The "Britain From Above" archive is now FREE in high resolution and it is *incredible*. 96,000 photos of landscapes and buildings - many long-lost, from the air.So Tim Dunn tweeted earlier this evening, and he is right. Better still, the conditions of use allow you to post Britain From Above images on your blog if, like this one, it has no log-in restrictions or charges. So here is a shot of the Logan Street area of Market Harborough (aka New Harborough or Monkey Town) in 1932. Logan Street, named after this blog's hero J.W. Logan, is the long street running ...
Our week at Bonkers Hall draws to a close as the old boy proves that he still has his finger on the pulse when it comes to the Liberal Democrats (as far as we have one these days). Sunday There are those (it is hard to credit) to whom not every Liberal Democrat MP is a household name, so let me give you a few notes upon the slightly less famous ones. Wera Hobhouse is heir to the family fortune, which is founded on sales of her uncle L.T.'s Liberalism. Christine Jardine I have found to be a fierce competitor. ...
Welcome to the Golden Dozen, and our 514th 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 (8-14 April, 2018), together with a hand-picked seven you might otherwise have missed. A few may slip in from the week before as there was no Dozen then because of my holiday. 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 ...
"As I watched the 20-year celebrations of the Good Friday agreement play out, my frustration and anger began to boil over. 'Where the fuck is she?' I wanted to shout at the television and radio." Henrietta Norton says her stepmother Mo Mowlam has been written out of the history of the Northern Ireland peace process. Christine Thuring explains the forces behind the Sheffield street tree massacre. "An epistemic bubble is when you don't hear people from the other side. An echo chamber is what happens when you don't trust people from the other side." C. Thi Nguyen examines the effect ...
Here is Jane Dodds' keynote speech to Welsh Liberal Democrat Conference this weekend. She said that the Welsh Lib Dems had an aspirational, optimistic vision for Wales. She went on to praise Kirsty Williams, the party's Education Secretary. Scottish Liberal Democrat leader kept calling her the best education secretary in Britain. Jane talked movingly about the impact of poverty and homelessness and outlined what the Lib Dems were all about: The party of the progressive and pragmatic that offers an exciting and inspiring vision. The Party of Ideas, taking forward meaningful policies that speak to people's everyday concerns. The Party ...
1,200 people at the launch of #peoplesvote on the Final Brexit Deal including @SirPatStew @Anna_Soubry @ChukaUmunna @CarolineLucas @LaylaMoran @richardreedinno @MazzucatoM @AmateyDoku @nusuk @FFSake_ @Hugodixon @InFactsOrg @lara_spirit @Femi_Sorry @OFOCBrexit & Malcolm Macleod pic.twitter.com/OJH04j9QMf — Andy Parsons (@MrAndyParsons) April 15, 2018 1200 people gathered in London today for the launch of a new campaign to give the British people a final vote on the Brexit deal. The Cross-Party campaign heard speeches from the actor who played one of my favourite fictional characters – Captain Jean-Luc Picard, Sir Patrick Stewart and from MPs Anna Soubry, Chuka Umunna, Caroline Lucas and our own Layla ...
Focus Team members Louise Harris, Claire Young and Paul Hulbert check out the rocks they picked off the road - all big enough to crack windscreens Good news for anyone driving on Westerleigh Road or walking along the pavements - the mud and stones are being cleared and tipping stopped until further notice. Local people were horrified when tipping started at Beech Hill Farm three weeks ago, leaving the roads strewn with mud and debris. Claire Young raised it with the council's planning enforcement team and since then has been continuing to share residents' complaints with them and Street Care, ...
There have been a lot of reflective or celebratory comments in the last week about the anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement. It's an anniversary that I found it quite difficult to write about. The achievement of the Good Friday Agreement is of course of huge importance. It drew a line under thirty years of political violence, and established the principles by which Northern Ireland can be governed, and the framework of future relations between the United Kingdom and the Irish state. The commemorations rightly called attention to those achievements. But I hesitated to write too much about it because ...
Over a thousand people gathered at the Electric Ballroom in Camden Town this afternoon to call for a People's Vote on the Brexit deal that Theresa May and her Brexiteer Ministers are already having problems negotiating. Actor Sir Patrick Stewart — who had been on the Marr Show earlier in the day, championing the Exit from [...]
Two contrasting quotes that capture my fancy also capture the two conflicting approaches that good political campaigners need to reconcile. First, here's Clive Woodward on winning the Rugby World Cup with England: Winning the Rugby World Cup was not about doing one thing 100% better, but about doing 100 things 1% better. That's the same philosophy as the one that gave British cycling a Head of Marginal Gains. Relentless focus on taking what you do and making it a bit better, again and again and again. However, that's not all there is to success. It's not only that the marginal ...
