Last week I posted a Bobby Chariot video in honour of Alexei Sayle's 65th birthday. But this is better. It's the first of three parts of a programme on Sayle in the Comic Roots series that was shown in 1982 and has not been seen since.
Wed 16th
22:18
'Kinky, sordid sex acts' involving vegetables leads to public toilets closure in Sileby
The Leicester Mercury wins our Headline of the Day Award - despite its bad grammar.
It's top tweeting is that.
I've been thinking a lot about the 1930s recently, what with the rise of xenophobia and intolerance on both sides of the Atlantic and the current supremacy of Donald Trump and the Brexiteers. Surely things must get better, one imagines, yet the lessons of between the two World Wars suggests not necessarily. What should one [...]
The full agenda and directory for September's Lib Dem federal conference in Bournemouth are out and you can read them in full below. Included in the agenda for Saturday is the latest round of consultation on the party's strategy. A new guide to help people understand the motions has also been published along with an addendum to the agenda (also below) which sets out the motion on Europe that will be debated. Liberal Democrat conference: what you need to knowThe Liberal Democrats hold two federal (i.e. UK-wide) party conferences a year, a weekend in the spring and a week in ...
Wed 16th
18:11
VIDEO: "What we have now is a very good cake and we should keep eating it" - Vince Cable
Here's the new film from the Liberal Democrats, a short clip from Vince Cable's appearance on Channel 4 News on 16 August 2017.
This is a bit of an odd post for me, which is why the title says 'heroes' rather than just heroes. I'm not normally given to 'hero worship' at all - I tend to see people as people, with all of their complications and mix of admirable and less admirable traits. That goes for the famous as much as for everyone else, and while I might find some points interesting or inspirational in some way I don't find that they erase the negative for me to the point where I see them as 'heroes' in the sense some people seem ...
Wed 16th
17:33
No, Vince Cable will not be launching new anti-Brexit party with former Mail Political Editor
You do have to wonder if the @jameschappers Twitter account is a parody or has been taken over by the Brexiteers who are tweeting from some holiday bar for fun. It's doing some seriously weird stuff at the moment, including suggesting that Vince Cable is going to be launching Chapman's new anti Brexit Party on 9th September. Seriously. BREAKING @vincecable will join me in Parliament Square on 9.9.17 to launch #thedemocrats #nazisout #wemarchon [IMG: 🇬🇧] ❤️ [IMG: 🇪🇺] — James Chapman (@jameschappers) August 16, 2017 No, he isn't. It is that simple. Jim Waterson of Buzzfeed has chapter and verse: ...
"Fine people on both sides" said Donald Trump of the horrific events in Charlottesville at the weekend. I suspect most of you reading this site will, like me, utterly reject the notion that you can go to a demo, stand on the same side as people carrying swastikas and dressing kids up in KKK costume and be a "fine person." Vince Cable has condemned Trump's remarks and has renewed Liberal Democrat calls for the offer of a State visit to be withdrawn. He said: The events of the last few days have shocked and appalled the entire world. Images of ...
The government has published a paper about what it wants in regards to the "Irish question" in relation to Brexit, namely how to avoid a hard border between north and south Ireland that would bring with it numerous problems (not least of which would be the end of the current government via the DUP dropping out). There is one fairly straightforward way of avoiding a hard Irish border – the UK remains in the Customs Union. But if we did that, Liam Fox would be out of a job, and we can't have that. One interesting idea in the paper, ...
Many residents have contacted me with road concerns. I was warned before the election that roads would take a lot of my time! The list goes on and on: potholes, drainage, dips in the road, worn surfaces, pavements, kerbs, broken bollards, street-lighting, etc. Is it worth my time? Yes. Getting a pavement cleared so that a mum with a pushchair can get through makes a difference. Getting a cycle route tidied of overgrown hedge keeps cyclists on the cycle path and safe. Working for new street-lighting protects young people as they walk home from school in the winter months. Improving ...
Tue, 14:41: RT @Queen_Europe: Wait, the British think they can organise the whole of Brexit in 18 months when it takes them 4 years just to fix a clock... Tue, 14:47: Important thread on latest UK proposal. https://t.co/50p95KT88q Tue, 19:36: RT @Tony_Robinson: Frictionless trade? What a brilliant idea! Why don't we join up with a lot of other European countries who want the same... Tue, 20:48: Worldcon 75: Day Three - The Essential Kit https://t.co/1IfdsvNTt2 More featuring me. Wed, 05:53: RT @AndrewKirell: Fox News host @KatTimpf absolutely goes off on Trump's "disgusting" presser: "I'm wondering if it's actually real life ...
