[IMG: Jamal Khashoggi's last op-ed] The Washington Post has published Jamal Khashoggi's last op-ed. It is a piece that is almost prophetic in tone and substance of what would befall him. I have used a snipping tool to cut and... The post Jamal Khashoggi's last op-ed appeared first on FeministMama.
This is the third oldest underground railway system in the world. Only London and Budapest got there before Glasgow.
Extending transition period another embarrassing climbdown Responding to the news that Theresa May is open to extending the transition period, Liberal Democrat Brexit Spokesperson Tom Brake said: Theresa May once argued that we didn't need a transition period at all. Admitting that an extension is on the table, and the billions it would cost, is yet another in a long list of embarrassing climbdowns for this Tory Government. The blame for this mess falls squarely at the Prime Minister's feet. Over the last two years, her Government has failed to find solutions to the Irish border, failed to protect businesses ...
"We need to reinstate the need for more leisure time as a political ideal and work on the sound evidence of its benefits rather than dismissing it as unaffordable." Darren Martin makes the case for a shorter working week. Anne Applebaum on the murder of journalists across the globe: "The murders are the consequence of the clash between a 21st century technological revolution, which has made it possible to obtain and spread information in new ways, and a 21st century offshore banking revolution, which has made it possible to steal money in new ways, to hide it in new ways ...
This is going to be quick and dirty, as the meeting has only just finished, and a lot of this was confidential, but of the bits that weren't:Victories for autistics! Anyone wanting to do an amplified concert in the exhibition area will now have to seek permission; also the prayer and meditation room (which was apparently available for anyone whether religious or not anyway) will be rebranded a quiet room to make it clear that anyone can use it as a quiet room. We're looking into a way of having a non-visual signal for people who are visually impaired or ...
There is going to be a specific item at November FCC about the conference app. I know that lots of you have views on the app. Can you please leave any and all comments about the app here, as detailed as you like. [IMG: comment count unavailable] comments
There's still time to take the (unofficial) Liberal Democrat Newswire survey into the proposed party reforms set out by Vince Cable.
I guess that any new building and construction will have its snagging issues but Maghull's new North station certainly has had what some folk would suggest is more than its fair share. * No level access off School Lane for pedestrians, cycles and those with disability until 3 months after the station was opened and still no dropped kerb off School Lane for cyclists. * A rather strong smell which I'm told is now being attended to. * Lifts not working to platforms for first couple of weeks after station opening. * Still a non-functioning public toilet * No pedestrian/cycle ...
Second paragraph of third chapter: Stress the value of having your phone number handy. Elaborate on the benefit of a business relationship with you and your company. I am a keen networker, as most of you know, and I occasionally do training sessions for colleagues on the topic. I had been scheduled to do it again the other week, and picked up this book fairly cheap in the hope that it would refresh my thinking. Well, it didn't really. First off, it's aimed at people whose business model is very different from mine (and from the younger colleagues who come ...
The latest quarterly update to my PollBase, my database of British voting intention opinion polls since 1943 is now up. What's perhaps most striking about the opinion polls over the last quarter is what isn't there: a large Labour lead. At this point in the 1992-97 Parliament, the last time Labour went from opposition to power, Tony Blair was 15 to 20 points up in the polls. Jeremy Corbyn's Labour, by contrast, is now back to being consistently behind in the polls and has never built up a lead anything like that. Aside from another three months of data, this ...
I will be up long before the crack of bloody dawn on Saturday to begin the long journey to London to take part in the People's Vote march. Although make no mistake, our intention is not just to secure a vote but to stop this Brexit nonsense. Lib Dems will be meeting at the Wellington Arch at Hyde Park at 12 noon. This country's membership of the European Union has brought this country so much social and economic benefit. Our sex discrimination laws, maternity leave, workers' rights, environmental and health and safety protections started there. And we didn't have them ...
So, that whole UK-EU negotiation thing is almost all wrapped up, right? I haven't bothered to look at the news over the last week or so, but I don't need to in order to know that May got the cabinet and the DUP to accept the backstop and now everything's pretty much on plan for the vote in parliament, happening next month, which should be smooth as silk.... Joking aside, as ever with Brexit, the more no deal looms into view, the more Brexit being significantly delayed or not happening at all does as well. It's the Brexit yin and ...
