For Ed, the Nottingham hustings were a return to the place of his birth. He spoke to the local newspaper. I've always been very fond of Nottingham and I'm actually a Notts County supporter. It's been a very difficult year for us but hopefully we'll bounce back." He faced a challenging time aged 12 when his mother developed secondary bone cancer, and he became her carer for the next three years, before her death. He was then brought up by his grandparents. He added: "I was extremely fortunate to earn a scholarship to study at the Nottingham High School for ...
Vince Cable has decided to retire as leader of the Liberal Democrats. There are two candidates to replace him, current deputy leader Jo Swinson and former cabinet minister Ed Davey. I attended a hustings with them both last night and the message that comes out most clearly is that, whoever wins, we will have an excellent leader. Both candidates were superb and both are highly capable to lead the party. The whole meeting yesterday was conducted in a really positive atmosphere. How different to the Conservative contest going on at the moment as well. Although either candidate would make an ...
On Thursday 13th June 2019 Liberal Democrat candidates David Grindell and Tim Hallam were elected to Broxtowe Borough Council, in a contest help over from 2nd May following the death of a Conservative candidate. This means that the Liberal Democrats have increased their representation on Broxtowe from 4 seats prior to 2nd May up to 7 seats now. Congratulations to Tim and David and thank you to everyone who helped in this.
It's the third weekend of the campaign and that means hustings. From the north west on Friday night, the hustings train moved to Leeds on Saturday morning and Nottingham in the evening. She took time to remember Jo Cox, the Labour MP who was murdered 3 years ago today. To honour Jo Cox, we must take inspiration from what she stood for – a passionate public servant who challenged hatred and believed our politics could be kinder, fairer, more inclusive. That spirit is more important today than ever beforehttps://t.co/v7whfFt47v#moreincommon — Jo Swinson (@joswinson) June 16, 2019 Jo's website is here ...
My mother's mother's family all come from Tollesbury, a village on the Blackwater estuary in Essex. Now something of a yachting resort, it was long an insular place. When it featured in Griffith Rhys Jones's Restoration Village series, my mother told me she had been at Sunday school with one of the women featured and that we were distantly related to the other. The railway did not reach Tollesbury until the 20th century, when it finally found itself at the end of a branch from Kelvedon. That line extended past the village ending by the estuary mud at a station ...
So, I did a thing last weekend that I've never done before: I went to the ballet. In Bratislava. Here's a short promotional video: What happened was that I had planned to be in town anyway over the previous few days, to attend the annual GlobSec conference, and then learned from my good friend H that she was planning to come to town to see Giselle the evening the conference finished with her friend A. It seemed like a nice way to round off my own trip, and the tickets were a ludicrous €10. I was staying very close to ...
It's time for the near-traditional Liberal Democrat Newswire leadership election survey. Are you a member? Please have your say in this survey.
Sun 16th
17:08
Lots of rare Games Workshop/Warhammer stuff for sale (and a Hornby train set and a GoBot)
In order to fund house move we have put some stuff on eBay. If you know anyone who might be interested in any of this stuff, please do share it around. Apparently the GorkaMorka things are highly desirable. here are the items [IMG: comment count unavailable] comments
In her monthly column on the Lib Dem website, Sal Brinton talks about how far we've come in the last month! One thing is evident: the high calibre of our councillors and MEPs. We are back with a campaigning zeal and will be able to fight for residents, our country and against Brexit. I certainly plan to keep campaigning until we stop Brexit so they can stay there for the full five years until 2024 and I know you will too! And on Friday we welcomed Chuka Umunna, MP for Streatham, to the Liberal Democrats. He has worked with us ...
Last night I braved the stormy weather to attend the Liberal Democrats leadership hustings in Nottingham. I started the evening without a strong preference for either candidate and came away in the same frame of...Continue Reading The post Ed vs Jo at the East Midlands hustings – a score draw appeared first on ten pence piece.
Sun 16th
13:14
Vote Lib Dem, get expelled. Vote Conservative, that's okay: Labour's approach to discipline
Recent high profile cases of senior Labour figures being suspended or expelled for voting Lib Dem stand in sharp contrast to Labour's response to the MPs who voted with the Tories last week. These MPs single handedly saved the Conservative government and made Hard Brexit more likely. Labour's approach to them has been to ignore their misdeeds. This turn-a-blind-eye approach too often extends to
After the Zombies broke up - and after a short stint in a proper job insurance - Colin Blunstone enjoyed a critically acclaimed but not hugely commercial solo career. Wonderful was written by his former bandmates Rod Argent and Chris White. I have strong memories of listening to it in 1973, sometimes under the bedclothes on Radio Luxembourg. So strong are they that I am surprised to find it wasn't a hit.
