February 5, 2011, marked the first time that there was any public confirmation that something interesting was happening with the Beach Boys. That was the date of "A Concert for America: A Tribute to Ronald Reagan," a benefit concert to ... Continue reading →
After the welcome news from Switzerland, comes this from Australia with a big setback for the extreme populism of Pauline Hanson and her One Nation party: One Nation is set for a disastrous result at the West Australian election... With 67 per cent of the vote counted on Saturday night, One Nation was polling just 4.7 per cent of the vote in the WA lower house - far lower than expected. [Sydney Morning Herald]
In January I posted two photographs I took back in 1980 showing Ilkley station - here and here to be precise. They showed the hole in the back wall of the station where the line used to continue to Skipton. Yesterday I came across a 1956 film of Wharfedale. The still above is taken from it and shows the railway leaving Ilkley station on a bridge over The Grove to continue on its way. If you click on it you can view the whole film on the British Film Institute site.
Track down your nearest copy of #theneweuropean using our store locator:https://t.co/kvriI0JXJg pic.twitter.com/lgBq7u3vTt — The New European (@TheNewEuropean) March 11, 2017 That front page persuaded me to buy a copy of The New European newspaper this week, for the first time. It's almost Private Eye-like. Some of the small print at the bottom is hilarious. Godmother, ... Continue reading The New European provides an inspiring read
Track down your nearest copy of #theneweuropean using our store locator:https://t.co/kvriI0JXJg pic.twitter.com/lgBq7u3vTt — The New European (@TheNewEuropean) March 11, 2017 That front page persuaded me to buy a copy of The New European newspaper this week, for the first time. It's almost Private Eye-like. Some of the small print at the bottom is hilarious. Godmother, the film, it states is: Featuring "Nigel Farage as the horse's arse" Filmed on location in "La La Land" Based on a half-baked idea by David Cameron Directed by Unseen Forces The current edition of the paper is a very good read, including: Michael Heseltine ...
While Italy were busy losing at rugby, I decided to take Gnu out for a run around the Derbyshire countryside. The day was overcast, but warm enough for me to manage with just a fleece, scarf and the heating. This was the most enjoyable stretch of the route – three and a half minutes of B road twistyness between Duffield ... The post B5023 Duffield to Cowers Lane appeared first on ten pence piece.
Congratulations to the Independent on winning our coveted Headline of the Day Award.
Paul Nuttall's website was taken down during the Stoke-on-Trent by-election campaign with the obviously false explanation that it was "undergoing scheduled maintenance", I wrote at the time: If it ever comes back on line, you can be sure textual scholars will be comparing the two versions to see exactly what has been deleted.Well it has reappeared, and some of that work has been done by Marie Le Conte and Paul Curry on BuzzFeed. What have they found? The claim that Nuttall has been a university lecturer has been deleted. This always seemed unlikely to me, but it was repeated without ...
Bury Council has issued a Notice of Intention to begin the development (for the third time) of a development plan for Bury - this would replace the existing saved policies of the Bury Unitary Development Plan. A Local Plan is a plan that is drawn up to guide and manage future growth and development (such [...]
More potholes have appeared across Unsworth. I spotted this one yesterday at the junction of Langdale Drive with Randale Drive and have reported this to Bury Council. The reference for this report is 2684963.
Welcome to the latest in my series of tips and advice for Liberal Democrat members, which appear in the email bulletin run by London Region for party members. Liberal Democrat conferences come with quite a lot of paperwork, which makes the conference app for federal conferences a very handy way of helping to keep on top of all the information. It has just been updated for the forthcoming federal conference in York (17-19 March). It's available for both iPhone and Android. When you go to install it, keep an eye out too for the other essential Lib Dem app, MiniVAN, ...
Four different elements - yttrium, terbium, erbium and ytterbium - are all named after one small town on the Stockholm archipelago.
Here is the Facebook Live interview that Willie Rennie did for the BBC yesterday:
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There are people who voted to leave the European Union who are glad they did so but nervous about what's to come; there are others who seem to be getting in their excuses early lest Brexit be bumpier than they thought pre-June 23rd; there are other Leavers, like Michael Gove, who are so convinced that Brexit is going to be a rip-roaring success that they exude a sort of zen like calm about it all. The middle bunch has a particularly extreme wing; those who use terms like "enemy of the people" a lot. Ironically enough, using phrases familiar from ...
