Embed from Getty ImagesIn one corner of the Hilton, Don Bradman broke bread with England's Bodyline attack. In another, 84-year-old Percy Fender, when reminded that in 1930 he had doubted Bradman's ability to succeed in the lushness of England, ruefully replied: "An indiscretion of youth." On the concourses of the MCG, scoreboard nameplates of old greats hung, exuding history. On match morning, 18 past captains were paraded on the ground, Ian Chappell in a green safari suit. Well, it was the '70s.40 years ago tonight, the Centenary Test began in Melbourne. Australia and England came together for a one-off game ...
Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 472nd weekly round-up from the Lib Dem blogosphere ... Featuring the five most popular stories beyond Lib Dem Voice according to click-throughs from the Aggregator (5 – 11 March, 2017), together with a hand-picked seven you might otherwise have missed. Don't forget: you can sign up to receive the Golden Dozen direct to your email inbox — just click here — ensuring you never miss out on the best of Lib Dem blogging. As ever, let's start with the most popular post, and work our way down: 1. Labour infighting over Manchester Gorton ...
"Every good brand needs a theme and an aesthetic, and President Donald Trump has spent decades cultivating both. The theme is success, wealth, winning, and the aesthetic is bright, brassy, loud—or, depending whom you ask, gaudy and fake." Peter York says that style is 'dictator chic'. "Yangon's old British buildings have the look of Gothic ruins gone astray in a tropical forest that cannot accommodate their scale." Lawrence Osborne retraces George Orwell's footsteps in Myanmar. Simon Usborne on why unexploded bombs keep turning up on London building sites. Mark Redfern meets Neil Hannon. Well, it's only a questionnaire really, but ...
As the weather was better than expected today, an excursion to Bolsover resulted. The castle, managed by English Heritage, is fascinating. Sir William Cavendish's riding school, dating from the 1600s, is possibly one of the reasons why Great Britain is so good at the Olympic sport of dressage horse dancing today. The little castle is beautifully preserved, and its wall ... The post The Beast of Bolsover appeared first on ten pence piece.
The National Cyber Security Centre (part of GCHQ) has written to the leaders of Britain's political parties warning them about the threat of Russian hacking at the next general election. And Sky News has the text of the letter, which comes from Ciaran Martin, the centre's chief executive: "You will be aware of the coverage of events in the United States, Germany and elsewhere reminding us of the potential for hostile action against the UK political system ... "This is not just about the network security of political parties' own systems. "Attacks against our democratic processes go beyond this and ...
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[IMG: 7 best] Many thanks to the 19.500 visitors who dropped by Lib Dem Voice this week. Here's our 7 most-read posts... Donald Trump is dangerous and a complete joke – but the joke is on the American people (15 comments) by Paul Walter From UKIP to social democrat in the Lib Dems (53 comments) by Alexander Balkan The other side of Brexit – what about the leavers? (65 comments) by Mark Argent ++Breaking: Jackie Pearcey will fight Manchester Gorton for the Lib Dems (23 comments) by Caron Lindsay This is our time now, a time for assertiveness and for ...
I once walked around for 6 hours with a blister that I barely noticed, thanks to the wonders of Elastoplast Blister Plasters.
There's a phrase that goes "Be careful what you wish for. You might get it." I have sometimes said to Willie Rennie that I think he's being too safe and that he needs to take more risks. He's taken a pretty big one this morning by saying in no uncertain terms that Liberal Democrat MPs at Westminster will vote against a Section 3o order, the mechanism that would allow the SNP to hold another Scottish independence referendum. Certainly, the Tories will no longer be able to say, as they have been falsely alleging for the past year or so, that ...
I am a big fan of the reruns of Top of the Pops - or at least those episodes Operation Yewtree has left to us - on BBC4. They have reached 1983, when I remember the charts as being less interesting than they had been a couple of years before that. The break up of The Jam really was the end of an era. But there have been good records in recent broadcasts - notably this one from Blancmange, which reached no. 7 in November 1982. Kajagoogoo, by contrast, sound just as bad as they did 34 years ago.
Jo Swinson has written a piece for the Huffington Post as part of their "All women everywhere" series in which she warns that progress on gender equality is under threat. The chairman of Tesco's board may feel that white men making up three quarters of his board constitutes being an "endangered species" but Jo sees the progress she made as a minister being eroded: With the efforts of Vince Cable, Lord Davies, Helena Morrissey and many others we drove women's representation in FTSE boardrooms up to record levels, yet Egon Zehnder found that the proportion of women appointed to Boards ...
