We were tired of the cold of New Hampshire, so it was time to head north for the weekend, using the Amtrak Northeaster service, which runs between Boston's North Station and Brunswick, Maine. I am, I must admit, not hugely impressed by Amtrak. Their rolling stock is primitive by European standards, their locomotives underpowered and speeds embarrassingly low for the most part, which explains why Americans don't use them much. And, upon arrival at the Dover Transportation Center, the news that there wasn't any news about our train was slightly disturbing. It turned out that a switch had frozen near ...
From the Parson Latham's Hospital website: Parson Latham's Hospital is an Almshouse managed by a board of Trustees situated in the heart of Oundle, an historic market town in East Northamptonshire. A charitable organisation established in the 1600s, it offers independent living for up to 11 senior Residents in an adapted Grade I listed building with a beautiful garden.
Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our xxxth 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 (31 December 2017 – 6 January 2018), 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. First Lib Dem ...
Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn is both praised and criticised for one of his defining political features: sticking decade after decade to the same political views. Some people see that as an attribute – sticking with your principles – and others as a flaw – being stuck in the past. Either way, it's clearly a large part of his political personality. It's also the way to understanding his views on Brexit, as those too follow a long-run consistent approach: Jeremy Corbyn voted for Britain to leave the European Economic Community (EEC) in the 1975 European referendum. Jeremy Corbyn opposed the ...
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Second paragraph of third chapter: But Isaiah College has come up in the world today - excepting educationally- for in 1931 it held the Dartmouth football team down to 64 to 36. My first book of 2018 - a near future history of a far-right takeover in the USA in the mid-1930s, which of course seems all too relevant today. Buzz Windrip, a populist governor who is clearly related to the real-life Huey Long, displaces Franklin Roosevelt as the Democratic candidate in 1936 and wins the election on a platform of guaranteeing every man a basic income, unless they are ...
Almost every time an article appears on the internet highlighting discrimination against women and girls, there is likely to be at least one man derailing the discussion by saying "but what about the men?" Believe me, as a woman who dares to express her opinion on the internet, I come up against this sort of attitude a lot. Does the same thing happen when someone highlights problems faced by men? I certainly haven't been aware of it. However, this week blogger Jessica Eaton wrote a thought-provoking piece about the different reactions she has had when running projects aimed at helping ...
Theresa May admitted today that she had been unaware of Toby Young's appalling comments before his appointment to the board of the new Office for Students. The Guardian reports: In her first public statement about Young's appointment, the prime minister said she was not aware of Young's history of making sexist and homophobic remarks when he got the job and that, if he were to use language like that again, he would be sacked. But she signalled that she was happy for him to remain on the board of the new Office for Students, even though the opposition and the ...
Duck, ice and a landing as promised by the headline. Turn on your sound for a bonus.
Yes I remember the Sixties: the Beatles in the charts, Saturday Morning Club, Simon Dee. But the music I remember being played incessantly in those days did not come from the great British groups of the era. It came from the big musicals. Turn on the radio and the odds were you would hear 'Get Me to the Church On Time' from My Fair Lady, 'If I Were a Rich Man' from Fiddler on the Roof or 'Food, glorious Food' from Oliver! I came to dislike them intensely just because I had heard them so much. There were some songs ...
Sun 7th
11:25
Willie Rennie to run almost 5 marathons in 4 days to raise funds for mental health charity
As far as we know, Scotland doesn't have any elections this May. Willie Rennie isn't going to be slacking though. Over the Easter weekend, he'll be running the 117 miles of the Fife Coastal Path which runs from the Firth of Forth to the Forth of Tay. He hopes to raise £1000 at least for the Scottish Association for Mental Health a Scottish mental health charity. This reflects his personal and political priorities of securing better mental health care. That 117 miles is not far off being 5 marathons so it is a huge challenge for him. He explains on ...
Sat, 12:56: The Hero Is a Hobbit https://t.co/jDCKfRTCAU W.H. Auden's review of The Fellowship of the Ring. Sat, 21:43: RT @theofficialclee: Ladies and Gentlemen, January 28th will be my last performance in Hamilton in Chicago. On February 5th I will be joini... Sat, 22:07: RT @NASA: We're saddened by the loss of astronaut John Young, who was 87. Young flew twice to the Moon, walked on its surface & flew the fi... Sun, 10:45: Why Harry Potter is a Tory https://t.co/tDNcGI7vNe @b_judah has a point.
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Here's the list of Prospective Parliamentary Candidates (PPCs) selected by the Liberal Democrats for the next (post-2017) general election. Do let me know about any errors or omissions. Cambridge (Julian Huppert's former constituency): Rod Cantrill Cheltenham (Martin Horwood's former constituency): Max Wilkinson Sheffield Hallam (Nick Clegg's former constituency): Laura Gordon All the above selections are subject to possible re-runs depending on the extent of Parliamentary boundary changes finally agreed. The list also excludes the special re-selections carried out for a time-limited period to cover the odds of a sudden early general election. These 'expire' later this year. After a list ...
Sitting firmly in the category of something else the Brexiteers didn't tell us during the referendum campaign, today's Independent headline that more than 2,300 EU academics have resigned from British universities over the past year amid concerns over a "Brexodus" of top talent in higher education is a potential disaster for our higher education sector. The paper says that new figures show a 19 per cent increase in departures of European staff from universities last year compared to before the EU referendum, and a 10 per cent rise from some 2130 resignations in 2015-16. This is despite the Prime Minister ...
At 1:09 am, Cambridge Lib Dems announced on Twitter that they had selected their PPC. The selection meeting hadn't gone on until then but possibly the post-meeting celebrations did. Congratulations to Rod Cantrill, who is already well known to Cambridge voters. Congratulations to @rodcantrill who has just been selected by #Cambridge #LibDem members to be our next Parliamentary Candidate. Rod won the majority of votes in Cambs 2016 Mayoral vote amongst Cambridge City & South Cambs voters and we hope to carry that success onwards! pic.twitter.com/fL1NRXEzdZ — Cambridge Lib Dems (@CambridgeLDs) January 7, 2018 He tells us on his website ...
Sun 7th
09:21
Maghull – Latest newsletter to residents living around the new Maghull North Station site
This is the latest newsletter delivered to residents of the Mersey Avenue area who are significantly impacted on by the construction works:- I note that there's another opportunity for Mersey Avenue residents to meet the station construction team at Maghull Town Hall on 18th January at 6pm. Click on the newsletter and photos to enlarge them
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