By-elections are usually on Thursdays but they do not have to be, hence this by-election tonight: The Hangers & Forest (East Hampshire) result: CON: 45.3% (-23.7) LDEM: 43.6% (+43.6) JUST: 7.9% (+7.9) LAB: 3.3% (-9.7) — Britain Elects (@britainelects) July 26, 2016
Conservative seat. Cause: Death. LD candidate- Roger Mullenger.
Beware of faragespawn Next spring, be sure to search your ponds and watercourses for faragespawn and rid them of it. Left undisturbed, it will metamorphose into full-grown farages. These froglike creatures hop about making a thorough nuisance of themselves in pubs and can frequently be heard expressing rude and reactionary opinions. Why, only the other day one turned up in the European Parliament! It was last seen being chased down the street by a posse of angry Belgians armed with butterfly nets. Lord Bonkers was Liberal MP for Rutland South West, 1906-10. Previously in Lord Bonkers' Diary I'll be damned ...
My e-mail to Arriva Trains Wales Customer Relations Team: Dear Arriva Trains Wales, If someone were to provide you with a venue, a plentiful supply of drinks, a spectacular buffet and a guest list, I would still doubt your ability to throw a successful party. What's more, you are clearly very constipated indeed; why else would you find it difficult to give a shit? Today marks one of the worst experiences I've ever encountered at the hands of your appalling train company. From the moment that the 0725 was running late, I knew it was going to be one of ...
Embed from Getty Images Maria Alyokhina, a member of the Russian group Pussy Riot, is to appear in a play in Leicester next month. The Belarus Free Theatre is to give Burning Doors its world premiere at the Curve on 23 August. It will run until 27 August. You can read about the play on the Journeys Festival site: Belarus Free Theatre is the foremost refugee-led theatre company in the UK and its founding member, co-Artistic Directors, Nicolai Khalezin and Natalia Kaliada, together with Associate Director Vladimir Shcherban were forced to leave Belarus due to political persecution. They are now ...
Here it is, including Europe, Trident and the outcome of the party's governance review which includes some major proposed changes to the way the party is run and, i particular, the way strategy is made: Download this document Keep up with news about Lib Dem conference If you'd like to be notified by email when further posts about Liberal Democrat conference appear on this blog, just sign up here. (Note: if you're already signed up for a daily email alert with all my new blog posts, then there's no need to sign up for these alerts too as the stories ...
Second paragraph of third chapter: If you'd asked me that at the time, I probably would have answered by staring at you. Blankly. Well, why shouldn't I have been there? That was the way we were, before the end. Me, and Cal, and Dorian, and all the others. No job, no routine, just starting my fourth year at an art college I'd actually been to only once. (My family had been middleclass for only a couple of decades, in case you were wondering, and none of them had ever even seen London. They didn't have a clue how higher education ...
The outline agenda for Federal Conference in Brighton this September has just been published here, with the full agenda to follow mid-August. Highlights include a slot reserved to debate Europe with an extended deadline for a motion and amendments so that we may consider something topical. Federal Conference committee was concerned that the motions proposed in July might have been overtaken by events by September. Other policy debates include Welfare, Transport, PreP, Racism (with reference to the rise in hate crimes as a result of the Leave campaign), the Green economy and Parent Governors; there are consultative sessions on Nuclear ...
Plans have now been submitted for a Micro Pub on Storrington Way. There has so far been a mixed response from residents living in and around the area. Some in favour other against. If you would like to submit your comments or view in this application, IT ONLY TAKES two seconds! Simply VISIT HERE! To [...]
Ghostbusters 1, It's not perfect. People who are more important to listen to on racism than me have some issues with Patty as a character; I can see those issues, and think that they could have been solved better (& could be solved in sequels). I do think, though, that Patty was not treated anywhere NEAR as badly as Winston was in the original. 2, I actually liked the gross-out jokes; in a film starring four guys those wouldn't even be commented on. 3, Holtzmann getting to do the slow-mo BadAss Action Hero shooty bit actually made me fill up. ...
Scottish Liberal Democrat health spokesman Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP today warned Ministers need to get a grip on the integration of health and social care services after last month saw an increase in the number of patients kept in hospital after they were clinically ready to be discharged. Delayed discharge statistics showed that in June 2016, [...]