miss_s_b | The Blood is the Life for 15-08-2017 I posted The Blood is the Life for 15-08-2017 to my dreamwidth blog Housing, retirement and materialism: The truth and myths about millennials Interesting to see how many misconceptions have taken hold in even my sceptical head (about a third of them). Now corrected. Cat rescuing owner from a fate worse than death Via Andrew Ducker. Third of private rented homes fail basic health and safety standards, new analysis finds [IMG: comment count unavailable] comments
'Pilgrim?' Harris said. 'What?' Amelia glanced over at him, confusion frowning her face. 'Do you want to go to the Pilgrim?' 'What's the Pilgrim?' James asked. 'It's a pub just around the corner,' Harris said. 'Shaun, Pilgrim?' The balding Scouser lit up his cigarette. 'Sure.' He walked over to them. James glanced at Amelia. 'Might as well.' 'Sorted,' Harris said, walking ahead. 'Let's go.' They followed Harris down the street before turning into Pilgrim Street and slipped into a green pub with a sign saying The Pilgrim in carnival letters. There were two middle-aged men sat at a picnic bench ...
Vince Cable has set out six questions the Government must answer after the "constructive ambiguity" in its document published yesterday told us not a huge amount. The questions seem designed to reveal whether the government's position is actually based on any evidence about the impact of its options or whether the options are just a fig leaf to cover up the deep divisions in the Cabinet. Vince said: The government is offering two ways forward but won't tell us which it prefers. That's no doubt because cabinet ministers can't even agree amongst themselves. These plans are more concerned with papering ...
It was 1975 when consultants at Arthur D Little promised that, within a few short years, technology would deliver the paperless office. We all know how that went. There was the millennium bug that was supposed to grind all Earth to a halt. And there are the weekly economic forecasts that never turn out to [...] The post Why there's so little future in futurology appeared first on Radix.
A change from Brexit, Brexit. Brexit today, to my favourite subject of cats. The Evening Standard reports that Parliament has racked up a £130,000 pest control bill in a bid to rid the Palace of Westminster of mice and moths disturbed by building work. The paper says that payments to control the infestation soared to almost a third higher than last year's bill, with the majority of the costs covering the employment of a full time pest controller and setting more than 1,700 traps. Some believe that the Parliamentary estate is overrun with vermin, and they don't mean the politicians. ...
ALDC are recruiting the 2017 group for the ALDC's Future Leaders programme at our November Kickstart and are asking could you be a leader in your area? Whether you are standing for election next May, a key member of the core campaign team in your local constituency and ultimately looking to be a leader in your area, this could be the ideal opportunity for you. This is an excellent training and development programme for Liberal Democrat activist and Councillors who are hopefully going to be the stars of the future. It's a free programme (including transport, accommodation and food) thanks ...
Wed 16th
08:38
Boris, Davis and Fox – The 3 Tory Brexit Ministers – They look shmbolic but what would b...
That our 3 Brexit Ministers and indeed our Tory/DUP Brexit Government look to be all over the place with regard to pursuing the Nation's mass suicide wish is a given. That Labour shout about the muddle and lack of policy direction from the sidelines is also a given. But what would be different under a Corbyn Government when Labour actually shares a pretty similar Brexit agenda to the Tories? Labour's manifesto for the 2017 General Election was clear in that it advocated leaving the EU so would they not be in the same tangle and policy black hole if they ...
.@EmmaBarnett asks Shadow International Trade Minister @Bill_Esterson five times if Labour would leave the customs union #5liveDaily pic.twitter.com/5D94dQZ6Kw— BBC Radio 5 live (@bbc5live) August 15, 2017Any questions?
A 'jolly old good fellow' by his Shepherd's Hut It must be the 'silly season' i.e month of August otherwise why else would Jacob Rees-Mogg be the flavour of the moment when the mood is anti-Tory, anti-austerity and anti-jolly? All stalwart Liberals/Lefties like me are weighed down with the worry of a nuclear war in the offing and Donald Trump's ill focus on the Governor of Guam becoming famous, ongoing austerity with no sign of lifting, climate change thanks to Al Gore's latest movie 'An Inconvenient Sequel' and escalating violence and rhetoric around racism. There isn't anything to be jolly ...
Wed 16th
07:18
Parking consultation - keeping Castle Street short-term and extending Smithfield car park
Shropshire Council is proposing a major overhaul of parking arrangements and charges across the county. The consultation creates an opportunity for us to reorganise our car parks and on street parking. This post reviews how we might use our off-street parking most efficiently at the Castle Street and Smithfield car parks. In my view, Castle Street should remain a short-term car park and not become indefinite-stay as Shropshire Council is proposing. One option we might consider is to extend Smithfield to include the Youth Centre car park at weekends. Car parking spaces and costs Castle Street has 136 standard spaces ...