On 2nd November Mike Leigh's "Peterloo" goes on general release following its premiere today in Manchester – a first outside London. Maxine Peake, a Corbyn fan, describes it as an ensemble piece. There are no leads amongst more than 100 actors. Liberals, especially those in the north familiar with Labour's authoritarian underbelly, should claim the Manchester Massacre of 1819 as part of our heritage, part of the slow march to universal suffrage. I spoke about it as I wound up a Lib Dem debate on Yorkshire Devolution in Bradford Council Chamber this week I said: This year 2018 we have ...
Focusing on Bercow won't change the 'toxic culture' of bullying in the Commons weekly_food_challenge | Challenge #56 - Low Carb miss_s_b | Going to USia I'm going to Florida for work reasons and having a bit of a panic about it, having never been outside the EU before. silveradept | On the matter of change and how to react when you lose, despite your best efforts. Everyone in politics needs to read this. More Offensive Statements Found In GCSE Textbook Pulled From Shelves Amid Charges Of Racism Racing driver Charlie Martin speaks about being transgender in motorsport Trump: UK must ...
Liberal Democrat members in Sheffield, aided by Returning Officer Howard Middleton, have picked five more Prospective Parliamentary Candidates (PPCs) to add to Laura Gordon in Sheffield Hallam. The five are: Penistone and Stocksbridge: Hannah Kitching, who scored an awesome win in the May local elections Sheffield Brightside and Hillsborough: Stephen Porter, who is also running for the council and started his campaign commendably early Sheffield Central: Shaffaq Mohammed, the Lib Dem leader in Sheffield Sheffield Heeley: Simon Clement-Jones, Cabinet member for finance back when the Lib Dems last ran the council Sheffield South East: Rajin Chowdhury, who I really want ...
Wed, 12:56: What it's like to fall 31 miles to Earth after your rocket fails https://t.co/pp3wzpCizx Wow. Wed, 13:36: Putting Up Roots, by Charles Sheffield https://t.co/GGJLm80LPu Wed, 15:49: RT @NonWhiteHat: I'm not going to bother tallying the laws violated in this story. https://t.co/4imWc08O9T Wed, 16:05: Why So Many Fantasy Novels Are Obsessed With Academia https://t.co/B4Pp9jFCZk It's a fair point. Wed, 18:12: RT @AlynSmith: The absolute state of this. More accurately: "How the EU view peace in Ireland as more important than some brexiter's delusi... Wed, 18:12: RT @jonlis1: Pretty sure the British establishment never used to get so outraged by ...
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Senior Lib Dems call on media to apologise to transgender people over hostile coverage
Senior Liberal Democrats are among the signatories to an open letter in support of transgender people and transgender rights. "Free speech does not give free reign to cause people harm," the letter says, highlighting that the onslaught faced by trans people is not consequence free. The letter was organised by Chippenham Lib Dem candidate Helen Belcher and the Lib Dems who have signed include Deputy Leader Jo Swinson, President Sal Brinton, Layla Moran, Lorely Burt, Brian Paddick, Liz Barker and Alex Carlile. I may have had my differences with Lord Carlile over the years, but we should remember that he ...
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09:08Not thin enough for treatment - Wera Hobhouse highlights stigma around eating disorders
In a parliamentary debate on Tuesday, Wera Hobhouse outlined how sufferers of eating disorders are being failed by health and support services. Lack of training can mean that doctors make things worse. She told the story of a young woman in her constituency who suffered for three years and never received the help that she needed. Her aim was to look at the stigma around eating disorders and suggest solutions – one of which was the Lib Dem policy of giving young people access to child and adolescent mental health services until the age of 25. Here's her speech in ...
"The lesson for a futurist: history is made of unintended consequences. Whenever you think about a solution to something, deeply examine the possibility that it will create opposite effect. Every solution bears seeds of a new problem." Marina Gorbis, Institute For The Future: Executive Director Palo Alto, California David Boyle has suggested that "anything we can [...] The post Grey futures in the grey economy: the future of care appeared first on Radix.