One of the doorstep comments staying with me from the referendum campaign is: Im voting Out: we havent beaten the Germans in two world wars to give in now. The psychoanalyst Vamik Volkan talks of chosen traumas and chosen glories, as stories from the past get retold and shape collective identity. The trouble is that how the events are remembered changes. The stories seem to be about the past, but also have a present-day purpose. At the celebrations of the bicentenary of the French Revolution, Margaret Thatcher pointed out that we had had a revolution a century earlier: she was ...
[IMG: Seaforth Docks seen from the Mersey with work going on to construct the river berth for Post-Panamax ships in August 2015.] Seaforth Docks seen from the Mersey with work going on to construct the river berth for Post-Panamax ships in August 2015. The Liverpool Echo has the story – see link above Readers of this blog site will know how disappointed (and that's being polite about it!) I have been by the lack of action by Labour-run Sefton Council with regard to this hugely important transport project. But are we starting to see stirrings from Bootle Labour who ...
The Southport Links Rotary Club have for several year organised "service above Self Awards for Southport Primary Schools. I was fortunate to be invited to hand our the certificates and trophies to the winners. In truth this was one of those occasions when the cliché; 'they were all winners' is true. Members of the club had visited each of the participating schools and prepared a report. Without exception the information they discovered was impressive. There is so much that is positive going on in our schools. The winners were Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School from Birkdale who are ...
At the end of the primary season 8 years ago, relations between the Clinton and the winning Obama camps were not the warmest. Thankfully, both were grown-up enough to sort it out and move forward. Bridges were built quickly and Hillary ended up as Secretary of State in Obama's first term. In 2008, it was hard to imagine that Michelle Obama would give a speech warmly endorsing Hillary as her husband's successor, as she did last night. It was a very well crafted speech. It had lots of positives about Hillary – but also it put the boot into Trump ...
Here's the latest quarterly update from the Crossrail project on the Elizabeth Line's progress.
Jo Cox – she would have been a major player of the future had her life not been taken from her Last night I attended a very interesting and thought provoking meeting arranged by Compass on the subject of ... Continue reading →
miss_s_b | The Blood is the Life for 25-07-2016 posted The Blood is the Life for 25-07-2016 on #dreamwidth Twitter RT @Scriblit: This is what the kids from Outnumbered don't want you to see. Please RT before they make Twitter take it down BPS Research Digest: No, autistic people do not have a "broken" mirror neuron system - new evidence RT @andrewducker: No, autistic people do not have a "broken" mirror neuron system Twitter RT @leftoutside: "Control our borders" "No no no no not that one" Instagram Spike & I are watching Star Trek: Voyager. Janeway is the best Trek ...
Earlier in the month was the regular meeting of Bury's 'Full Council'. This is the full meeting of all 51 councillors which meets five or six times a year. The meeting was a very busy agenda with important debates on Fracking, the EU Referendum and on Hate Crime. Fracking The Government last year released 'licenses' to private shale gas companies for potential exploration for future fracking sites. These licenses cover much of Bury. As a planning authority, Bury Council cannot 'pre-judge' any future planning applications for fracking, so it would be impossible for councillors to vote against any fracking in ...
Welcome aboard International Relations Committee flight 2016 to everywhere. My name is Mark, and I'll be taking care of you today. On the flight deck is Harriet Shone, our International Officer, and our Chair, Robert Woodthorpe Browne, welcomes you aboard today's flight. Alright, clichéd opening written, let's get serious. We've just recruited vast numbers of new, pro-European, members, and there's a governance review underway. What better time than now to refocus the work of the International Relations Committee? It would be fair to say that International Relations Committee has been a bit semi-detached from the mainstream Party in the past. ...
'Help Yourself to Wellbeing' (HY2W) is a free seven week course designed to provide people with the knowledge, skills and tools to improve their health and wellbeing. The course aims to provide them with the confidence and motivation to set realistic goals for making changes to their lifestyle. It aims to improve the health and well-being of people 16+ who live, work, study or are registered with a Bury GP by supporting and empowering individuals to take an active role in maintaining good health and wellbeing through the promotion of the self care principles. Course content – Week 1 - ...
