through the incarnation, which is eternally present to God, God continually makes the active choice to be part of the world and to inhabit our suffering and our joy. This is not simply a revelation of God's nature, it is a fundamental part of His being.
The annual council election predictions from Michael Thrasher and Colin Rallings are out, based on what has been happening in council by-elections. Vote share predictions: May 2018 On vote share, they predict the Lib Dems to be static on last year, and hence up sharply on 2014 (the last time most of these seats were contested). For Labour and Conservatives, they predict a neck and neck tussle whilst for Ukip it's a picture of continued dramatic decline. Con 36% (-3% on last year, +6% on 2014) Lab 36% (+8% on last year, +5% on 2014) Lib Dem 18% (no change ...
Readers of a certain age will remember this television commercial for Tango, which featured the late, great Ray Wilkins. What I didn't know that the other two voices in it belonged to Hugh Dennis and Gil Scott Heron (whose father played for Celtic). The commercial was very popular, but there was a snag. In school playgrounds across the country children copied it, but they slapped one another on the ears not the cheeks. I know someone who worked approving television commercials for the Independent Broadcasting Authority in those days. He said the medical evidence, emphasising the risk of perforated eardrums ...
Mon 16th
19:54
Sefton Council – Resurfacing roads around parked cars – I suspect it happens more often ...
The Liverpool Echo has the story on its web site – see link above. The article was brought to my attention but oddly and only very recently I actually saw another example of resurfacing around a parked car in Maghull's Granville Avenue. It's a road I walk and cycle quite regularly and I saw the warning signs go up at either end of the road saying when the resurfacing was going to take place. The job was done but clearly one car owner did not know as the car was not moved and like the Albany Road Southport situation, ...
Current Spirit by Gwyneth Jones Islandia, by Austen Tappan Wright The God Instinct, by Jesse Bering Last books finished La Belle Sauvage, by Philip Pullman Saga, Volume 7, written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Fiona Staples Bitch Planet, Volume 2: President Bitch, written by Kelly Sue DeConnick, illustrated by Valentine De Landro and Taki Soma, colored by Kelly Fitzpatrick, lettered by Clayton Cowles Something Like Normal, by Trish Doller Paper Girls, Volume 3, written by Brian K. Vaughan, illustrated by Cliff Chiang, colored by Matthew Wilson, lettered by Jared Fletcher Genius Loci, by Ben Aaronovitch My Favorite Thing is ...
Female? An aspiring MP? This is the event for you! Normally an annual event, the Campaign for Gender Balance and the Candidates and Diversity Team will be running a second Future Women MPs Weekend to support and develop female talent within the party. Empowering and thought-provoking, this intensive training weekend for aspiring female MPs will provide you with the knowledge and skills required to run as a successful candidate. Many current and former female Lib Dem MPs started their journeys at an FWMP event and you could be next! The invaluable opportunities, skills and advice you will gain include: How ...
I thought that it might be interesting to find out how Brexit looks from beyond the European Union, and this week's commentary comes courtesy of the Barbados Advocate, and its columnist, David Jessop. He starts by summarising what he sees as the current imponderables – the Irish border, the role of the UK Parliament in terms of the final position and, interestingly, the fault lines in both the Conservative and Labour Parties. And then, he turns to the likely impact on the Caribbean Commonwealth; None of this helps remove the continuing uncertainty for the Caribbean about the possible shape of ...
I'll shut up about Syria in a second, I just have this one thing to get off my chest. Jeremy Corbyn and many others, since May first made her intention to join the US and France in bombing Assad chemical weapons targets inside of Syria known, have vocalised a view that goes like this: western intervention in the Middle East "hasn't worked". the West should "step aside" so that other non-western countries can intervene. You know, because western intervention is always bad and somehow, non-western intervention is always good. This is a way to conduct a foreign policy these days ...