"Hot and cold water sound different when you pour them. When Steve pitched this to me, I didn't believe it, and then he sent me a couple of sound files" - Tom Scott
It was a speech full of warmth, positivity and passion. Willie Rennie knows that a second referendum on Scottish independence needs the positive, emotionally resonant pro UK argument that was so lacking in 2014. He planted the Lib Dem flag in the progressive pro UK/pro EU space in Scotland, saying that we represented the views of the Scottish people. The challenge for the party is to turn that into votes. Watch his full speech here. The text is below: 2017 is a year of anniversaries in the Rennie family. My parents mark their 60 years of marriage next week. Janet ...
Claims by the Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy that millions of people are over-paying for gas and electricity because of excessive price rises by the big six energy companies have highlighted once again, the need for drastic measures to control the market and protect consumers. The Observer says that so far this year three large companies have announced price increases of just under 10% on dual-fuel standard variable tariffs, adding about £100 a year to customers' bills. Last month Npower announced an increase of 9.8% and last week E.ON said it was raising charges by 8.8% from April. ...
So, what on earth is happening in Korea at the moment? Rather a lot! Indeed, developments in Korean politics seem to have conspired to happen all at once! There are three major strands to recent events. Kim Jong-Nam, the half-brother of North Korea's Supreme Leader, was assassinated in Kuala Lumpur airport. The Malaysian authorities have [...]
Sun 12th
08:50
If the Left wants to regain power, it needs to be a lot more honest with itself and others
Over the last almost seven years since Labour left government, there has been no shortage of figures from that party writing long theses on how the Left can turn itself around and gain the upper hand once again. The thing is, pretty much every single one of them rings totally hollow. And as much as they often differ wildly from one another in terms of policy recommendations, they all feel false for the exact same reason: they are all attempting to recreate a set of circumstances that once existed but no longer do and will not – and more to ...
Sun 12th
08:38
Merseyrail – Want to know how they externally refurbished the fleet of 507/508 EMU trains?
A 507/508 EMU Merseyrail unit at Crescent Road level crossing – Birkdale, Southport. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLW4jZxP740 Stewart Signs Rail - Fleet refurbishment and Rebrand Case study: Merseyrail – you can access the company's You Tube video of how they did the work via the link above. The days of painting trains seems well gone as they are are covered in vinyls these days with just the odd spot of paint here and there where vinyls will not do the job. Well I found it interesting..........
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - ROAD REPORT FOR THE WEST END SUNDAY 12 MARCH 2017 Perth Road (at Roseangle) - temporary traffic lights on Sunday 12 March for Scottish Water mains repair. WEST END REPORT FOR WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 13 MARCH 2017 Perth Road (at Arnhall Drive) - temporary traffic lights for 2 weeks for gas main renewal. Blackness Road (at Rosefield Street) - temporary traffic lights for until midweek for Scottish Water mains renewal. Nethergate (West Marketgait to South Tay Street) - closed for 2 weeks for carriageway resurfacing works. SSE Glenagnes Cable Renewal - Lochee Road lane restrictions and ...
Welsh Conference continues this morning. There are more spokespeople Q and A sessions along with a debate on future relations with the EU. They will also be discussing their Governance Review with a call to establish an 8 member task force to take this forward. Here's the full agenda. 9:30 Party Spokespeople Bob Griffin: Economy and Infrastructure Cadan ap Tomos: Young People, Equalities and the Welsh Language 9:50 PM5: Future Relationship with the European Union Having regard to: 1 the narrow majority for 'Leave' in the EU referendum; 2 the need to respect that majority and the views which led ...
Next Prime Minister: Gus O'Donnell at 250/1? An intriguing thought! (tags: ukpolitics ) Monroe v Hopkins (PDF) Ends with nice three-page summary of how Twitter works. (tags: law twitter ) The Making of Future Man James Gleick on Hugo Gernsback, the Hugo of the #HugoAwards. (tags: sf ) Every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, ranked Because you needed to know. (tags: buffy ) Do Brexit and Trump show that we're living in a computer simulation? Probably not. (tags: totallymadideas )
