[IMG: You don't need a gym to get fit #selfcareweek] This week, 12 to 18 November, is officially 'Self Care Week'. It's a week to put your self first and to prioritise what it is that you need to optimise your mental and physical needs.... The post You don't need a gym to get fit #selfcareweek appeared first on FeministMama.
This feature is now back on UK time, and so, here's what we've got for you this evening... Welsh Lib Dems Investing in Teachers Brexit can be stopped but Corbyn must get out of the way Ed Davey: Hostile environment must be completely scrapped Brake: Corbyn must listen to Brown Welsh Lib Dems Investing in Teachers Welsh Liberal Democrat Education Secretary Kirsty Williams has announced the single biggest investment in support for Wales' teachers since devolution through a groundbreaking £24m package to help teachers deliver Wales' new curriculum. The National Approach to Professional Learning (NAPL), announced today by the Education ...
The Brampton Valley Way, which runs for 14 from Market Harborough to the edge of Northampton, follows the route of a railway line that closed in 1981. I was on the last train and have a few photos from that day that I will post on this blog sometime. Over the years the hedges have grown larger and the path narrower, which makes if feel less like and old railway. On Saturday I walked its first mile or two to reach a new cafe in a tent off the main road in Great Oxendon, passing the occasional dog-walker, enjoying the ...
The Leicester Mercury reported earlier this month that the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) will not now hold its public hearing into child sexual abuse allegations against the former Leicester MP Greville Janner until 2020. This, says the IICSA, is because new lines of inquiry have emerged in the Independent Police Complaints Commission's investigation of Leicestershire Police's response to the allegations against Janner. When the hearings do take place, the IICSA website reveals that they will investigate the allegations of Lord Janner and then, if it finds some or all of them to be well founded, consider: the ...
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What happens when you try to bet on Layla Moran, and what London Lib Dems should watch out for
Emails with voting information for the London Region Executive elections have been hitting inboxes of party members across London today. These contests tend to be relatively low profile, but canny regional chairs and smart regional executives can make a huge impact on the party's success in their patch – and when done badly, these roles can be a huge deadweight on the rest of us. So if you are a fellow London member, do look out for the email and vote. One of the candidates for London Region chair is Ben Sims, author of a great piece on becoming a ...
Across the Atlantic, Trump and his cronies are doing their very best to rewrite the definition of transgender out of existence. An agenda of social cleansing that feeds into his administration's insular and antagonistic narrative. We may like to think that Trump's views are in isolation, that his fear of difference does not seep to our shores, but it does. The experience of many trans people is incredibly tough. A report from Thomas Reuters Foundation last week found that 20% of trans people still get pushed towards conversion therapy, even within our NHS; and another report from Stonewall showed that ...
Current The Prisoner and The Fugitive, by Marcel Proust Hardwired, by Walter Jon Williams Burr, by Gore Vidal Last books finished Hamlet, by William Shakespeare Next books 52 Ways of Looking at a Poem, by Ruth Padel The Stone Book Quartet, by Alan Garner And the Mountains Echoed, by Khaled Hosseini
Predictably, I saw yet more memes yesterday lauding the "real men" of the UK's wartime generations, and comparing them favourably to the "offended, mentally ill gender neutral vegan snowflakes" that men supposedly are today. I didn't make this post on remembrance day itself because yesterday was a time to reflect more than to argue, but [...]
The Guardian's Peter Walker reports: Parliament latest: Lib Dem peer Lord Lester suspended from Lords till June 2022 over complaint he sexually harassed a woman. — Peter Walker (@peterwalker99) November 12, 2018 The Parliamentary investigation into this case summarised the allegations as: In November 2017, the Commissioner received a complaint alleging that Lord Lester of Herne Hill had sexually harassed the complainant, had offered her a corrupt inducement to have sexual relations with her, and had warned her of unspecified consequences if she did not accept his offer... We endorse the conclusions of the [House of Lords Commissioner for Standards] ...