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What's happening at the Democratic convention in the US should be instructive for the British Left
At the Democratic convention in Philadelphia, which began yesterday and runs until Thursday, Bernie Sanders was roundly booed by many of his own supporters as he urged them to get behind Hilary. "I'm proud to stand with her", he said. There have already been other notable scenes of Sanders supporters shouting their disapproval in the hall. Bernie could have ridden this discontent and refused to back Hilary; he could have even told his supporters not to bother voting in November, that the choice between Clinton and Trump was a false one. Instead, he has made a distinction and saw that ...
The Prestwich and Whitefield Guide reports that families with pupils at schools in the Bury local authority area are not to be fined for taking their children on term time holidays, if attendance is otherwise good. Bury Council has announced it is making the move after father Jon Platt won a landmark ruling against the Isle of Wight authority over term-time holidays earlier this year. A Bury Council spokesman said: "The High Court Case in May means that it is not legally sound at the moment to issue fines for short absences, where attendance is otherwise good". The case is ...
An expanded version of the author's PhD thesis, John Ault's Liberal Democrats in Cornwall is a valuable addition to the relatively sparse number of detailed local histories of the Liberal Democrats.
With so much focus being placed on young offenders and the poverty traps that keep them locked in a cycle of crime, little attention has been given... Read more "The Aging Prison Population"
This weekend (30-31 July) the Lawn Tennis Association's 'Greater British Tennis Weekend' comes to Prestwich with a family focused' tennis open day in St Mary's Park. Both days the event is 2.30-4.30pm, it is free, and rackets and balls are provided. Family Tennis will be delivered weekly in St Mary's Park until early October and families can book their place online through 'I Will if You Will' Don't forget we are lucky to have a very well established Prestwich Tennis Club where discounted membership starts at £60/year for new members and much less for under 25s, students and juniors.
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesman Liam McArthur MSP said yesterday that Scotland's new Surveillance Commissioner must protect the freedom of journalists and others who have had their communications data accessed unlawfully. Mr McArthur was speaking after answers to Lib Dem parliamentary questions revealed that senior judge Lord Bracadale has been appointed as as the Surveillance [...]
Scottish Liberal Democrat MSP Mike Rumbles today warned the First Minister against setting up EU strawmen to pave the way for a second referendum on independence for Scotland. Speaking as the First Minister made a speech on Scotland and the EU in Edinburgh, Mr Rumbles said that Nicola Sturgeon must honour her commitment to work [...]
As a 20 year old, I stood up in a French classroom, to teach children two years younger than me, it was literally life changing. I have gone on to live abroad three more times, speak two other languages, marry someone from another continent and work in multinational companies where I get to travel the world. I want these opportunities for my children, but fear that due to the selfishness of the older generation, that things will never be the same after Brexit. Living overseas gives you a fresh perspective, it helps you to learn how to deal with other ...
From Blether Tay-Gither : Our July Blether will be tonight - Tuesday 26th July - at 7pm in Madigan's Food Emporium and Bookshop, Castle Street. The theme this month is TIME. Hope to see some of you there - all welcome!
Buried Treasure: Sword that lay in farmyard barn for 50 years is rare Bronze Age discovery Wow! (tags: archaeology northernireland ) Reddit answers "Tell me why Trump is a fascist". Pretty clear. And chilling. (tags: uspolitics )
The row over proposed changes to Assembly Members' expenses so as to accommodate UKIP AM, Neil Hamilton's living arrangements has taken a new twist. The BBC report that the UKIP Assembly group leader has demanded that UKIP Wales leader Nathan Gill sack an assistant for sending a tweet seeking to rally opposition to the proposed changes put forward by the Assembly's Remuneration Board. Mr. Hamilton also wants UKIP to expel Llyr Powell, named on the European Parliament website as an assistant to Mr Gill. In return the MEP has accused his Assembly group leader of "awful bullying behaviour": The latest ...
While Imagination was not especially successful, either commercially or critically, it did mark a new point in Brian Wilson's solo career. Before 1998, Wilson had always relied on the Beach Boys to be his live "messengers" (as Dennis Wilson had ... Continue reading →
