An important point from Mike Galsworthy: only 35% of those who voted Leave in the 2016 referendum expected Britain to leave the Single Market as a result. The 'everybody knew Brexit meant leaving the Single Market' line is post-Brexit hypnosis. This is the only stat you need: 2 weeks after the vote, only 35% of Leavers thought their vote meant leaving the SM. pic.twitter.com/MAnEO0lDxS — Mike Galsworthy #FBPE #NHSlove (@mikegalsworthy) February 24, 2018 Even if you take the results of one vote as inviolate and to apply for all time, even if you're 100% happy with how the vote outcome ...
Monsters have never been my thing, whether in books or in films, so I approached Guillermo del Toro's latest movie, The Shape of Water, with a degree of scepticism. Not only does the "monster" — actually a scaly, aquatic creature with a distinctly handsome, human face — not speak, but neither does the mute (but not [...]
Embed from Getty Images It is no secret that Andrew Bridgen (Conservative MP for Leicestershire North West) and Keith Vaz (Labour MP for Leicester East) do not get on, much as it was no secret that relations were a little strained between the Montagues and Capulets. The latest round in their long bout can be found in a Mail Online article from last week. Pow! Andrew Bridgen wants the National Crime Agency to use new powers created to crackdown on crime gangs to investigate the Labour MP. Mr Bridgen claimed in a letter that Mr Vaz owns eight homes in ...
The Ludlow & Tenbury Wells Advertiser once described Ludlow Town Council as "beleaguered" and "in meltdown". So far The Press (which was called the Yorkshire Evening Press when I was a student) has avoided such language when talking about City of York Council, but the day cannot be far off. Take yesterday's report: York's Conservative leader says he is "in talks" on renewing the deal to run the city council with the Lib Dems, after councillors failed to agree on a new leader. Cllr Ian Gillies was elected leader of City of York Council's Conservative group earlier this month, but ...
Vince Cable is up in Scotland this weekend. He's speaking at East Dunbartonshire Lib Dems' dinner tonight. It's the local party's first dinner since Jo Swinson was re-elected as MP last June. He took a nostalgic trip to his old Council ward in Glasgow Maryhill first. He was a Labour councillor back in the 70s. When he was a councillor he and colleagues got tenements refurbished and saved a community from dispersal. A trip down memory lane for @vincecable as he returned to his old @GlasgowCC #Maryhill ward. He stopped the tenements demolition, the Maryhill motorway and invested in social ...
Embed from Getty Images Ben Bradley, the Conservative MP for Mansfield, has apologised unreservedly for his tweet claiming Jeremy Corbyn had "sold British secrets to communist spies". He has also pledged never to repeat the claims in any form, agreed to make a substantial donation to charities of the Labour leader's choosing and meet his legal costs. Corbyn will divide the donation between a homeless charity and a food bank in Mansfield. The Labour Party website has the wording of the apology Bradley will tweet: On 19 February 2018 I made a seriously defamatory statement on my Twitter account, 'Ben ...
It was freezing cold in Edinburgh this morning but that didn't stop a crowd of people gathering to welcome the Is it Worth it? bus. Remember when Boris traversed the land with a bus with a big fat lie on the side of it during the EU referendum? Well, anti Brexit campaigners have funded a bus tour with the truth, as outlined in the UK Government's own analysis, emblazoned on the side. The bus spent an hour parked in the historic Royal Mile. In fact, it was parked right outside the City of Edinburgh Council's City Chambers. This is a ...
Second frame with dialogue of third chapter (for context, Moses has didactically asked the Israelites what it is that he does not want to see when he gets back from answering God's phone call; this particular story is by Alan Moore and Hunt Emerson, adapted from Leviticus 20): Thirty years ago, in 1987, Knockabout Comics produced this adaptation of fourteen Old Testament stories by leading comics artists; I got it as part of the Neil Gaiman Humble Bundle a few years back, he being the author of six of the fourteen stories (including Jael and Sisera as illustrated by Julie ...
This smart little piece of digital magic sums up Vince Cable's position on the university lecturers' strike. He has called on the Government to underwrite the lecturers' pension scheme. .@vincecable has written to universities minister Sam Gyimah, calling on the government to underwrite the universities pension scheme in order to unblock the impasse that is causing the strikes by lecturers. Read Vince's full letter here > https://t.co/E4V9EqJv9T pic.twitter.com/PI0nRAJwU3 — Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) February 24, 2018 The former Business Secretary, who was responsible for universities, called on the Government to intervene to stop lecturers being left up to £10,000 a year ...
