Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Jo Swinson MP has written to the Chancellor of the Exchequer calling on him to throw his weight behind a new EU tax on tech giants. Leader Vince Cable has co-signed the letter, which urges Philip Hammond to use the Budget to set out how he will incorporate the EU's initiative into any Treasury initiative to tax big internet firms. Following reports that a new European tax on internet companies could be agreed by the end of the year, Jo said: "I urge the Chancellor to focus his energy on making this EU-wide tax happen. This ...
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Conservative council leader attacked over Nazi remark, ousted by own group, then replaced by Labour
Very unusual goings-on in South Ribble, following Liberal Democrat councillor David Howarth calling a council meeting to debate a motion of no confidence in Conservative council leader Mary Green. She had hit the media for comparing the Labour Party to Nazis, triggering the motion. Before the meeting was held, however, she was ousted as Conservative leader. As a result, when the councillors convened for the meeting they turned to what to do about a successor. But not all the councillors had turned up which turned out to be rather significant, as the local newspaper recounts: Deputy leader of the authority, ...
Glorious defeat is meant to be glorious. But it's also a defeat. Which for those who pay the price is rather different from the glories of inspiring rhetoric.
[IMG: Meet Rob Blackie, Lib Dem shortlist mayoral candidate] I have known Rob Blackie for 8 years and am absolutely delighted that he has made the Lib Dem shortlist to stand as the party's mayoral candidate. Rob is a Lib Dem legend and is well... The post Meet Rob Blackie, Lib Dem shortlist mayoral candidate appeared first on FeministMama.
Welcome to the second day of our week of publishing the Party's press releases as we receive them. Do let us know in the comments if you find this valuable... Government must improve care for those with eating disorders Today Wera Hobhouse will lead a Westminster Hall debate on the role stigma plays in preventing people with eating disorders from accessing early treatment. Eating disorders affect 1.25 million people in the UK and despite evidence showing early intervention is critical to a recovery, people wait three-and-a-half years, on average, between the onset of symptoms and starting treatment. Liberal Democrat MP ...
Second paragraph of third chapter (on The Shakespeare Code):Firsts and Lasts To disentangle the whole story from various tie-in works and three previous broadcast stories, it's simplest to say that this is the first time Shakespeare has met the Doctor, rather than the other way around. (We'll elaborate later.)Second paragraph of essay accompanying third chapter ("Why Does Britain's History Look So Different These Days?"):Rather than just making a big thing of a character coming from Africa and being allowed to answer the phones on a starship, in "The Tenth Planet" (4.2), the minor character of Williams - written as Welsh ...
If you were at the Conference rally in Brighton, you'll have seen the fantastic speech given by our amazing candidate for North East Fife, Wendy Chamberlain. She hopes to take the seat, currently held by the SNP's Stephen Gethins. He and his wife account for his entire majority. Wendy has many talents and was featured in this week's Scotland on Sunday for her work on Scotland's governing body for the sport of Shinty. It's a world which has, until fairly recently, excluded women from its management. When Wendy Chamberlain became the first woman to join the board of the Camanachd ...
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The by-election in Watton-at-Stone in August saw Liberal Democrats take 67% of the vote in a ward we'd not contested in three decades. This is in East Herts District, where we lost our last councillors in 2015 and all the sitting councillors were elected as Tories. Can we do this elsewhere? The local party benefited considerably from the help and expertise of Paul Zukowskij from HC3, and through him from other people in Hertfordshire, and also from Cambridgeshire (particularly from Mary Regnier Wilson who ran the committee room on polling day). The stark contrast in my mind is with another ...
The Prime Minister Theresa May recently suggested that "austerity" was coming to an end. That word is one of the political left's most successful abstract nouns; that Mrs May is now using it shows just how successful it is. Alongside the word comes an austerity narrative that is nowadays largely unchallenged. This is that the ... Continue reading Was austerity a horrible mistake? Three challenges to the left's narrative
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The decision to transition had taken me several years. Early life was just about trying to understand why I was different, later life worrying about how I could make such a change in my life. Eleven years ago I decided the time had come to deal with these feelings and that resulted in a lot of research, and a lot of soul searching. I saw two different medical professionals, both of whom confirmed with weeks their diagnosis. They even supported me early on to undergo medical intervention. Work stood in the way of transitioning as they had made me reapply ...
Last week (9 October) I stood for the first time in the City of London elections in Castle Baynard ward that stretches from Fleet Street to Blackfriars, taking in St Paul's Cathedral. It was a 3-week whirlwind of a campaign. The by-election was called as one of the Common Councilmen in the ward was elected as an Alderman elsewhere and created a vacancy. There were 8 of us contesting one place. My fascination with the City started way back when I landed my first real job as an articled clerk in the City firm of Norton Rose and then working ...
How long will it take for the so-called liberal elite to work out two key things: (i) most people don't think like them/us; and (ii) defending the status quo is becoming politically dangerous. Mr Bolsonaro, a politician with authoritarian instincts, has convincingly won the first round of the Brazilian presidential elections. As my friend Renaud [...] The post We have to wean ourselves off the status quo appeared first on Radix.
Yes of course Momentum is tightening its grip but on Merseyside, as it's doing across the Labour Party, but they are known as Militant to Scousers. But let's look beyond the headlines, the questions being are Momentum becoming more Militant or are Militant gaining Momentum? It seems as though some on Merseyside are now looking back at the 1980's with very rose tinted spectacles on. It was not a good time for Liverpool but Militant made it worse with their political posturing and false hope. Yes it was some 30 years ago so many who want to celebrate the return ...
An event next Thursday - 18th October - allows you to take a guided stroll along Discovery Walk and find out more about the history, design and stories around the ten bronze plaques that celebrate the gifts that Dundee has given the world and those inspiring individuals who were behind some of the world's most ground breaking discoveries and contributions to science and society. With phase three of Discovery Walk starting soon you will have the chance to talk to the creators of the walk, Susanne Scott and Kelly-Ann Marr, about who you think should be the next individual to ...
