Welcome to Broxtowe Enews, brought to you by the Liberal Democrats and edited by David Watts, on behalf of the Lib-Dems in Broxtowe. May I give a special welcome to the new readers that we have this week. Well, what a couple of weeks we have had. The election two weeks ago produced a result no-one expected and since then so much seems to have happened. The horror of Grenfell Court will resonate for many years. Nevertheless I hope that people were as inspired as I was by the huge response of the public to help. This sort of tragedy ...

Posted by David Watts on David Watts

A UK government Minister, Andrea Leadsom, has urged British broadcasters to be more patriotic in their coverage of Brexit. US President Donald Trump would doubtless approve, but her intervention deserves to be greeted with a giant raspberry. The right wing of the Conservative Party loathes the BBC, in particular, and would like to force it [...]

Posted by jonathanfryer on Jonathan Fryer

"I shall go back to the Buddhist cafe one day when it is open," I wrote four years ago. Today I did just that, and very good it was too. There were more people there when I arrived than these photos make it seem. You can find the World Peace Cafe just off the main road in Kelmarsh. It is run by the Nagarjuna Kadampa Meditation Centre. It will be closed next weekend, but there is a fete on the Saturday.

Posted by Jonathan Calder on Liberal England
Sat 24th
21:08

Six of the Best 702

The Liberal Democrats went backwards in every English and Welsh seat they defended, Richard Holden on Conservative Home has some analysis we should all read. David Runciman looks at this month's general election: "The Labour Party managed to park Brexit as an issue by acknowledging it as a fact while hinting that anything was still possible. This allowed the party to focus on other issues, above all on the growing public dissatisfaction with austerity, and to draw attention to the contrasting personalities of the two leaders." Jerry Hayes puts the boot into the Conservative Party. "Any good modern therapist working ...

Posted by Jonathan Calder on Liberal England

A very handy summary from the Institute for Government - and note how there's no option which delivers the Brexiteer 'let's have our cake and eat it' dreams of getting everything they've said they want.

Posted by Mark Pack on Mark Pack

For some bizarre reason, the Tories seem to have let Andrea Leadsom out of the cupboard where they've been hiding her for the past wee while. On Newsnight last night, she told Emily Maitlis while under reasonably moderate pressure on Brexit that broadcasters should be more "patriotic." To suggest that the media should not question the Government's actions on the most important issue facing our country in generations is chilling. The media should be there to scrutinise the government. It's an important part of the scrutiny process.If it had done its job properly last year, we might not be in ...

Posted by Caron Lindsay on Liberal Democrat Voice

The armies reunite: The twenty-fourth the Erle of Ormond came to us to Castel-Magne, in his route into Korke, bringing with him the Erle of Clancartie, O'Sullivan-Beare, O'Sullivan-More, O'Donoghuc-More, McFynin of the Kerrie, McDonogh, O'Keefe, O'Kallaghan, McAwley, and alle the rest of the L L [Lords] of Desmond, except O'Donoghue of Glantlesk, which was with the traytours. Manie of them do not obeye the Erle of Clancarty, and yet they came with the Erle of Ormonde, without pardon or protection, whose credit is great among them; and by whose example of loyaltie and faithfulnesse to her Majestie, they are greatlie ...

Just to let residents know about recent planning applications in your area. Please just let me know if you have any queries. Single storey extension at rear 23 Oaklands Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LJ Ref. No: 61506 | Received: Thu 11 May 2017 | Validated: Wed 17 May 2017 | Status: Registered Single storey extension at rear 7 Oaklands Drive, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LJ Ref. No: 61532 | Received: Wed 17 May 2017 | Validated: Wed 17 May 2017 | Status: Registered

Posted by prestwichfocus on Tim Pickstone

Just to let residents know about recent planning applications in your area. Please just let me know if you have any queries. Infil extensions to ground, first and second floors; Formation of 1 no. additional apartment Naseby Court, Hampden Road, Prestwich, Manchester, M25 1LG Ref. No: 61448 | Received: Fri 28 Apr 2017 | Validated: Mon 22 May 2017 | Status: Registered

Posted by prestwichfocus on Tim Pickstone

Just to let residents know about recent planning applications in your area. Please just let me know if you have any queries. (Proposed street view)

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Sat 24th
12:14

Britain Adrift

A system where the choice of British Prime Minister is Theresa May or Jeremy Corbyn is -self evidently- a system that needs reform. Despite the humiliation of a hung parliament, the current Prime Minister, Mrs. May, has nevertheless started the negotiation to leave the European Union. The Conservatives do not intend to stop at any halfway houses, but to leave the jurisdiction of the ECJ, and so withdraw from the customs union, the single market and essentially all the institutions of the EU. Although Brexit will cause major economic damage- not to mention trashing the national brand of the UK- ...

