Barnet Liberal Democrats have picked up an endorsement from Sury Khatri, the deselected Conservative councillor who said he was victim of a "right wing and hard Brexit" coup. In the key ward of Mill Hill, where he was elected in 2010 and 2014, he is urging a vote for the Liberal Democrats this time: It's time for a change in Mill Hill. Vote Liberal Democrat, you won't get a better and more energetic team for Mill Hill ward than Richard Logue, Donna Pickup and Roger Tichborne. The ward was won by the Liberal Democrats from 1994 until 2010.
Taken in 2012. Now read about The burial of Alexander Rollo at Tynemouth Priory.
"I've spent much of the past several years reporting on political psychology, asking the country's foremost experts on human behaviour some variation of, 'What the hell is going on in the United States?'" Now Brian Resnick shares the fruits of his research. Lions led by pro Mini Golfers? Otto English discovers what Ukip's gay donkey rape man is doing now. In Lewisham. Nicholas Whyte finds David Goodhart's The Road to Somewhere an annoying book. "Like many men his age, Dad was raised by a mother who did everything for him, and then he was passed to a wife who seamlessly ...
Forget Lib Dems who point. Now we've got Lib Dems who jump, featuring Willie Rennie and Vince Cable.
Last night I was at the Radio Theatre at Broadcasting House in London for the opening ceremony of the 2018 BBC Arabic Festival. Now an annual event, this celebrates the output of young and independent filmmakers producing work that reflects the changing Arab world of today. That includes some full length feature films, but most [...]
Today is the first ever World Curlew Day, so it's a good one to write about the Curlew Country project in Shropshire and Powys. The project works thanks to its close collaboration with farmers and land managers who describe the first evocative bubbling of returning curlew to be a herald of spring. Farmers describe memories of hay meadows from which "curlew and peewits rose in clouds". The Curlew Country project has been trying to establish why these long lived birds (they can exceptionally live for 20 or 30 years) are now failing to breed successfully on the farmland habitat they ...
Clearing out the Hornby display items at Meadows Leisure Centre The Frank Hornby Heritage Centre within Maghull's Meadows Leisure Centre is now temporarily closed pending removal of display cases from the ground to first floor of the Centre during a remodeling of the building. Everything was safely packed away by Trustees today and information on reopening will be made available soon. It is anticipated that the closure will only be for a few weeks.
Mrs Miniver won the Oscar for Outstanding Motion Picture in 1942. It got a total of twelve Oscar nominations, and apart from Outstanding Motion Picture also won in Best Director, Best Actress (Greer Garson in the title role), Best Supporting Actress (Teresa Wright as Carol), and Best Black-and-White Cinematography, a total of six. The only other 1942 film that I am sure I have seen is Casablanca, which counts as 1943 for Oscar purposes, though I may also have seen Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon. My knowledge is about to improve, however, as this year's Retro Hugos include six ...
Embed from Getty Images Along, I'm sure, with many LDV readers, I've read hundreds of articles on the subject of Brexit over the last couple of years. But one piece of writing has finally encapsulated a precise sensible solution to the whole sordid, messy business. David Shariatmadari is a writer and editor for the Guardian in London. In a post yesterday entitled "On Brexit, the views of the 48% must be respected too. That's democracy", he argued that: Given that the UK is split, it's only fair if the government delivers 'Brexit in name only', as is looking increasingly likely. ...
Facebook removes 1.5 billion users from protection of EU privacy law After the Windrush row, the Immigration Data Exemption must go miss_s_b | Friday Five - questions via thefridayfive my answers to this week;s question set. The Norwegian government is asking students to stop having sex on roundabouts Owen Jones meets Stonewall's Ruth Hunt | 'My heart breaks for trans communities' I don;t often link to videos because I find them annoying, but this is one of the things on which Owen Jones is dead right - notwithstanding that he's dead wrong on many others. And I have SUCH a ...
Here is Willie Rennie's leaders's speech to Scottish Conference. In it he talks about how the Liberal Democrats have influenced Scottish politics and policy in education, mental health and justice, calls on the Health Secretary to resign, tells us we can stop Brexit and has a huge challenge to Ruth Davidson, the Scottish Conservative leader. The text is below: In an area never won by a Liberal Democrat before, winning his council ward in Monifieth. Councillor Ben Lawrie. He's made an early impression on the council at such a young age. And has been speaking up about his mental health. ...
Fri, 12:02: @IvanaBoskovic91 @JennyRunnacles Gave you both a shout when I finally read the Goodhart book! https://t.co/qhAsDIz8Jd Fri, 12:56: OK, this time it's for real: The last available IPv4 address block has gone https://t.co/OUEzG85lvE And it's a mess. Fri, 13:11: RT @JonnElledge: 19 questions for Nick Timothy about his defence of his former boss, Theresa May. My latest https://t.co/8L2hrEITQr https:/... Fri, 16:05: RT @WSMIreland: A thread on the long running rebellion that eventually forced the government to call a referendum to #repealthe8th - photo... Fri, 18:56: Europe Reset, by Richard Youngs https://t.co/XnKLAZ7nI7 Fri, 20:48: Excellent thread. https://t.co/Rvp23kxZzH Fri, 22:01: RT ...
DEADLINE EXTENDED: The location for the Future Women MP's Weekend has now been confirmed as Milton Keynes. Apologies for the delay! Given this we are extending the deadline by 48 HOURS so applications will now close on Tuesday 24th at 23:59 https://bit.ly/2GD3w0F 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 ...
Are there still people out there who believe that the UK will be better off leaving the European Union? I only ask, because if so then clearly they have not been paying attention. Either that or they are Brexiteers filling some of top Cabinet jobs who feel obliged to defend the many lies that were told during the referendum. The latest blow to the 'better-off' myth comes in the Guardian, which reports that the cost of the Brexit divorce bill for the UK could be billions higher than the £35bn-£39bn figure put forward by Theresa May. They refer to a ...
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Written by Gore Vidal, The Best Man unsurprisingly takes a caustic view of politics, but also takes a realistic one and one that is still very resonant today.
Here's what happened yesterday at Scottish Conference: The Conference concludes this afternoon with a speech from Vince Cable. Here's what's happening before then: Morning session Party AGM Motion on support for local economies calling, amongst other things, for the Government to use its major shareholding in RBS to halt branch closures and for the establishment of a rapid reaction force to help in communities when a large employer shuts down. Debate on Scottish Young Liberals motion calling for candidates at 16. Lunchtime fringe There's a marathon lunch session lasting almost 3 hours with 2 fringe sessions Sal Brinton will be ...
The Liverpool Echo has the story on its web site – see link above. This story jumped out at me because I had never even considered that artificial pitches could be dangerous in this way. Having said that the School and Formby Parish Council seem happy to put the money in and get on with the construction subject to planning permission. Maybe an angle to take into consideration and investigate further though as Lydiate Parish Council develops plans for a multi use games area (MUGA) project for its Sandy Lane Playing Field.
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A bad start to new 292 Ludlow Kidderminster bus service as driver rows with passengers and even shov...
The new 292 service hadn't been easy to negotiate but we finally got a timetable. The new service began on Monday and reports from passengers had been favourable. It was all going well until Friday afternoon. The last bus back from Kidderminster to Ludlow was like nothing I had ever experienced. The bus was driven at high speed, overtaking everything on the Bewdley Bypass. At Cleobury Mortimer, it began to get very difficult. The driver was shouting that the service didn't go to Ludlow. A row with passengers escalated but we did get to Ludlow 15 minutes early. There the ...
