Another photograph from a walking holiday in the 1990s. This one must have been taken looking back at Dartmouth - the large building is the Britannia Royal Naval College - from the ferry to Kingswear.
Well done to Richard Madeley for cutting short his interview with Gavin Williamson because the amorous fireplace salesman turned defence secretary was determined not to answer a straight question. Broadcasters should do it more often. Peter Allen used to (rather more elegantly) when he was co-host of the BBC Radio Five Live breakfast show. It is far more damning than the bluster many interviewers go in for.
Today's news about the extraordinary wealth of Oxford and Cambridge colleges reminded of the story about Tur Langton village hall I have covered here a couple of times. In 2012 I reported that Merton College, Oxford, which has considerable landholdings in this part of the world, might not allow the village to take out a new lease on the hall site. When I visited Tur Langton again in 2016 there was still a banner saying 'Save Our Hall' on display. The good news, reading the newsletters on the Tur Langton Parish Council website, is that the villagers have now secured ...
Second paragraph of third chapter: The wind had died to a whisper and the night was quiet and inky soft. Dry ting grass scratched against the spun fibers of Marghe's nightbag as she wriggled onto her back. The cloud cover was thin and veil-like, allowing tantalizing glimpses of the moons and what might be stars, or satellites. Back to my read-through of past award-winners, Ammonite won the Tiptree in 1994, and was also on the shortlist for both the BSFA and Clarke awards (as was Snow Crash), beaten by Aztec Century and Vurt respectively. The only other book I have ...
We as a party pride ourselves on standing up for the values of liberal democracy. The mission statement on our membership cards declare us in favour of a "fair, free and open society" in which stands for "equality" and against a society in which we are enslaved by "ignorance or conformity". However there is a glaring blind spot in these idealistic dedications, this is in our support for the continuance of the British Monarchy. The hard truth, whether we choose to face it head on or not, is that the British Monarchy stands in complete defiance of values of liberal ...
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One quick look around our town or city centres and you will have noticed that the number of homeless people on the streets has grown. According to Shelter, 281,000 people were living in temporary accommodation, 21,300 were in homeless hostels and 4,500 were sleeping on the streets. London, the economic powerhouse of the UK, also suffers from one of the biggest blights – it is the homeless capital as well. In London, one in every 59 people are homeless. The Borough of Newham has the worst record, where one in every 27 residents are homeless. Obviously, the long-term aim is ...
Tom Tugendhat is giving a speech today about foreign policy. For those of you who do not know, Tugendhat is a Tory MP, elected at the 2015 general election. He is also chair of the Foreign Affairs select committee. It is a strange time for select committees in that they are staffed with a greater proportion of talent than would usually be the case, all because both the PM and the leader of the opposition have their own reasons for not recruiting the best talent to their front benches. In the bits trailed to the press, Tugendhat will criticise the ...
Mon, 12:56: RT @nosemonkey: Bloody hell there's a lot of idiotic commentary trying to compare the Irish abortion referendum and the Brexit one this mor... Mon, 13:09: RT @EuroCelt: After the euphoria of #repealedthe8th its back to the biggest diplomatic challenge ever faced by the Irish State, according t... Mon, 13:16: RT @NoelClehane: Full house @apcoworldwide in Brussels for #APCOForum on Northern Ireland after #Brexit with Stephen Farry MLA of the Allia... Mon, 13:21: RT @Emma_Priestland: What a wonderful morning of chaos. Seeing the fruition of years of work in the release of the new single use plastic l... Mon, ...
Election literature should never assume knowledge on the part of the reader. It should concisely, and in the plainest language possible, relate what has to be told. One fault of the bulk of election literature is that whilst suitable for a highly cultured and favoured class of people, it is almost useless for the ordinary elector who, intelligent and quick enough in the ordinary way, is not a close political student, conversant with every detail of the Parliamentary doings of the day. The Conduct and Management of Parliamentary Elections, William Woodings, 9th edition (by HF Oldman & J Manus), 1933, ...
After the euphoria of #repealedthe8th its back to the biggest diplomatic challenge ever faced by the Irish State, according to @DecKelleher @apcoworldwide event on Northern Ireland after Brexit pic.twitter.com/jTZ5E8XbAd — David Garrahy (@EuroCelt) May 28, 2018 Full house @apcoworldwide in Brussels for #APCOForum on Northern Ireland after #Brexit with Stephen Farry MLA of the Alliance Party and Amb Declan Kelleher of the Irish Perm Rep in Brussels. #CitizensRights #Backstop #RedLines #Customs #WithdrawalAgreement pic.twitter.com/0w4UKHhPpH — Noel Clehane (@NoelClehane) May 28, 2018 Discussing the future of the island of #Ireland at our #APCOForum. What will happen when the #IrishBorder will become an ...
[IMG: A culture clash with my mixed race daughter over a dog] This is an incident that happened ten days ago and I am still scouring the streets for a dog which has caused no end of misery in my household. My daughter, Maelo, was followed by... The post A culture clash with my mixed race daughter over a dog appeared first on FeministMama @ambitiousmamas.
I keep getting asked if I know whether the planning application has gone in yet for the proposed outdoor leisure/water park that has been put forward for building on farm land at the junction of Southport Road and at the back of properties in Hall Lane Lydiate. The last time I looked there was no sign of an application. My previous posting of 2nd March details the events at a Lydiate Parish Council meeting on the matter in late February this year. As soon as I become aware of any movement over this matter I will post again here. ...
This adds something to my piece on clusters, which I see as an ingredient of how things will be in a future in which there is no growth in prosperity. Having suggested clusters as the way forward, it is a different matter to say how things would then turn out. Such prognostications must be seen [...] The post Getting to well-being in a no-growth society appeared first on Radix.
Audrey Beattie has been well known face across Maghull for many a year now having lived in in the Town since the 1960's firstly in Pimbley Grove West and in more recent times at Mayhall Court on Westway. She worked for quite a number of years at the Maghull Homes (now Parkhaven Trust) at both the Kiffin Taylor and Alexander Homes. She has served as a Maghull Town Councillor and her son Andrew Beattie was both a Town and Borough Councillor (and indeed Town Mayor in 1996/97) who sadly died suddenly in 1999. Audrey has been a regular attender at ...
I wanted to blog on this yesterday morning but I was so angry with Theresa May I couldn't trust myself. As numerous press reports comment, including this one, the Prime Minister is doing everything she can to avoid addressing the huge injustice faced by women in Northern Ireland because of the provinces antiquated abortion laws. Essentially, she does not want to upset the DUP, who have effectively got her government in their pocket. There has even been a suggestion that she wants to avoid having to make a decision by holding a referendum, presumably on the grounds that this is ...