No matter if you are gay, straight or just damn curious about the whole thing, you will likely have heard the phrase "gay lifestyle". I have heard it many times and I've reached the conclusion it could possibly have two meanings. The choice The first is that being gay is a choice. I have heard this multiples times with regards to myself personally and having been accused of persuading others to become gay and bisexual, I am aware it is an idea that still seems rather prevalent. In fact, according to a recent survey, a third of Britons believe being ...
In the hours following the icy gales of Storm Doris, I caught up with Lynne at Taunton's most distinguished hotel, The Castle. This is the final instalment of our chat. You can read the others here. You were and still are a campaigner against important issues such as Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), child abuse and violence against women. However, perhaps your greatest achievement is being the originator and architect of the equal marriage act, which was passed into law in 2013. No party had equal marriage in their 2010 manifestos nor was it part of the coalition agreement. Why did ...
The photo above was taken in the car park of the Derby Arms pub in Aughton and I know the owner of the car who travels over from Birkenhead in this classic car to have a drink with friends on a weekly basis. You don't see many 2VC's on the road these days but it was the transport solution for French framers that the Land Rover was over here. They were manufactured in France between 1948 and 1989 (and in Portugal from 1989 to 1990), over 3.8 million 2CVs were produced according to Wikipedia – see link below to a ...
The Welsh Liberal Democrat spring conference in Swansea this weekend will be covered by BBC TV, starting with BBC Parliament at 11 a.m.
Welsh Liberal Democrats gather in Swansea this weekend for their first Spring Conference since the disastrous election last year which saw them lose four of their five AMs. The party has had to pick itself up from that heartbreaking and thoroughly undeserved defeat. It has re-organised its resources and is ready to fight the Council elections in May. They also have the only Liberal Democrat Minister standing, in Kirsty Williams, who is doing a great job as Wales' Education Secretary. Below is their agenda for the day. They are having discussion sessions with their party spokespeople, motions on students and ...
I think I caught a listen of this advert some weeks ago when I was going through some YouTube clips. It is still in my head. It was played a lot on Capital Radio in the Seventies. Thanks to "SuperWomble" on the DigitalSpy Forum, the words of the ad jingle are: Vogue has the prices, ... Continue reading Probably the most catchy and annoying radio advert of all time....
After yesterday's keynote speeches by Alistair Carmichael and Nick Clegg, and debate on consumer advocacy, education and printing drug-related deaths, Scottish Conference will hear speeches from Sal Brinton and Willie Rennie and debate Brexit, maternal mental health and run a consultation session on housing. Here's the full agenda. 09.30-12.00 Morning session Party AGM Speech by Sal Brinton SC5: Fighting for our place in the UK and Europe EM2: Emergency motion 14:40-17.00 Afternoon session SC6: Maternal mental health Speech by Willie Rennie Consultative session on housing Party awards On the fringe, RNIB Scotland will be talking about their manifesto for the ...
Theresa May's Brexit poker face What happened re the U.K. in Brussels yesterday. (tags: eu ukpolitics brexit ) Hungary's actions speak louder than words @ncjcampbell on Órban's war on NGOs. (tags: hungary democracy ) Irish lost in translation The European Parliament needs interpreters! (tags: ireland irish eu ) FACT CHECK: Were Mysterious Caves Used by the Knights Templar Recently Discovered in Shropshire? Actually, no. (tags: archaeology ) Un train se détache à cause d'une rupture d'attelage entre Liège-Guillemins et Ans Jeepers!!! (tags: rail Belgium ) Inter-Lingual Personal Script | crazyninjageeks "Do you ever get annoyed that the IPA has holes ...
When it turns out that the millionaire former Chancellor George Osborne, who presided over the age of austerity during the Cameron years, could be around £120 a year better off following the Budget, then clearly there is something wrong with the UK Government's priorities. George Osborne is the UK's highest earning MP thanks to his lucrative outside interests, so £120 is nothing to him. It would however mean a great deal to single mother struggling to get by in a low paid job. Whatever happened to the Chancellor's pledge that those "with the broadest shoulders" should make the greatest contribution ...
