Cllr. Rabina Khan, previously of the People's Alliance of Tower Hamlets (PATH), and colleagues have joined the Liberal Democrats.
Another video in the Rediscovering Lost Railway series. This ones traces the line from March to Watlington via Wisbech, much of which is still in situ but decaying in the flat Fenland landscape. We come across a rudimentary preservation group along the way, but there remains a campaign to reopen it as a commercial railway. I posted an earlier video about this line in 2015.
A piece of wisdom from my favourite Liberal Democrat thinker. David Boyle writes on the Radix website: Politicians of all parties have colluded in the idea that house price inflation has been caused by our failure to build enough homes. All the evidence suggests that it was actually too much money pumping into the housing market which caused the ruinous leaps that are excluding middle classes and working classes alike from home ownership. However many homes we build, we will not keep up with the almost infinite demand for housing investment from the Far East.His remedy? Follow New Zealand's lead ...
The nights are drawing in, Lib Dem conference is round the corner, so time for me to write a rare blog post. After all, this could be the most important autumn in British politics for a few decades. We are on the brink of sleep-walking into the historically huge own goal of hard Brexit. But [...]
Anyone who has followed Sheffield's struggle against its council's determination to fell many of the city's street trees will be pleased to hear of this event. Billed as "a multifaceted, joyful and thought-provoking celebration of the city's beautiful street trees,." the first Sheffield Street Tree Festival will be held in Nether Edge, Sheffield, on Saturday 29 September. The Festival website says: Morning activities, including walks, birdwatching and painting, will take place on the streets. In the afternoon, we move to the magical Merlin Theatre in Meadow Bank Road for a fascinating programme of expert discussions, book readings, music, poetry, yoga ...
Below are some troubling facts: Over any ten-year period, there have only been two periods of worse wage growth (compared to the last ten years), and that was during the wars; Currently, in the UK people persistently in poverty is equivalent to about 4.6 million; The trussell trust has identified over 1 million people who are given three-day emergency food supplies; The average FTSE chief executive earns 386 times more than a worker on the national living wage (UK living wage is £7.83 per hour); More than 20 per cent of the UK's working population earn a salary below the ...
Back May's Brexit plan or risk no deal, David Lidington tells EU www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-45344203 Frankly I don't know whether to laugh or cry, this mess is all of the UK's making. We said we wanted out and now we want 'out' to be on our terms. I'm not even sure that the Government or indeed the Official Opposition, who also back Brexit, know what kind of a deal they actually want anyway! We must look an odd self-destructive lot to our soon to be ex-European partners as they clearly can't work out what we are up to or even why. Then ...
People who don't have dogs don't always understand the bond that can grow between a dog and its human. Continue reading →
Its conference season and the one time in the year when the Lib Dems get reasonably good news coverage. Our conference is first, followed by Labour and then the Tories. We need to get our message across about Brexit and not lose or have our message diluted by Vince's announcement that he may or may not step down or lose the message to a difficult policy debate such as the one on immigration. The focus for this conference should be on Brexit and how can we stop the UK leaving the EU. Lord Kerr believes that we can still withdraw ...
If you've never had a baby, it may be difficult to imagine what it is like. There is much preparation beforehand with scans and regular check-ups. There are also classes which focus predominantly on birth giving as well as baby showers where friends and relatives give you tiny clothing and other gifts. Unless you undertake a lot of reading or have experience with child-rearing, you are pretty much on your own after giving birth. Amazingly, the hospital staff just let you walk away with some tips and coupons and an entirely helpless small human being in a carrier. That's not ...
What other City in the World not only has buildings as beautiful as these but where you can see them from a deck of a Cruise Liner? There's an old saying, "familiarity breeds contempt". That is partly true. Too often ... Continue reading →
Fair Fringe campaign names the worst Edinburgh festival venues in 'Bad Boss Awards' Surely much of this is downright illegal? Filming episodes of The Abominable Snowmen for the Dr Who television series at Nant Ffrancon 73 previously unseen behind the scenes Trout-era Who photos! LGBT activists criticise minister for women over trans comments That headline is missing the word "rightly". The dismantling of the State since the 1980s: Brexit is the wrong diagnosis of a real crisis Did you go to Leeds Pride 2018? Please fill in this survey Motörhead "Heroes" (David Bowie Cover) - YouTube I'm not going to ...
