How shambolic is Donald Trump's campaign to be US President? Here's a little sign: his campaign is spending money running online ads on my site, aimed at people in the UK.
Number of council by-elections today: one Number of Liberal Democrat candidates: zero Number of Communist candidates: one Number of blog posts explaining why it matters: one Get by-election results by email If you sign up for my daily email with the latest pieces from this site, you'll also get included as a little bonus the full set of council by-election results each week: Email* Name First Last What would you like to receive?* Liberal Democrat Newswire: monthly newsletter Mark Pack's blog posts and council by-election results: max 1 email per day Official Lib Dem news from www.LibDems.org.uk: max 1 email ...
Victoria Station served Nottingham from 1900 to 1967. Now the site is occupied by a shopping centre and its car parks, and few people appreciate how the city centre back then could accommodate a busy train station. Using maps, old newspapers, 3D modelling and animation, Visualising Victoria demonstrates how the station fitted into the streets of Nottingham's busy city centre. Visualising Victoria is an 11 minute video made by Scott Taylor, researched by Lee Wright, and featuring original music by Rosie Abbott.
LD seat. Cause: Resignation. LD candidate- Alexa Claire Clarke.
Independent (Communist) seat. Cause: Resignation. No LD candidate.
In a laboratory at Oxford University sits the Oxford Electric Bell, which has spent 176 years constantly ringing. And no-one's quite sure what the battery that powers it is made of...
There are no settlements in Scotland or Northern Ireland that did not lose a member of the community in the First World War. In England and Wales there are 52, known as Thankful Villages. And Teigh in Rutland is one of them. The photograph shows the low obelisk and sundial that was erected in 2014 to mark this fact. The plaque lists the names of the eleven men and two women from the village who served in the war and came home. They are commemorated inside the church too. At the edge of the village there is a plum tree ...
In the immediate aftermath of the EU Referendum, Nicola Sturgeon played an absolute blinder. She seemed like she was the only grown-up in power. She was calm, she was reasonable and she put up a massive big tent that allowed all parties to unite. Well, not the Tories, but who cares about them in Scotland, anyway? Given the chaos they have inflicted, as Brexit gets underway, I suspect that their good performance in the Holyrood elections will turn out to be a high water mark. Within days of the result, the Scottish Parliament debated and passed a motion which authorised ...
Embed from Getty Images Lord Sainsbury, who served as a minister in Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's governments, gave over £2m each to the Liberal Democrats and Labour in the second quarter of this year. BBC News quotes a Lib Dem spokesman: "We have enormous respect for Lord Sainsbury, and we see his help in the referendum campaign as a huge endorsement of this party's campaigning strength and our unequivocally pro-European ideals,"You bet we have respect for him. David Sainsbury joined the Labour Party in the 1960s, but became a founder member and a member of the SDP in the ...
Second sentence of third chapter: The observatory presented itself to their eyes as a self-contained little community, without neighbours, and perched on the extreme end of the land. There were three buildings: a small, stone—built dwelling house, a low workshop, and, about two hundred yards farther north, a square tower of granite masonry, seventy feet in height.This SF novel from 1920 is about a chap called Maskull who is rather mystically translated from a Scottish observatory to the planet Tormance, orbiting the double star that we know as Arcturus, where he meets various inhabitants for deep and meaningful conversations, and ...
[IMG: Cllr Allan Knox & Vllr Mary Robinson discussing market plans] Cllr Allan Knox and Clitheroe's Lib Dem team have welcomed a decision by Ribble Valley Borough Council to put a brake on the current market proposal and to launch a proper consultation before any plans are submitted. Allan had previously called for an extraordinary council meeting where he would have been demanding that a stop be put on the current process and that the council consult widely, deeply and in a meaningful manner with residents, market users and traders about what they wish to see on the market site, ...
A focus wall and leaflet exchange has been a regular feature of Lib Dem events for many years. The Focus wall is where you can look at what other people are doing around the country, both in terms of content and style. It's a great opportunity to get inspiration and ideas from existing literature. Members [...]
@HickeyWriter We've posted a couple of updates on this subject in our Twitter stream. We hope this helps answer your concerns — AMC Cinemas (@amccinemas_UK) August 25, 2016 AMC Cinemas is committed to continually improving levels of service and accessibility. ... Continue reading →
A recent article in the Telegraph reported that St George's Hydrotherapy Pool, which offers valuable leisure time for those with learning and physical disabilities, is losing significant funds, including a money from Peterborough City Council, who are decreasing their £20,000 budget to zero from 2019/20. But earlier this year, the cash-strapped Tory controlled City Council in Peterborough announced [...]
There is a set of questions which can be called "The stupid questions asked by a journalist, which shows that they haven't done the most cursory research on the topic they are writing about". This will be an occasional set of posts highlighting these questions, and the answers to them, in an attempt to solve this problem. Post number one: things the Meat Loaf won't do Because the title of one of Meat Loaf's biggest hits is "I would do anything for love, but I won't do that", many, many, MANY idiot journalists have asked him what the "that" is, ...
