not appropriate to devote precious parliamentary time to what they seemed to regard as a peripheral issue. That's the easiest refuge for all the faint hearted. It ...
In the past, I have highlighted residents' concerns about the former garage site in Benvie Road, where, a couple of years ago, the owner finally demolished most of the derelict building that had been a target for vandalism and fires. Some of the structure, however, remained, and, after a further fire earlier this week, I wrote to the City Council's Director of City Development asking that the owner is contacted urging him to take immediate steps to clear the site and secure its boundary and if he fails to do so, that enforcement action be taken. I took the photo ...
It is arguable that the current row between London Mayoral candidates amounts to the further Americanisation of British politics, in which the personal always seems to trump policy. However on further examination, Ken Livingstone's problems with his tax bill appear to be no more than an old-fashioned case of being caught out as a hypocrite. As Dan Hodges points out in the Telegraph, 'one moment (Ken Livingstone) was claiming that tax avoiders were "rich bastards" who should "not be allowed to vote"; the next he was questioning why anyone "would vote for a mayor that pays more tax than they ...
You could not make it up.
With Easter Monday (11th April) being a Bank Holiday, Northumberland County Council bin collections are put back one day. If your collection day would usually be on a Monday , next week it will be collected on Tuesday etc Next week is a blue week (ie Dry recycling)
The meetings at Blyth Town Council next week are:- Assets Committe , 6pm on Tuesday 10th April at Isabella Centre, Blyth (followed by ) Meeting with Allotment holders representatives , 6:30pm 10th April at Isabella Centre Planning and Development Committee , 6pm Thursday 12th April at Ebor House Have a good Easter everyone!
Fri 6th
00:11
The proposal to increase minimum income levels for family-route visas for non EU nationals
I've sent this letter to my MP: Dear Ms Bradley, Although I live in Alberta, I am a registered overseas voter in the Staffordshire Moorlands. I'm writing to you to express my concern about the proposal to increase minimum income levels for family-route visas for non EU nationals, to £25,700 for couples without children. and ...