Tue, 12:56: An End to Australia's Democratic Pantomime? by Gareth Evans https://t.co/SBDzd99gDJ My former boss (and former fore... https://t.co/OFsJqR926x Tue, 15:24: About to go live on @BBCRadioFoyle https://t.co/ADBn7VOejG Tue, 16:05: Jo Cox: Brussels square to be named in Labour MP's honour https://t.co/JftMFQOaXe I'll be there. Tue, 18:50: The Deer Hunter, by Eric Corner https://t.co/KTUmmwe4M0 Tue, 20:13: Bus late with no explanation, cyclists zoom through waiting passengers. @delijn (@ Perron 14 - @delijn in Leuven, V... https://t.co/5HZPwfhqBh Wed, 08:03: RT @amendlocke: The British alternative to the Galileo satellite system will be called Ptolemy, because everything revolves around us. Wed, 08:54: RT ...
Aung San Suu Kyi received her Nobel Prize in 1991 for her "non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights." No one at the time, other than some in Myanmar, would have disagreed with that. It was also a welcome achievement when she became the head of state in 2015. There was hope that someone, like her who had suffered so much, showed such determination to fight for freedom, would be a champion to improve the human rights in Myanmar. In her Nobel lecture, Aung San remarked: "Wherever suffering is ignored, there will be the seeds of conflict, for suffering degrades ...
Just how much trouble Jeremy Corbyn is in with the Jewish community is illustrated today by an article in the Guardian, who report that the former chief rabbi Jonathan Sacks has called Jeremy Corbyn an anti-Semite. he says that the Labour leader's comment about Zionists at a 2013 conference was the most offensive statement by a senior UK politician since Enoch Powell's "rivers of blood" speech: In an interview with the New Statesman, Sacks, who was the UK's chief rabbi from 1991 to 2013, said Corbyn had "given support to racists, terrorists and dealers of hate who want to kill ...
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Kent County Council: A259 Sandgate Esplanade, Sandgate (Prohibition Of Waiting) Temporary Order 2018
[IMG: Roadworks sign] To allow various telecoms cabling and ducting works to be safely carried out, Kent County Council has made an Order to temporarily prohibit parking on part of A259 Sandgate Esplanade, Sandgate, near Folkestone. Waiting and loading will be prohibited at all times on both sides of Sandgate Esplanade between the junctions with Castle Bay and Brewers Hill, to the extent indicated by No Waiting signs and cones placed on site. This comes into force from Tuesday 11 September 2018 and applies during works with an anticipated duration of 2 days. Due to the nature of the works, ...
The Wall Street Journal reports ($) that Germany and France are considering offering Turkey a 'financial lifeline.' Well, what a surprise. What this means, of course, is that they are considering two things: how to bail out their own banks with which Turkey now has unsustainable debt levels; and trying to find ways to prevent President Erdogan [...] The post The debt consequences of authoritarians appeared first on Radix.
In Wales, like the rest of the UK, we are seeing increasing homelessness and food bank usage. The UK Government continues to roll out a Universal Credit system that will exacerbate this poverty. No compassionate politician can resign themselves to worsening poverty. We need to look for progressive solutions and to continue our opposition to government policies that demonise the poor. One possible solution is a Universal Basic Income (UBI), an idea that has been the subject of much debate across the political spectrum, including within our own party. UBI is a conviction that people seek purpose, and - if ...
Having had complaints from residents about the state of the road surface in Dunmore Gardens, I raised these concerns with the City Council's Roads Maintenance Partnership and have now received the following positive response : "An order has been raised by the Road Maintenance Partnership inspector for pothole repairs in Dunmore Gardens with a timescale for completion of approximately thirty days."
A friend suggested on Twitter a few days ago (when I started writing this, which was several weeks back due to a spot of ill health) that I should write a blog post looking at the unreleased Brian Wilson solo ... Continue reading →