Shambolic dithering by Labour in Gateshead over their own call to declare independence from the North East could cost residents millions of pounds in lost government cash and extra bureaucracy. Despite recent suggestions Theresa May wants to drop elected metro mayors, the Government policy remains in place and therefore the North East is due to elect a mayor next May. One of the necessary
As part of my contribution to Planting Up Whickham, 2 years ago I cleared this corner of the car park behind Whickham Library of the feral ash trees and shrubs that had taken over and were partly blocking the neighbouring path. After 2 years, the vegetation had returned. Over the weekend, I returned to cut it back again. I spotted other areas around the edge of the car park that need doing.
Podfic I recorded is revealed (It's a doctor who ms marvel crossover) Strange Horizons Articles: Boucher, Backbone and Blake - the legacy of Blakes 7, by Erin Horáková When Hugo nom time comes around next year, remind me to put this in for Best Related Work Why Do AMC Cinemas Hate Blind People? In which Andrew details exactly how AMC cinemas, Manchester are failing his wife (and their legal obligations) miss_s_b | You know that thing where you watch a show & you really love it & then SOMETHING happens? posted You know that thing where you watch a show ...
At Liberal Democrat autumn conference party members will have the opportunity to debate a Federal Policy Committee policy paper and an accompanying motion laying out an overall vision for the social security system - the first such policy paper on the subject for over a decade. Sadly, however, the contents of the paper and motion are scandalous in their blatant disregard for the views of party members. As part of the process of writing the policy paper, the working group which wrote it ran a members survey which included a question about which model should be used as the basis ...
The Liverpool Echo has the story on its web site – see link above This is an amazing engineering project and it's happening in 'the north', so show come no one name dropped the Northern Powerhouse in this article? I thought every media outlet had to name drop it or face the wrath of George Osborne. Oh hang on he's bitten the dust hasn't he. BTW is it just me or is the Echo web site struggling? It seems to freeze up all the time – time for an upgrade?
The Tour of Britain cycle race will be coming through our area on Thursday 8 September. As well as being spectacular, there will also be short-lasting road closures. The riders will be coming through broadly north to south: WickwarB4060 Wickwar RoadHigh Street, Chipping SodburyCulverhill RoadBowling RoadDodington RoadClaypit HillGibbs LaneSodbury LaneB4465 Codrington RoadB4465 Westerleigh RoadPucklechurchHeading towards Bitton and Bath This will be a "rolling type" road closure starting at around 2.30 pm at Wickwar and finishing at around 3.30 pm in Bitton. At any one location the event is likely to last around 25 minutes - blink and you'll miss it! ...
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Is the gaffe-prone Owen Smith leaving Labour members with a hobson's choice for leader?
Considering Labour MPs chose Owen Smith as the best chance they have of unseating Jeremy Corbyn the Pontypridd MP's perfomance so far has been less than inspiring. Smith's anointment as the favoured 'pretender to the crown' makes one wonder whether the Parliamentary Labour Party were either punishing him for some hidden misdemeanor or just having a laugh at the electorate's expense. More likely is the possibility that many in the Parliamentary Labour Party had made the judgement that whoever they chose as challenger would not be able to beat Corbyn. Their reasoning may have been that it was better to ...
Thu 25th
08:37
Could the GMB-Unite spat develop into a greater rift in the trade union movement generally?
The Guardian put out an article yesterday highlighting the ongoing security problems Labour conference is still having. In doing so, it revealed just how great the rift between Unite and GMB has become. To summarise a messy situation as best as one can: under Corbyn's push, the NEC decided to stop using G4S, the company which had provided security to Labour conferences for the last two decades, due to their apparent ties to the Israeli governments. Then, this was left to fester until they put the conference security out to tender – and found only one company, Showsec, wanted the ...
The next Harris Academy Former Pupils' Association Lunch is on Monday 5th September. It will be held in Invercarse Hotel on Perth Road and the cost per person, payable on arrival, will be £16.00. More information is available from the FPs' Social Secretary Sandra Mulford at social@harrisfps.co.uk and bookings should be advised by 5pm on Thursday 1st September 2016. You can read more about the Harris Academy Former Pupils' Association here.
In England the Tories are planning an overhaul in the regulatory framework of Higher Education. They're are changing the governance of fees. They're planning fee increases in through an incredibly flawed Teaching Excellence Framework, and they plan on introducing differential fees within Universities. Critique of the new proposals warrants an essay in itself – you can read [...]
Exoplanet discovered orbiting Proxima Centauri Wow!!!! (tags: astronomy ) I created the burkini to give women freedom, not to take it away What it was meant to be about. (tags: religion sexandgenderandsexuality france ) 12 ways to make it look like Brexit has happened @jonworth is not entirely serious. (tags: eu ukpolitics )
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You know that thing where you watch a show & you really love it & then SOMETHING happens?
I just watched ep10 of Supergirl - Childish Things - & ( there be spoilers under the cut ) I am beyond pissed off about this. I was REALLY enjoying that show. Fuck's sake. Like why do shows that I enjoy keep DOING this? Anyway, that's my toys out of the pram. Yay. [IMG: comment count unavailable] comments
Sam Martinez - Hibs's oldest fan died today aged 106. Sam came to Edinburgh during the second world war from Honduras (now Belize) to help with the war effort and stayed ever since. [IMG: Image result for sam martinez cup] Sam was born just eight years after Hibs won the cup for a second time in 1902 and was delighted to be treated to a complimentary ticket by the club for its third triumph in the competition on 21st May 2016. STV news has more.
