[IMG: If politics has changed why do we need the same old?] I cannot decide whether the Independent Group are 'outriders', as The Guardian referred to them, of a new grouping or are pillion riders of the past. While the Brexiters are accused of harking back to... The post If politics has changed why do we need the same old? appeared first on FeministMama.
Here are the latest general election voting intention figures from each of the main pollsters currently polling in the UK, now including ones featuring The Independent Group (TIG). Pollster Con Lab LibDem Ukip Green TIG Con lead Fieldwork Method BMG 38% 35% 13% 5% 5% – 3% 4-8/2 Online ComRes 38% 37% 10% 6% 3% – 1% 16-17/1 Online Delta Poll 39% 31% 5% 4% – 11% 8% 21-22/2 Online ICM 39% 40% 9% 5% 3% – -1% 16-18/1 Online Ipsos-MORI 38% 38% 10% 4% 3% – 0% 1-5/2 Phone Kantar TNS 40% 35% 10% 3% 4% – 5% 7-11/2 ...
Video filmed at our action day today in Lobley Hill.
On Wednesday I spoke in support of a planning application to extend the Woodmans pub on Fellside Road, Whickham. Gateshead's planning committee considered the plans for the creation of a function room at the pub. This was a rare event for me - supporting a development in the greenbelt. But I believe there are sound and exceptional circumstances for this development to go ahead. The tourism
I'm pleased to report that our Lib Dem action day in Lobley Hill was a success today. We had a street stall (actually my land rover covered with posters) from 10am to 11am from which we I dished out our Lobley Hill Focuses to members who came along to help. All patches were allocated and delivered! So 2000 homes got our message. Some of us then headed to Dunston Hill to do a survey. We also
People join political parties for all sorts of reasons. They could be inspired by a vision, angry about a particular issue, motivated by the faint whiff of power, out of loyalty to a friend. And presumably people leave political parties for a similar number of reasons. This week has seen 12 MPs resign from their [...]
On 25th January 1981 former Labour cabinet ministers Roy Jenkins, David Owen, Bill Rodgers and Shirley Williams issued a statement which became known as the Limehouse Declaration. This was to herald a new beginning for British Politics and yet here we are 38 years later with a new declaration born out of the same frustrations with the British Political system. The opportunity to change British Politics for the better is here again, and we can either shout from the side-lines or join the team and play the game, no matter how much that prospect might scare us. If the coalition ...
Physicists propose huge European neutrino facility. A news article introducing plans by researchers in Russia and Europe to use a particle accelerator near Moscow and a new detection facility at the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea to learn more about ... Continue reading →
The "Green New Deal" is an appropriate response to challenge we now face, and its success, even in part, would be a huge step forward.
The first area of campaigning on a common platform other than fighting Brexit might conceivably be a drive to alleviate child poverty in Britain once and for all. Our party committed ourselves to that principle in the comprehensive motion Mending the Safety Net, passed at the Brighton Conference of 2016, which prioritised reducing child poverty. Now Heidi Allen MP, one of the three ex-Tory Independents, who reportedly attacked George Osborne in her Maiden speech in 2015 over his tax cuts to welfare benefits, has lately undertaken an anti-poverty tour of the country with Frank Field MP. A new urgency is ...
Fri, 12:17: Final exchange: @USAmbEU : Did you get out of bed on the wrong side today? @Josef_Braml : I'm not a diplomat!!! #CEPSlab19 Fri, 12:48: RT @MarcoInBxl: '@USAmbEU Gordon Sondland: after Trump-Juncker meeting there has been little/no progress on implementation. There is a stro... Fri, 12:49: RT @goldthau: U.S. Ambassador to the E.U. comes out strongly on common transatlantic values - but does not move an inch on #trade, #defense... Fri, 12:56: Queens of Infamy: Anne Boleyn https://t.co/eKQzRnuXoD A fun profile. Fri, 13:30: RT @pernilleru: Gloves off at the Nikkei, Japan's main business newspaper, owner of the FT: Editorial ...
As February eases its way into March and the deadline for us leaving the EU approaches, it is little wonder then many people are getting jumpy at the fact that we still have no viable deal on the table for Brexit. As the Guardian reports, one such person is the EU's chief negotiator, Michael Barnier, who has gone on the record to say he is more concerned than ever about an accidental no-deal Brexit in five weeks following a week of talks with Theresa May and the British negotiators that has got nowhere: As the British prime minister heads to ...
International Women's Day will be on Friday 8th March. Please share your plans to celebrate it in the comments below. Here in Southwest London the local parties in the boroughs of Kingston, Sutton, Merton and Richmond have developed several projects, both political and non-political. First, we are jointly running a conference with Liberal Democrat Women titled "WOMEN: Shaping the future, making a difference!". A number of influential women have been invited to share their stories with us including Floella Benjamin, Sam Smethers (Fawcett Society), Siobhan Benita (candidate for London Mayor) and Lorely Burt. There will be workshops led by practitioners ...
In 1962, the southern United States was not a place that African Americans could move around freely. "Negroes" were banned from many restaurants and hotels, and they faced frequent discrimination and humiliation. To make the life of black travellers a little easier a guide to places that were open to "Coloureds" was published — a [...]
You may just have heard that Ed Maxfield and I have written a book, now on to its second edition, about how elections are won. If you've not yet read it, here are six reasons to give it a whirl...
Following the switch from Conservative to Liberal Democrat of a councillor in Somerset earlier this week, now we have news of a councillor joining from Labour in North East Lincolnshire: Councillor Walker, who was born and bred on Oxford Street in the East Marsh, said that he was excited to form an even closer working relationship with fellow ward councillors [and Liberal Democrats] Kay Rudd and Steve Beasant. He said: "While I have been a member of the Labour Party, I have always worked closely with my fellow ward councillors Kay and Steve, and this move is really about making ...
Next Thursday, Shropshire Council will vote to raise council tax by 3.99%, the maximum allowed without holding a referendum. This will take the payment for a Band D property to £1,388.23. There will be a rise of nearly 10% in the police precept and 4% in the fire precept. Most parish and town council precepts will rise, though not in Ludlow where the precept has risen by 48% since April 2017. Overall, Ludlow residents will see their combined council tax and precept bill rise by 4.2%. Ludlow Council tax charges from April 2019 Increases across Shropshire Ludlow council tax trends ...
I am sorry to have to report that former Maghull Town Councillor and indeed Town Mayor Jane Day has died. Back in September 2017 I posted about Jane leaving Maghull to live nearer to her daughter and the book we produced to mark her many years involvement in the local community. Here's a link to that posting:- An amusing incident Jane got me involved with was to do with her fire alarm at her house on Liverpool Road South (she later moved to Mayhall Court on Westway before her move down south in 2017) which had gone off and ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR SATURDAY 23 AND SUNDAY 24 FEBRUARY 2019 West Marketgait (Hawkhill to Ward Road) - off-peak northbound nearside lane closure from Sunday 24 to Tuesday 26 February for BT works.
Getting back on track, this should bring us up to date. One feature of the work of the Press Team is press releases that are embargoed until 00:01 the next day. here at Liberal Democrat Voice, we respect the embargo guidance because we understand the rules. However, there is nothing stopping us from publishing the press release as soon as possible after that time. So, the second of today's press releases was embargoed until one minute ago. Enjoy... Lib Dems: McDonnell must follow warm words with action Responding to comments made by Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell that Labour are moving ...