The Lords return after their Easter Recess, and one can only hope that they're well rested, because this week sees the debate on the EU Withdrawal Bill become properly serious, with Day 1 of the Report Stage scheduled for Wednesday. And the battle will be joined immediately, with the very first amendment sponsored by four peers from each of the main groups in the Lords, Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (Crossbenchers), Lord Patten of Barnes (Chris, not John, from the Conservatives), Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town (Labour) and our own Sarah Ludford. The amendment is quite straightforward; Page 1, line 2, ...
It all made sense when we found out we were autistic I identified so hard with these stories. No 10 refuses Caribbean request to discuss children of Windrush This just gets more and more disgusting. Britain's immigration system mixes ineptitude with cruelty 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: comment count unavailable] comments
Sun, 16:10: https://t.co/xtjI5HX2Rs https://t.co/8ltwqf7Zzx Sun, 18:25: The blog post I couldn't write: twenty years on from the Good Friday Agreement https://t.co/1sDZ7BsxE4 Sun, 21:30: RT @jonlis1: When your two articles of faith are 'glittering trade deals with the Commonwealth' and racism to the core it's not difficult t... Mon, 10:45: How dare David Davis blame Sinn Fein for the Irish border mess https://t.co/9fOGyRS08c Missed this excellent explanation from @AlexMassie.
Mon 16th
10:18
In Full: Sal Brinton's speech to Welsh Conference - Welsh Lib Dems are here to stay and here to win
Sal Brinton seems to spend April each year in perpetual motion, travelling around the country lending support to election campaigns. She is so good at boosting morale on the ground. In between the campaigning, she went to Welsh Conference this weekend and will be in Aviemore for Scottish Conference next weekend. In her keynote speech in Cardiff, she praised Kirsty Williams' work as Education Secretary, improving things for the poorest children and young adults. She spoke highly of Jane Dodds, highlighting her life's work of fighting for the oppressed and vulnerable and her passion to make life better for them. ...
The post-war world was blessed with a period of peace and prosperity that is clearly coming to an end. The strikes against Syrian chemical weapons facilities tells us many things – none of them encouraging. The first is the growing impotence of Western powers. Yes, the US, France and the UK this time stuck to [...] The post The tragic impotence of the West appeared first on Radix.
Just how messed up right wing politics is at the moment is demonstrated by this article on the Breitbart website. They report that Conservative Party backbencher and leadership hopeful Jacob Rees-Mogg has shocked his fans by speaking out against Enoch Powell MP's famous Birmingham speech. They say that Rees-Mogg, whose father once wrote a Times of London editorial attacking Powell's speech as "evil" took to Twitter on Saturday to state: "My father's view which has stood the test of time about Enoch Powell's speech". However, the MP was met with almost universal condemnation by the political right, while being congratulated ...
East Suffolk Liberal Democrats are campaigning against a loophole that allows second home owners to avoid paying rates by saying they are businesses. A second home, that is available for holiday lets for 140 days a year (they don't have to actually let it, except in Wales!), can claim to be a business for rates, and all properties of less than £12,000 valuation receive 100% small business rate relief – so they pay nothing. (NB this is not the same as Furnished Holiday Lets.) In Southwold, more than half the houses are second homes and local people are priced out ...
It's great to see others joining in trying to make Lydiate look good this Spring. Here we have flower tubs supplied by Hartley's Nursery either side of the bench at Robins Island on the A59 – Looking good.........
Another week starts here, and today marks the 165th anniversary of the first passenger train in India, which ran from Bori Bunder (now the site of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus, formerly Victoria Terminus) to Thane. Closer to home, the Battle of Culloden was fought on this day in 1746, whilst in 1963, Martin Luther King penned his Letter from Birmingham Jail, whilst imprisoned in Birmingham, Alabama when campaigning against segregation. For those of you who might be wondering, I'm at home in Suffolk today, which is a good link to our first item today, which comes from a near neighbour on ...
With the Easter school holidays now over, it is back to West End Ward surgeries this coming week. My Mitchell Street Centre and Harris Academy surgeries take place later today. My full surgery details are below - although I can also be contacted via esurgery@frasermacpherson.org.uk or phone me at home on 459378 anytime :
