Sorry for lack of posts — the headache turned out to be a blood pressure headache which is only just dying down now two days later. There *will* be a proper post tomorrow, when I'm able to think of words, ... Continue reading →
Somerby is about a mile's walk from the Iron Age hill fort of Burrough Hill. It turned out to have a good pub and an eccentric school building on an almost urban main street. I did not make it to the church, but Chapel Lane looked promising.
Second paragraph of Part Three, from Monologue About What We Didn't Know: Death Can Be So Beautiful, an interview with Nadezhda Vygovskaya, evacuee from the town of Pripyat: It happened late Friday night. That morning no one suspected anything. I sent my son to school, my husband went to the barber's. I'm preparing lunch when my husband comes back. "There's some sort of fire at the nuclear plant," he says. "They're saying we are not to turn off the radio." I forgot to say that we lived in Pripyat, near the reactor. I can still see the bright-crimson glow, it ...
Star Trek Beyond (12A) Director ~ Justin LinWebsite ~ StarTrekBeyond Three years into their five year mission, the USS Enterprise arrives at Yorktown space station for some R&R after failing on a diplomatic mission involving a mysterious artifact. When a rescue pod is picked up, the survivor claims her ship and crew are stranded on an unknown planet in a nebula and the Enterprise is dispatched to rescue them. Once there, they encounter a ruthless enemy, Krall, who will stop at nothing to obtain the artifact to create a weapon of ultimate destruction. A high octane movie, heavy on special ...
My previous posting of yesterday refers. It is available via the link below:- Members of the Maghull & Lydiate Action Team (the support group of Maghull & Lydiate's two new Independent Borough Councillors) have been delving into this matter and have been speaking to Sefton Council and the Forestry Commission. It seems the the Forestry Commission may have some powers associated with a large number of trees being cut down. If my understanding is correct then the Commission issues licences when the number/coverage of trees gets above a certain level. The issue now is whether the trees that have ...
[IMG: LDV FANTASY FOOTBALL] The English Premier League kicks off this Saturday and LibDemVoice has revived its Fantasy Football League to mark the occasion. So if you fancy pitting your soccer selection skills against fellow party members, here's your chance. To enter all you have to do is click on this link. Simply register your details, pick your team, and away you go. If you need the joining code at any point, it's 527124-155741. And for those who don't feel they have the insider knowledge to compete, you can always choose the 'auto-complete' option so your team is picked for ...
Commenting as unions warned a lack of leadership by the Scottish Government could see the Scotland lose out on billions of pounds of decommissioning work, Scottish Liberal Democrat Mike Rumbles MSP said: "In the last week alone it has been confirmed that Scotland has lost out on a major decommissioning contract to yards in Norway. [...]
Tories Richard Benyon richest MP (£110 million) & Charles Ashley Rupert Walker OBE with @OwenSmith_MP -Socialist. pic.twitter.com/PRfLh37XUQ — Dylan Strain (@DylanStrain) August 8, 2016 The tweet above, and others like it, caught my eye. Labour leadership candidate Owen Smith is pictured on a fishing trip with rich Tory MPs Richard Benyon and Charles Walker. "Not much socialism there" was one tweeted comment. So, the inference is that Owen Smith has lots of rich Tory chums and goes on fishing trips with them. So he can't possibly be a socialist, or even a true "new Labour" man. The tweet particularly caught ...
Embed from Getty Images In the US, the non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates has proposed three televised Presidential debates in September and October. It is fascinating to imagine how these will go. On the one hand we'll have the ultimate cool-headed policy wonk in Hillary. On the other we will have the hot-headed, insult-firing Trump. Take a look at some clips of Trump at the Republican nomination debates. If these are anything to go by, we'll have talk about building a wall with Mexico, getting rid of the "lines between the states" on healthcare and a lot of insults. But ...
Embed from Getty Images This is a particularly clever nailing of the Donald Trump style. It comes from the Tampa Bay Times, was written by Terry Vaught of Dover, Florida, USA and tweeted by TBT reporter Mark Puente. All it needs is that very skilful Trump impersonator, Lewis MacLeod, from Dead Ringers to voice it: The best letter to the editor in today's @TB_Times. pic.twitter.com/E60kou9BXw — Mark Puente (@MarkPuente) August 7, 2016 * Paul Walter is a Liberal Democrat activist. As part of the Liberal Democrat Voice team he helps with photos and moderation on the site, as well as ...
