A news release from Lib Dem HQ brings this welcome news: The Liberal Democrats have forced a key concession from the government as the EU Withdrawal Bill makes its passage through the House of Lords. Under pressure from peers the government stated that they will commit to upholding the rights won from our membership of the EU. This includes upholding key parts of existing rights such as the EU Working Time Directive. Speaking last night in the Lords on behalf of the government, Lord Duncan of Springbank, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State in both the Scotland Office and the ...
Dog one is how politicians wish the public reacted to their speeches. Dog two is the reality. Sorry, politicians.
Back in the day, Vince Cable, then acting leader, famously boycotted the state visit of the Saudi King At the time, he said that I think it's quite wrong that as a country we should give the leader of Saudi Arabia this honour." He said that although Britain has a "business-like" relationship with the country, Britain would not dream of extending the same invitation to other controversial leaders like Libya's Colonel Gadaffi.. Eleven years on, the party is still calling out the appalling human rights record of the Saudi Government. Jo Swinson today lambasted Boris on the eve of the ...
Tony Robinson is interviewed here on Sixteen Million Rising, which bills itself as "the UK's First 'Grassroots' Pro-European Radio Show!" His argument that we should be encouraging about any movements towards us be Leave supporters, and not dismissive, seems to me exactly right. Robinson also touches on the current state of the Labour Party - well worth a listen.
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HEB Meeting held on Tuesday 13th February Key items of business: Local Plan adoption - agreed unanimously. The Plan was fully approved at Full Council Local Development Scheme - programme of ongoing strategic planning work agreed Locally Listed Buildings of Sutton document- excellent catalogue of listed buildings in the borough which we hope to publicise [...]
Lib Dem MP for Bath, Wera Hobhouse, has introduced a Bill which would make upskirting illegal in England. It is high time that the disgusting practice of secretly taking a photo up a woman's skirt without consent and, sometimes, publishing it on the internet, A couple of weeks ago, Wera asked a Government Minister if the Government would legislate on this. The answer was reasonably positive, so we need to push the Government to support Wera's Bill. You would hope that nobody would try to defend the practice which has been illegal in Scotland for almost a decade. From the ...
Regular Lib Dem Voice contributor and Lib Dem peer William Wallace has won a major concession from the Government as the EU Withdrawal Bill makes its way through the House of Lords. Don't get me wrong, the words EU Withdrawal Bill send a cold shiver through my heart, but anything we can do to make the legislation less awful has to be welcomed. Under pressure from peers the government stated that they will commit to upholding the rights won from our membership of the EU. This includes upholding key parts of existing rights such as the EU Working Time Directive. ...
I've been blogging my reaction to the BSFA shortlists for about a decade now, and this is the first time I can remember feeling that all the shortlisted novels were books I would like to see winning - it's been a very difficult choice. Also worth noting that this is the first time ever that the shortlist for Best Novel does not include a single book by a white man - this for an award whose first 43 winners included only two women - though three of the last five awards have been to women, two to Ann Leckie and ...
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LibLink: Vince picks out Shirley Williams as the female parliamentarian that he most admires from th...
Embed from Getty Images To celebrate the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote in the UK, House magazine have done an article where prominent MPs pay tribute to the female parliamentarian they most admire from the last 100 years. They have the Speaker, John Bercow, paying tribute to Eleanor Rathbone. Andrea Ledsom writes about Nancy Astor. Cheryl Gillan and Emma Little-Pengelly talk of Margaret Thatcher. Baroness Smith and Angela Raynor pay tribute to Ellen Wilkinson, while Kirsty Blackman extols Winnie Ewing and Lord Fowler describes Baroness Swanborough (Stella Isaacs – the first female member of the House ...
Home Office tells women they will be deported more quickly for hunger striking Home office are evil again. dw100 | Challenge 691: Sprout, starring Six and a silent Mel In which I drabble 'I felt a nausea of fury' - how I faced the cruelty of Britain's immigration system I know you guys are sick of me going on about how the home office are bastards, but the home office really are bastards. If you like what you see here (or even if you don't) please consider dropping me a tip: [IMG: Paypal Donate Button] [IMG: Buy Me an uncaffeinated ...
Proposals for 68 up market cabins on Juniper Hill in the heart of the Mortimer Forest have divided opinion in Ludlow and the countryside to the south. Over five days, I took a straw poll of opinion. The poll attracted nearly 600 votes and the results show more support for the scheme than I was expecting. Although support for the scheme is higher than I expected, though opposition seems to be growing as more people learn about the scheme.[1] The Forestry Commission and Forest Holidays have not helped themselves by involving Shropshire and Ludlow residents at a very late stage. ...
