An update on the Conservative Party telephone call centre in Neath, Wales which Channel 4 ran an expose about earlier this year. The police investigation is still continuing, but the Information Commissioner's investigation has now concluded: An undercover Channel 4 News investigation raised concerns about the campaign involving calls made by Blue Telecoms, a firm in Neath, South Wales, on behalf of the Conservative Party. These concerns prompted an ICO [Information Commissionier's Office] investigation into the campaign's compliance with data protection and electronic marketing law. We've found that two small sections of the written scripts used by those making the ...
Around 10:30 this morning, I received an email from one of the researchers on BBC Radio 4's Today programme who I spoke with at length last month. He was working towards what turned out to be a half-hour slot on last Wednesday's programme. In his email today, he wondered what in particular was transphobic in [...]
One of my early heroes was Detective Sergeant (eventually Detective Chief Inspector) Harry Hawkins in Softly, Softly and then Softly, Softly: Task Force. He was played for a decade from 1966 by Norman Bowler, who turned up many years later as Frank Tate in Emmerdale. Before Softly Softly, Bowler was an artist's model and bodybuilder. He was a member of the Soho set alongside John Minton, Francis Bacon and Daniel Farson. He married the model and writer Henrietta Moraes. Here he shares his memories of Minton.
I've written before about how to make Liberal Democrat AGMs together (with added detail for the nearly inevitable accompanying raffle). Here's something else to add to the list – a very useful guide from the Federal Policy Committee (FPC) on how to inject a bit of policy discussion into the event. Particularly worth doing given how many people join the party because of their interest in policy, rather than in annual minutes. Download this document
Don't worry: this is not about students. And it's certainly not about Cambridge University. But I have been thinking about trigger warnings. Late on Saturday evening BBC2 broadcast the film In OurName. Its blurb on iPlayer describes it thus:On returning home from Iraq, British soldier Suzy struggles to readjust to normal life. Haunted by memories of the death of an Iraqi child, she becomes obsessed with the safety of her own daughter and becomes increasingly paranoid and scared of everything around her. Meanwhile, husband Mark, also a squaddie who served in Iraq, turns out to have serious problems of his ...
The Reagan Show is a CNN Films movie released in the UK earlier this month. After showing in a few cinemas it is now available on iTunes, Sky, Amazon, GooglePlay and YouTube. The film uses the mountain of archive "behind-the-scenes" and in-front-of-the-scenes footage recorded during the Ronald Reagan Presidency. There are some great clips and ... Continue reading The Reagan Show – an absorbing portrait of a master communicator in the White House
Second paragraph of Chapter 3 (Paul Bew, "Politics and the writing of Irish history: The Irish case"):These issues first received serious historiographical treatment in the nineteenth century from two great scholars, James Anthony Froude (1818-1894) and William Edward Hartpole Lecky (1838-1903). Both published extensively on the great issues of the day — issues of secularism, freedom and political morality. Both men were outstanding researchers and werr recognised as such by the academy: Froude was appointed Regius Professor in Modern History at Oxford in 1892, while Lecky was awarded a LittD at Cambridge in 1891. Nonetheless, they had very different styles. ...
A fun pirate-themed craft session is are being held in Yate Library this half-term. All activities are free drop-in events for primary school aged children. The pirate pandemonium sessions are taking place as follows: Yate Library - Tuesday, October 24, 10.30am to 12pm. Rhyme-times and story times are also taking place throughout the holiday at selected libraries. Visit this South Glos web page for details.
Embed from Getty Images The Reagan Show is a CNN Films movie released in the UK earlier this month. After showing in a few cinemas it is now available on iTunes, Sky, Amazon, GooglePlay and YouTube. The film uses the mountain of archive "behind-the-scenes" and in-front-of-the-scenes footage recorded during the Ronald Reagan Presidency. There are some great clips and there is a particularly compelling portrait of his work with Mikhail Gorbachev to eventually sign the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. We're reminded that Gorbachev too was a showman, and that the two struck up quite a close working friendship. When ...
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Embed from Getty Images I blame Strictly Come Dancing. Autumn last year my son and I are settling down to watch our regular two hour marathon of sequins and emotion when he pipes up that he fancies a Chinese takeaway. Doting Mum, off I trot down the high street to fulfill my youngest's whim. It is not even 7pm in a sleepy market town and stepping out into the evening holds no fears. But as I pass the Crown Hotel and then the Baker's Arms my path is blocked by two young men. The shorter one is almost face to ...
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Our nation is at a crossroads, if we take the wrong path we could fall off the cliff. Britain lacks strong leadership, there is no clear vision and there is certainly no plan. Our country is confused, our people are perplexed and our neighbours think we are crazy. And above all our governments have consistently neglected the prosperity of our people, the millions who everyday are struggling with unnecessary financial hardship; Promises have been made but there has been no follow through. We have been sold austerity as inevitable when prosperity is possible. Politics for the privileged is no longer ...