Posted by Cicero on Cicero's Songs
Sat 24th
11:56

One Year On: Thank You

A year ago yesterday was the Brexit vote. Which means a year ago today I had a breakdown. A year ago today was also my last day working a day job, for that reason. My wife is a disabled, bisexual, ... Continue reading →

Posted by Andrew Hickey on Sci-Ence! Justice Leak!
Sat 24th
11:00

My tweets

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Tim Farron's description of Andrea Leadsom's comments to the BBC last night as 'sinister' and 'stupid' just about hits the nail on the head. The Leader of the House of Commons' comment to Emily Maitlis was: "It would be helpful if broadcasters were willing to be a bit patriotic. The country took a decision, this government is determined to deliver on that decision." It is difficult to know where to start with his crass remark except to say that for a democratically elected politician to try and shut down legitimate scrutiny and criticism in this way goes beyond stupid. It ...

Posted by Peter Black on Peter Black

Politics hates a vacuum. It especially hates a vacuum in the tinderbox cockpit of the Middle East where the conflicting issues of money, vital resources, religious extremism , religious conflicts, historic rivalries and the geopolitical link between East and West dangerously clash. The virtual collapse in 2011-2012 of Bashar Al-Assad's despotic regime in Syria created such a vacuum. It was filled by the even more despotic Islamic State Caliphate. Now the Caliphate is on its knees. The Western half of Mosul is recaptured. Only a handful of IS fighters remain in the dangerously narrow winding streets of the Eastern half. ...

Posted by Tom Arms on Liberal Democrat Voice

Oxford Professor Timothy Garton Ash has a whole article devoted to this in yesterday's Guardian and it's well worth a read. Here's his somewhat dismal conclusion: ". . .my hunch is that Britain will probably end up. . .with some novel variant of Norway's European Economic Area deal, Switzerland's customised free-trade package or Turkey's membership of the customs union. It may be dressed up in Union Jack bunting, but it will effectively mean that we have second-class membership of the common market, that we must abide by rules we have no say in making, that we will continue to pay ...

Posted by Peter Wrigley on Keynesian Liberal

The technological autopsy on last year's Tesla Autopilot crash has now closed. Regulators must now take responsibility for safety improvements As a social scientist researching emerging technologies, I am fascinated by the bumps, scrapes and abrupt turns of self-driving cars as they accelerate towards the market. Here is a technology whose algorithms are learning how to behave in the wild. For the rest of us to make sense of the opportunities, we need to get beneath the hyper-optimistic story offered by the would-be disruptors. This is why accidents are so important. They shatter the veneer, forcing society and its innovators ...

Posted by Jack Stilgoe on Political science | The Guardian

Embed from Getty Images Thanks to The Police Gazette on Twitter for pointing this out. Willie Bach, police and crime commissioner for Leicestershire and Rutland and former member of Harborough District Council,* is a great nephew of Emmeline Pankhurst, * After my time. Most of the people I was on the council with have died and had roads named after them.

Posted by Jonathan Calder on Liberal England

Have you got a bike resting idle in your shed, garage or propped under the stairs? Do you lack confidence about your ride skills, what to wear or how to train for fitness? If so, SportsPound's Couch to 40k bike course might be right for you! Cycling is an ideal way to build your fitness as it's weight bearing which makes it gentle on your joints. They're going to start off with advice on what to wear, how to use your gears properly and how best to train, ride assertively and stay safe. They will also supply you with suggestions ...

Posted by Paul Hulbert on Focus on Sodbury, Yate and Dodington
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Liberal Democrat Newswire #101 came out last weekend, with the results of my survey of party members asking about the Lib Dem leadership election.

Posted by Mark Pack on Mark Pack

Oh no! Here we go again – another year, another leader. Still we cling, the drowning man, to a way of doing politics that is so very Noughties or perhaps even very Nineties - Eighteen Nineties even. In response to the 2010/15 disaster we devised a Board, which is frankly very 'grown up' but totally unimaginative in the light of the huge alteration to our reputation, status and standing, as well as being culturally inappropriate to Liberalism. WANTED: a politics for the 2020s or even the 2030s, shipped today. We need to predict the future. "Hey, if you want to ...

Posted by Bill le Breton on Liberal Democrat Voice

From the City Council : Dundee City Council proposes to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose of facilitating carriageway resurfacing works. The Order is expected to be in force for two weeks from 3 July 2017. Its maximum duration in terms of the Act is eighteen months. The effect of the Order is to prohibit temporarily all vehicular traffic in Ancrum Road from its junction with Glamis Road to its junction with Logie Street. Pedestrian access and vehicular access to premises will be maintained where possible. An alternative route will ...

Sat 24th
00:43

Bizzy Baksun

Currently working on finishing Beach Boys Book 3 (out next week with luck), the Basilisk novel (out in the next fortnight with luck) and a short story (off to a more-patient-than-I-deserve editor early next week), a bunch of freelance commissions, ... Continue reading →

Posted by Andrew Hickey on Sci-Ence! Justice Leak!