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If Theresa May doesn't call a general election in the next twelve months, she'll regret it
Keen watchers of British politics need no reminding that Gordon Brown almost called an election after he became prime minister in 2007, then didn't, then regretted it deeply. It is one of the great what-ifs of the 21st century. Almost everything that fills out the political landscape today in the UK would be different. There would have been no Coalition and we'd probably never have voted to leave the EU, to take two obvious examples. What'll be the what-ifs people will be talking about in ten years time if Theresa May sticks to her plan not to call a general ...
Commenting on the announcement from the First Minister of a post Brexit stimulus, the Leader of the Scottish Liberal Democrats, Willie Rennie said: "Nicola Sturgeon is not planning to spend a single pound more on public services. She is cutting spending in one area to increase it elsewhere. "This is not a post Brexit stimulus, [...]
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesman Liam McArthur MSP warned yesterday that police budgets are being squeezed until the pips squeak as new figures revealed Police Scotland expects to overspend its day-to-day policing budget by more than £21m this year. Papers submitted by Police Scotland to the SPA Finance and Investment Committee for its meeting on [...]
Embed from Getty Images With the exception of the overseas French territory of Saint Barthélemy, no country has ever left the European Union. Greenland left its predecessor, the European Economic Community, in 1985. Exit negotiations, in that case, took more than 100 meetings over three years. Given that the EEC was a slimmer organisation than the EU, that negotiations were mainly over one subject – fish – and that Greenland has a population smaller than Bracknell or Bury, this should set alarm bells ringing for the UK. One of the men who has said to have written Article 50, Giulano ...
Speaking in response to the publication of Higher and National 5 exam results Scottish Liberal Democrat education spokesperson Tavish Scott MSP said: "Waiting for exam results is always a nerve-wracking experience for pupils and parents alike. Pupils, students and teachers worked incredibly hard for these results and they deserve congratulations for their achievements. "In weeks to come we will need [...]
As residents will be aware, I have now spoken with the Managing Director of Stagecoach East Scotland and met with the Managing Director of Xplore Dundee about the bus changes proposed for next Sunday - 14th August. In particular, I have raised concerns about the lack of services covering the Scott Street/Glenagnes Road/Peddie Street areas and also the detrimental affects of re-routing Service 5 off part of Perth Road west of Glamis Road and the removal of Stagecoach Service 77 and reduction and re-routing of their Service 16. With thanks to Suzy Scott of dundeebuses.info, she has published a full ...
The votes have been counted, the result has been announced and the UK is leaving the European Community. But what will we put in its place? That is question that voters were not asked to give their verdict on and as a result it has been left to politicians to 'interpret the will of the people'. In doing that they must act in the best interests of the UK, yet according to the independent Institute of Fiscal Studies, our interests are best served by staying within the European Single Market. As the Guardian reports, the IFS believe that membership of ...
The link above is to an article on the Independent web site which is well worth reading and it seems to indicate that we are potentially heading back into recession. 'Manufacturing activity fell even more rapidly in the wake of the Brexit vote than first expected, according to the latest much-watched survey snapshot of the sector.' Is Brexit really to blame? Probably. Do Brexiters care? Some of them clearly don't as they voted on a 'bugger the consequences' basis as I pointed out in my last posting about the EU referendum a few of days ago. A link to ...
These Are the Red Lines Europe Won't Cross in Brexit Talks Slightly disorganised but good summary. (tags: ukpolitics eu ) UK researchers excluded from European research network due to Brexit Hits the nail on the head. (tags: ukpolitics eu academe research ) No regrets: An insider's guide to Brexit failure Craig Oliver has learned nothing. (tags: eu ukpolitics ) Philly elections official blasts Hannity over 'rigged' vote allegations Well worth reading. (tags: elections uspolitics ) Ex-LAB MP and PB regular, Nick Palmer, on why a party split won't work and the real crisis is postponed to 2020. (tags: ukpolitics ) ...