Too many decisions are made in Whitehall and Westminster by people who have no idea about our local circumstances. We need to bring decisions back to our area and all the other regions of England. Liverpool's Liberal Democrat Group are ... Continue reading →
Your three ward councillors Steve, Jayne and Muhammad attended Remembrance Services to remember the fallen from Wallington and across the borough. Many thanks to the local branches of the Royal British Legion for organising the events over the weekend as well as their fundraising activities in the weeks before. [...]
Sun, 12:56: This is pretty shocking. If it had happened in another country, the US Ambassador would be using some pretty harsh... https://t.co/TqeY06jHQC Sun, 13:19: A bad Brexit will not be as terrible as the Suez crisis. It will be far worse | Andrew Rawnsley https://t.co/hkopBkDdKz Sun, 14:26: RT @Halftongue: EVERYONE SANG 𝘣𝘺 𝘚𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘧𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘰𝘯 EVERYONE suddenly burst out singing; And I was filled with such delight As prisoned bir... Sun, 14:26: RT @Halftongue: Everyone's voice was suddenly lifted; And beauty came like the setting sun: My heart was shaken with tears; and horror Drif... Sun, 15:01: Brief visit to ...
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Recently, a Party member campaigning to be elected as the local Liberal Democrat candidate contacted me to attend a coffee morning to meet him. Certainly, I said. I must check first though; I assume that the premises are wheelchair accessible? They were not, and the reaction of the candidate when I contacted him was little more than a shrug. This is unacceptable; not least because this candidate bases his entire persona and candidacy on LGBT rights. Frankly, I am completely fed up. Over and over again, I find people campaigning for justice for survivors of sexual assault, the LGBT community, ...
By far the most far-reaching consequence of the admission by rightwing pressure group the TaxPayers' Alliance that it illegally sacked the whistleblower, Shahmir Sanni for revealing unlawful overspending in the Brexit referendum campaign will be on the way that the so-called BBC deals with groups like this in the future. As Carole Cadwalladr writes in the Observer, the Taxpayers' Alliance has accepted all the allegations Sanni made during his action claiming unfair dismissal, wrongful dismissal, direct discrimination and "dismissal by reason of a philosophical belief in the sanctity of British democracy". She says that significantly, the Alliance has also conceded ...
Technological innovation tends to capture our imagination and our emotions. The launch of new products – such as a new iPhone – these days tends to be done with a Hollywood-style fanfare intended to make us believe that the technological advance on show will change our lives and change the world. The reality almost always [...] The post When innovation isn't always such a wonderful thing appeared first on Radix.
Liberals from across Europe gathered in Madrid this week to debate and fine tune a document designed to be the focus for liberal campaigning in the run-up to next year's European Parliamentary elections. The document is divided into key themes as follows; For a united Europe ready for the future A Europe of innovation and opportunities for all Opportunities and innovation through small and medium-sized enterprise and free trade Digital innovation that benefits and unites us A Europe that leads on the global stage A responsible Europe that works better for you Making every Euro count: investing wisely It is ...
I'm now in Hobart, having moved from Australia's largest state to its smallest. We only spent a six days in WA, and purely as a tourist. We didn't visit anybody living here. So my view is inevitably superficial - but I hope it will still be of interest. WA is vast, taking up one third ... Continue reading Western Australia: a place to live rather than visit?
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 12 NOVEMBER 2018 Park Place (Old Hawkhill to Smalls Lane) - closed on Saturday 17 November for crane lifting works. Forthcoming Roadworks Bellfield Street (southbound from Blackness Road to Hawkhill) - closed from Monday 26 November for 2 weeks for water connection works.
If you find your sweetheart in the arms of a friend... why not console yourself with a podcast about the Ink Spots? Learn about coffee-pot bands, the Mills Brothers, how a boat to Australia can derail a career, and why ... Continue reading →