In the latest turn in the soap opera which has become Britain's attempts to leave the European Union, witness right wing Brexiteers within the Conservative Party imploring the Prime Minister and her Chancellor to spend more public money "preparing" for a "no deal" Brexit. In other words, fiscal conservatives are asking that a Tory leader be less fiscally conservative in order to build "post-Brexit infrastructure". So, let's get this straight: people whose whole political lives have been arranged around arguing we need to leave the EU in order to open the floodgates to free trade around the universe are currently ...
These happen to be $ signs but the same is true of £s. They just seem to go into an inexplicable sinkhole in London in a system which is poorly run Some people think that I only get up in ... Continue reading →
The National Audit Office report on the UK border that was released at the weekend shows:Over the past four years the Border Force workforce has reduced by 4%.(Page 24)If the existing entry regime for non-EEA nationals is extended to all EEA arrivals, UK Visas and Immigration will need to make 230% more decisions a year.(Page 27)If customs declarations are required for trade between the UK and the existing EU, HMRC estimates that the total number of customs declarations could increase by around 360.(Page 27) Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson Ed Davey said: "This independent report shows the stark reality facing ...
Vince Cable and Stephen Lloyd, Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions Spokesperson, have penned a joint letter to David Gauke to reverse the cuts to the work allowance in the Budget, which they say has "fatally undermined the whole purpose of Universal Credit" The letter warns the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions that "reducing work allowances - even abolishing them entirely for people without children - will both worsen poverty and severely weaken incentives to work." The letter references analysis published at the weekend by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation revealing that keeping the work allowance at current levels - ...
Astonishingly, and as the BBC report, the Welsh Government is to go ahead with its plans to legislate to introduce a minimum price for alcohol in Wales. Using a 50p-a-unit formula, it is likely that a typical can of cider would be at least £1 and a bottle of wine at least £4.69. A typical litre of vodka would have to cost more than £20. Rather than be totally negative about this proposal, I will set out where I agree with the relevant Minister. She believes that tackling excessive drinking could save a life a week and mean 1,400 fewer ...
The latest stance from the extreme Brexiteer community is that we don't need any form of trade deal with the European Union. Operating under WTO rules would be just fine. There is only one logical conclusion to be drawn from this stance. In trade terms, we don't need to leave the EU at all. One [...] The post The great Brexit contradiction revealed appeared first on Radix.
South Glos is looking at developing a Food Plan covering Health and wellbeingEnvironment and sustainabilityJobs and local food economyThey say "A Food Plan in South Gloucestershire will create a vision for improving the food system and culture in South Gloucestershire. It will be a collaborative project that brings together a range of stakeholders that have an influence on food in the region. It will celebrate the good work that is currently happening and highlight the gaps for improvement." They are now consulting on how to go about developing the Food Plan - you can find out more and have your ...
On 19th October 2017, we received a letter from Theresa May, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, ahead of her meeting with the European Council as part of the UK's Brexit negotiations. Given that she had taken the trouble to write to us, we thought it only polite to reply. This is our response. Dear Theresa, Thank you for your letter explaining what you are doing to secure the rights of European Union citizens living in the United Kingdom and of UK citizens living in other EU member states. We were relieved to hear that you are taking this issue ...
Responding to Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu's comments that the six-week waiting time for universal credit must be cut as the idea that people have a nest egg to fall back on is "grotesquely ignorant" Stephen Lloyd, Liberal Democrat Work and Pensions Spokesperson, said:"Now we have the Archbishop alongside a former Conservative Prime Minister in John Major, and a good number of backbench Tory MPs, in agreement with the Liberal Democrats over universal credit."All these objectors are emphasising to the government that the current system is not sustainable and that they must shorten the waiting period before new universal ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 23 OCTOBER 2017 A85 Riverside Drive - prohibition of right turn from westbound lane of Riverside Drive into Riverside approach and prohibition of right turn from Riverside Approach in to Riverside Drive for 7 weeks for works to the sea wall. Prohibitions will only be in place when required. Polepark Road (Fyffe Street to Milnbank Road) - closed from Monday 23 October for 5 working days for Scottish Water sewer repair works.
A pictorial representation of the 'M' Maghull logo by Keith Page of Lydiate. www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/lancs/vol3/pp215-221 British History on Line has details of Maghull's past which all Maghullians will want to know about – see link above. The various changes to its name and how it was pronounced are fascinating. Just look at this quote from the web site:- 'Magele, Dom. Bk.; Maghul, Maghyl, Maghale, Maghal, Mauhale, 1292; Maghhal, 1303; Mauwell, 1351; Maghull, Maghell, 1353. These last two forms and Maghale most general. In the xv cent. the name was contracted to Maile or Male, which shows the local pronunciation. Sometimes the ...
Well the first thing to say is that it will most certainly not set all Lydiate resident's hearts a flutter. A worthy if unexciting plan is about the best I can say based on the drafts I have seen to date. And that's not to belittle the work of Lydiate Parish Council and those who have helped pull the emerging plan together (including myself I might add), it's just that the world will continue to turn pretty much the way it has done with or without Lydiate's Neighbourhood Plan. As I have said many times a neighbourhood plan can't lead ...
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