Continuing my occasional series on how election leaflets used to look, this one is a Labour freepost election address from the 1955 general election in Clapham constituency.
miss_s_b | The Blood is the Life for 14-04-2018 I posted The Blood is the Life for 14-04-2018 to my dreamwidth blog Fearless girls shouldn't have to save us "In addition to the perfectly nice and inspirational message that girls' fearlessness should be valued, there is a reading of a very brave girl taking on an angry beast against which she is no match." 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 beverage (because I'm allergic to coffee) at ko-fi.com] [IMG: ...
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LibLink: Catherine Bearder: Brexit threatens the very fabric of the Good Friday Agreement
The Good Friday agreement works to keep the peace in Ireland and Brexit threatens it, says Catherine Bearder in an article for the New European. She illustrates the difference it has made to one community: In the early days of the Troubles, the British Army opened a barracks in Forkhill to accommodate around 600 soldiers right next to a housing estate. Helicopters regularly took off and landed over the roofs of these homes, some even damaging them. The army controlled the television signals as well as the street lighting. It was one of the most dangerous places for British soldiers. ...
Sat, 12:47: RT @PlanetDr: This is what my face looks like when someone lets me hold a piece of the Moon and Mars at the same time https://t.co/wMN1HhXK... Sat, 12:56: The Silurian Hypothesis: Would it be possible to detect an industrial civilization in the geological record?... https://t.co/QT1pz2aHs7 Sat, 12:59: In case you wondered where the London Stone has gone, it's here. @MuseumofLondon https://t.co/cxKFkzmx6W Sat, 14:40: RT @IrishRugby: IRFU & @UlsterRugby Statement On Paddy Jackson & Stuart Olding https://t.co/OqStihS2wl https://t.co/vEokvhvS5P Sat, 16:05: This is a lovely piece of writing. https://t.co/rgVXYJejnb Sat, 19:14: The 1943 #RetroHugo finalists for Best Novelette https://t.co/FIlvPPMRMf Sun, ...
Michael Nyman's music makes me happy. This piece from the soundtrack of Peter Greenaway's strangely English film Drowning by Numbers is played by the Motion Trio of accordionists, the Michael Nyman Band and Nyman himself on piano.
Like many people I suspect, I have lost count of the number of leaders that UKIP have had in the last few years. They sure get through them quickly. However, the latest in a long line of UKIP leaders has introduced a fresh approach - rather than waiting to be ousted he has started his tenure by announcing his resignation date. As the Mirror reports, Gerard Batten has said he will spend the next year trying to restore the party's fortunes after a tumultuous period that has seen it implode with bitter infighting and stretched by financial struggles, and then ...
Scottish Liberal Democrat justice spokesperson Liam McArthur MSP has today revealed that dozens of pregnant women have served destructive short-term prison sentences in the last five years. He says that this einforces the need for the Scottish Government to press ahead with a presumption against jail sentences of less than 12 months. He uncovered figures under freedom of information which reveal that since 2013 there have been 104 pregnant women in prison, of whom 31 gave birth while serving their sentence. Of these 104 women, 37 were given sentences of less than 12 months. In 2012, the Scottish Government commissioned ...
A few days ago a Canal and River Trust dumb barge with an excavator on it was being pushed northwards through Lydiate and it passed the end of our Lydiate garden. A brief chat with the chap in charge of the movement led me to understand that work was going to commence just north of Jackson's Bridge (where Hall Lane/Pygons Hill Lane cross over the LLC) on reclaying the canal over the small aqueduct that takes the Leeds Liverpool Canal over what I think is still called Sudell Brook at that point. The brook is also the Lydiate/Merseyside boundary with ...
Welsh Liberal Democrats have been gathering in Cardiff this weekend for their first Spring Conference since Jane Dodds was elected leader. She used her first keynote speech to showcase how Liberal Democrats could offer hope to those who are struggling, as the South Wales Argus reports: While she didn't shy away from the party's recent troubles, saying "There's no denying we've had a difficult few years", Ms Dodds added: "While the wounds of the last few years are still visible, we are still fighting." And she said one of the party's top priorities must be to battle homelessness and poverty. ...
Friends' talk Sunday 22nd April at 2pm - the history of the area around the Botanic Garden This talk has been rescheduled from 4th March when it was cancelled due to the snow. Keith Walker, an expert on Dundee's local history, will talk about Will's Braes and the lands around the Botanic Garden. He has spent his life researching Dundee's history, has contributed frequently to the Craigie Column, and conducts research for the City Archives and local history specialists. As usual the talk is in the Education Centre at 2pm - all welcome!
