The public inquiry into plans to build 137 homes on green fields either side of Foldgate Lane begins on Tuesday morning, 2 August. It is bound to be both challenging and, at times, tedious. This inquiry is important not just for Ludlow but for the county as a whole. The promoters of this scheme want... Continue reading We must win Ludlow Foldgate Lane housing appeal next week - it's vital for our town and county →
Current Watership Down, by Richard Adams (a chapter a week) Drama and Delight: The Life of Verity Lambert, by Richard Marson The Host, by Peter Emshwiller Last books finished Holes, by Louis Sachar Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster, by Svetlana Alexievich Tove Jansson: Work and Love, by Tuula Karjalainen Between the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates Next books Ghastly Beyond Belief, eds. Neil Gaiman and Kim Newman Merchanter's Luck, by C.J. Cherryh Short Trips: Seven Deadly Sins, ed. David Bailey Not recorded above, but I have also been catching up with a backlog of ...
My previous posting from the 10th of June refers:- A few days ago, in response to my recent postings on this subject, I received a message (via this blog site) to the effect that works were happening on the site of the old Mill and did I know what the works were related to. I had no idea as I had not visited the site for a month or more but went to have a look. This is what I saw:- [IMG: WP_20160726_11_25_49_Pro] Click on the photo to enlarge it I had a chat with the men doing the ...
I've been contacted again by people living along The Pentlands in Gunthorpe, relating to the people parking inconsiderately during drop off and collection school times. A couple of the resident have even said that they have seen people drive over front lawns and block the entrance to driveways. To view the location in question on [...]
Our federal and Scottish leaders are known to be keen runners. I asked Tim Farron last year who would win between him and Willie Rennie who would win in a race between them up a hill. "Oh, him, definitely." came the response. That's probably an accurate judgement. Willie has form for running races carrying coal on his back. Last month he ran off his post Brexit frustrations at the Ceres Highland Games in his constituency. Not to be outdone, Tim took part in a 9 mile fell race in his constituency on Thursday. It certainly looks pretty brutal and attracted ...
I am an unabashed fan of this 1993 single by the little-known college rock band, The Connells. In the UK it was their only real hit. It's one of those songs that can sound so simple as to be trite, and it only yields up its pleasures if you really listen. There is a smoothness [...]
I have been a huge fan of Hillary Clinton for pretty much quarter of a century. I admired the way she fought for women and girls, children and particularly those with disabilities. These have been her priorities for all of her life. I am thrilled to bits to see her as the Democrats' candidate for President and I can't wait to see her debate the divisive slogans of Donald Trump. She has fought for things that we take for granted here. Her fight for universal healthcare in the 1990s was ahead of its time. When she was Secretary of State, ...
The answers to saving our planet are in front of us but we will never fully employ them if we’ve fooled ourselves into believing we are on…
More selection news from seats the party used to hold comes in as we prepare for a possible snap election. In Richmond Park, held by Susan Kramer until 2010, Sarah Olney has been selected to fight Zac Goldsmith. From the local Guardian: Sarah Olney was selected on July 22 as the party believes new Prime Minister Theresa May might consider going to the country before 2020 to take advantage of Labour in-fighting and to precede a possible recession. Ms Olney, who campaigned for GLA member Caroline Pidgeon during May's London Assembly elections, said it would be a huge honour to ...
Twitter RT @mattadamkeay: Rare photo of the UK leaving the EU. Old pictures show Doctor Who star Elisabeth Sladen's starring school role in Snow White - alongside Edwina Currie - Liverpool Echo RT @ClassicDrWho: Gold! @Edwina_Currie & Elisabeth Sladen in their school play, "late fifties" :) @sadie_lady1 Whatever happened to the #ToryElectionFraud investigation? | Politics | The Guardian RT @GdnPolitics: Whatever happened to the #ToryElectionFraud investigation? Twitter RT @scottEweinberg: The dates were announced long before you were the nominee. Just admit you're not gonna show up. Batley Variety Club to shut doors after 49 years - BBC News @ClaireAgutter [IMG: ...
Following the news that Nick Clegg has been reselected in Sheffield Hallam comes qute possibly the least surprising political news of 2016. It's so unsurprising it probably wouldn't have made the headlines even on April 11, 1954. Yes, Tim Farron has been reselected too: Local MP Tim Farron has been unanimously reselected as the Liberal Democrat candidate for the Westmorland and Lonsdale seat, in the event of an early general election. In light of the uncertain political climate, the party has decided to select candidates in case new Prime Minister Theresa May decides to call an early election at some ...
[IMG: Shorncliffe Military Cemetery lit by lanterns (The Shorncliffe Trust)] Shorncliffe Trust's 2014 event: Light in the Darkest Hour The Shorncliffe Trust are holding an evening commemoration on 6th August at Shorncliffe Military Cemetery to mark the 100th anniversary of the battle of the Somme 1916. The cemetery event opens to the public at 7.30pm, with service from 8.00pm - 9.00pm and departure by 9.30pm. This event is supported by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission and the Royal British Legion as part of the Somme 100 Commemoration 2016. Please advise the Chairman of the Shorncliffe Trust Chris Shaw chris.shaw@shorncliffe-trust.org.uk if ...
Last month, Liberal Democrat Expand launched with an ambitious plan for the party to widen its net, to work in those areas where we had disappeared. After the devastating election result last year, one of the first people back into the fray was Elaine Bagshaw, who had to run in a by-election for Mayor in Tower Hamlets. Since then, she has built a team that is out there on the streets several times a week building an organisation from the ground up. She writes about what she's been doing on the Liberal Democrat Expand website: The first has been about ...
A good rule of thumb for new member recruitment in the Liberal Democrats has always been that for every two new members recruited, only one will renew one year on. After the Cleggmania 2010 mini-surge in new members, over half were lost one year on although more recently the renewal rate for new members was more like two in three rather than one in two. Even so, with the party's poll ratings currently lower than when those surge member were due to rejoin and mostly didn't, there's been a big question mark over how many of the post-2015 election surge ...
Theresa May and her six-pack of difficult deals Good analysis by @CER_Grant. #fb (tags: ukpolitics eu ) Correction - Amazing things we get back if we leave EU - 26/7/2016 | Clarifications and Corrections | News | Daily Express Shameless. (tags: eu ukpolitics ) Kimberly Abbott | Vice President of Communications My friend and former colleague. (tags: sexandgenderandsexuality politics )
The Telegraph speculates that senior Labour rebels are so convinced that Jeremy Corbyn will win the leadership contest that they are planning to elect their own leader and launch a legal challenge for the party's name. They say that leading moderates are looking at plans to set up their own "alternative Labour" in a "semi-split" of the party if Corbyn remains in post. This would involve them creating their own shadow cabinet and even electing a leader within Parliament to rival the official Labour front bench, from which they could take on the Tories. The paper says that the rebel ...
There'll be a new Batpost tomorrow morning (and they'll be regular every Saturday for the forseeable future now...) but today you get links... Bruce Schneier warns that US voting machines could be vulnerable to Russian hackers. An Asian-American author got ... Continue reading →
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