Mon, 12:26: Brits in Europe left stranded in Brexit talks https://t.co/XruCiFuFjV ...unless they can change citizenship; not all of them can. Mon, 12:56: RT @davidallengreen: Thread from @piris_jc, the former chief lawyer to European Council. https://t.co/XikfgjWOiv Mon, 13:34: RT @ArrogantBastard: A message from Executive Chairman & co-founder Greg Koch: https://t.co/L4LTKuFZl2 Mon, 15:38: RT @NesrineMalik: I wrote about our broken immigration system. The government preaches about integration but does everything in its power t... Mon, 16:02: RT @ProfDanHicks: What to spell out with the Royal Mint's new alphabetic 10p coins? I was thinking something along the lines of, "The Misre... Mon, ...
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Why May's mention of the US-Canada border in relation to Ireland has me worried - about the state of...
Theresa May spoke in the House yesterday to update the Commons on what the Mansion House speech might mean in practice. In answer to an inevitable question regarding the Irish border, the Prime Minister said: "There are many examples of different arrangements for customs around the rest of the world. Indeed we are looking at those, including for example the border between the United States and Canada." Now, first thing that needs to be said is that the US-Canada border is a very hard border. In fact, it is one of the hardest borders in the world. I'm not saying ...
A look at the new station's construction progress on 5th March brought up a similar view of the platforms, lift towers etc. as has been seen for quite a few weeks now. However, the big change has been the steelwork going up for the station building. The following couple of photos illustrate:- Very little change here A big change here The station is still on target for opening in May. I bet the local civic dignitaries are jostling for the best position in the opening day photos shoot already:-) Click on the photos to enlarge them
A full update on roadworks in Prestwich on the GM Roadworks Website (www.gmroadworks.org) Significant roadworks this month are: – Bury New Road in Sedgley Village near Portugal Road – 2 way traffic lights on 8th March 2018 – Sunday road closures on Fairfax Road for resurfacing. – Continuing work on the A56 through the village all month. – Hilton Lane opposite Sandylands – some carriageway incursions.
Communitree, which is a Bury based children's education company, have organised a poetry competition entitled 'The Lost Words'. The winning prize is a place on our Summer Forest Camp worth £175! The competition is aimed at children aged 5-13, to enter they must email a poem that is no longer than six lines and must be titled as one of the 'forgotten words', these words are: Acorn, Adder, Bluebell, Bramble, Conker, Dandelion, Fern, Heather, Heron, Ivy, Kingfisher, Lark, Magpie, Newt, Otter, Raven, Starling, Weasel, Willow, Wren. All entries must be received by 1 June 2018 and the winner will be ...
During a recent trip to the US, I was chatting to my Filipino taxi driver. California is going to the dogs, he told me. The city of San Francisco is a mire of bad management and corruption. Tech companies have moved in bringing armies of highly paid nerds. The result: sky high property prices and [...] The post What fuels the authoritarians? Refusal to imagine change appeared first on Radix.
A Greater Manchester Carer Consultation Event takes place on Thursday 22 March 2018, 11am - 3pm, at the Irish Heritage Centre, Cheetham Hill, Manchester. Organisers say: "Carers and representatives from all supporting organisations are encouraged to attend and help us review what we have done so far and what we will do next in the Greater Manchester 'Support for Carers' Programme. If you 'think carer' and support carers, or are a carer, we need to hear your views. Lunch will be provided in exchange for your enthusiasm!" To register for the event and indicate dietary preference please contact: Georgia Wilson ...
One of the key principles of data protection legislation is that subjects should be able to know what information is held on them and be able to challenge its accuracy. That is the best way to ensure that data holders, often government agencies, make rational decisions based on the facts, rather than rely on innuendo and misinformation. It is shocking therefore that the UK Government are seeking to introduce changes in its Data Protection Bill that aims to deny millions of people the right to access immigration data held on them by the Home Office. Organisations representing up to 3 ...
The following information is from the Council where bin collections had to be suspended for part of last week due to the severe weather conditions. Grey, green and blue bins scheduled for collection last week, please put them out again from 7am on Tuesday 6 March, collection crews will be out emptying missed bins throughout this week. Collections scheduled for this week will be taking place on the usual day. Brown bins will be emptied from next week on the next scheduled collection date.
From Sheena Wellington : Wighton Heritage Centre, Central Library - Lunchtime Recital Wednesday 7th March at 1.15pm Svetlina Stoyanova (mezzo soprano) and Kristina Yorgova (piano) We are once again delighted to welcome brilliant young musicians from Live Music Now. Both born in Bulgaria, Svetlina Stoyanova and Kristina Yorgova are students at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland (RCS). Svetlina is part way through a Masters Course in performance and Kristina is currently studying for a Bachelor of Music in performance. Svetlina sang in the Children's Choir of the Bulgarian National radio and as the main soloist has travelled and sung in ...