As this report makes clear, it is most probably too early to properly assess the impact of introducing deemed consent for organ donation in Wales. The report says that although awareness of and support for the change in the law is high, this has dropped off recently as the law settles down and publicity for it is less intense. The authors also suggest that NHS staff working within organ donation may also benefit from further training, particularly around the organ donation conversation with the family. They add that despite the high awareness and support for the new law, analysis of ...
The day before yesterday it was revealed that Snapchat's value dropped by $1.3 billion following a tweet by Kylie Jenner, the youngest of the Kardashian family. In the tweet (pictured), she claims that she no longer uses the popular social media app and this caused investors to take note and jump ship from Snapchat. Who cares what Kylie Jenner has to say? Young people have been complaining about the recent Snapchat update and how it renders the app virtually unusable for weeks. I cannot believe that investors base decisions on flighty celebrities' likes and dislikes. It is worrying that our ...
From an early recruitment leaflet for the SDP issued in 1981 comes this unusual comparison...
Fri, 12:00: 'Mad Max' Brexit and other dystopian visions for leaving the EU https://t.co/Vabar63ayG via @financialtimes Fri, 12:40: RT @BelgiumMFA: 🔛 Watch Minister of Foreign Affairs 🇧🇪 @DReynders as he addresses the closing plenary #CEPSlab18 on ´ The Way Forward' #The... Fri, 12:43: RT @LilyanaPavlova: Looking forward to my participation at #CEPSLab2018 #EuropeBackOnTrack. At 12.30 today discussing the perspectives for... Fri, 12:51: RT @tobyvogel: The Brits were an excuse for EU member states not to introduce more majority voting in Council - after Brexit this should be... Fri, 12:56: Ten Lies Distort The Gun Control Debate https://t.co/eLwmXZXA7v Well worth reading ...
Stonewall quits Pride in London over failure to involve black and ethnic minority communities File this one under Brian-Clough-punching-the-football-supporter news The trouble knowing how much screen time is 'OK' Part of the problem is the use of the words "screen time", which includes passive TV watching, social media, and Wii Sports (or whatever the modern equivalent is) miss_s_b | A new DW comm that may be relevant to the interests of many of my readers Come and join The Good Place comm. Everything is fine. Hell hath no fury like a lawyer scorned And despite the name changes, the picture ...
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Christine Jardine spoke movingly in a parliamentary debate this week about the plight of refugee children separated from their families. She called on the UK Government to make it easier for refugee children to find their families and to reunite these families. Here's her speech in full. Imagine having to say goodbye to your child, or finding yourself suddenly separated from them without knowing what will happen to them, whether anyone will look after them or whether they will find the rest of your family, if you still have one. That is the situation facing parents among the 22 million ...
Residents have complained to me about the state of the roadway in Richmond Terrace, including potholes. I contacted the council's Roads Maintenance Partnership about this and have now been advised as follows : "The Road Maintenance Partnership inspector has carried out an inspection of this area and has raised orders for pothole repairs to be done with a timescale for repair of approximately one month or sooner."
GCHQ's advice on password security is rather good, and it's especially helpful to have a source such as GCHQ point out a common password myth.
Below is a cutting from Friday's 'I' newspaper and the big question is, what on earth is Emily Thornberry on about? We don't have to leave the Customs Union at all and frankly it seems utter nonsense to do so. On that basis why is Labour's policy seemingly (and I say seemingly as nothing is clear with Labour – or the Tories for that matter – when it comes to Brexit) to leave it and then try to re-negotiate something pretty much the same! Why oh why can't Labour do their job as the Official Opposition and try opposing the ...
Stephen Weaver has submitted a planning application for a dozen wooden glamping pods on his golf course at Elm Lodge on Fishmore Road (18/00815/FUL). The site lies just outside the bypass. The nine-hole golf course is currently closed for maintenance, according to the website. The pods will be supplied by Future Rooms. They will be clad in cedar wood and Metrotiles. The doors and windows will be UVPC, colour to be determined. No layout plan for the site has been published.