If you are a party member and you don't know about the leadership hustings taking place between Ed Davey and Jo Swinson tomorrow night, you might want to check your emails as you will have an invitation to them. You will need to RSVP in order to be sent the link to the proceedings. It's taking place tomorrow night at 7pm. If you can't make it then, it will be uploaded to the party website after the event.g Here's the two in action at the London hustings to whet your appetite: * Caron Lindsay is Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice ...
Sat, 12:56: RT @TheKateMulgrew: Roddenberry suspected, but Janeway will verify! Let's put together an away team. @timruss2 @RobertPicardo @GarrettRWang... Sat, 14:48: What Florida Taught Me About Parenting https://t.co/OjRi7bWRA9 And the fate of the honeysuckle. Sat, 16:05: RT @davidallengreen: "You saw me covered in blood on a bus. But do you get outraged about all homophobia?" An important and powerful piece... Sat, 17:09: In the Vatican gardens. https://t.co/BvKTVoPqhx Sat, 17:11: RT @Liz_loves_lit: @ShireenQudosi @JessicaBiel I am the mother of an autistic child and I'm bloody glad my bright funny girl won't die of a... Sat, 20:00: My week on Twitter 🎉: ...
Sun 16th
10:55
Googling guide dogs in your lunch hour: Jenny Marr on the constant anxiety of living with Diabetes
You think you know someone and have some understanding of what they are dealing with. And then they write something that makes you realise that you have no idea. Jenny Marr is one of the most wisest, most competent people I know. She's a great leader and team builder and one day she's going to represent the Borders in Parliament. She has the sort of drive that reminds me of our very best campaigners. I always knew Jen has Type 1 Diabetes and I will never forget the early morning phone call during the 2017 election when I learned she ...
As I predicted, Esther McVeil has come out as a Johnson supporter. So her vote and presumably those of her supporters will now line up behind the Charlatan-in-Chief. Quite how she fits her "blue collar conservatism" in with Johnson's call for tax cuts for the rich is yet to be seen.
A United Nations report has claimed that austerity measures and "hostile environment" policies adopted by the government have entrenched racism and stoked xenophobic sentiment in the UK. Tendayi Achiume, the UN's special rapporteur on racism, who visited the UK on a fact-finding mission last year, described the "structural socioeconomic exclusion" of racial and ethnic minorities in the UK as "striking". She said race, ethnicity, religion, gender and disability status all continued to determine the life chances and wellbeing of people in Britain in ways that were "unacceptable and, in many cases, unlawful". As the Independent says, hHer report said austerity ...
Sun 16th
09:40
Shropshire Council's chaotic scrutiny meeting ignored the 18% downturn in trade since parking charge...
On 5 June, the Performance Management Scrutiny Committee met to discuss the controversial changes to parking charges. Committee papers were sent out just 26 hours before. I doubt that all committee members had read all ten documents. Officers also sprung a huge amount of crammed onto overcrowded slides on a hard to see screen. I am not convinced that any member of the committee was adequately briefed for the decisions they were to make. Certainly not the chair of the committee who was unaware that officers had proposed a series of recommendations. The committee and officers seemed to be oblivious ...
Just who is the real Boris Johnson? Is it the man who for eight years was the Mayor of one of the world's most multi-racial cities, or instead the man who in his 2002 Daily Telegraph column included racist insults against black people, citing "regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies" in the Commonwealth and referring to "the tribal warriors... [who] all break out in watermelon smiles". Is it the man who now argues in favour of a no deal Brexit, or instead the Boris Johnson who declared in his Daily Telegraph column: "It is also true that the single market ...
The other day I was in effect challenged to reconsider my actions by a local resident. My action? To have 'adopted' the public footpath which runs from Southport Road to Coppull Road and litter pick it/cut back over-hanging foliage now and again. Indeed, I've blogged about this previously – here's a link back to a posting from October 2018:- I think I've tidied the path up 3 times now over the past year or so but the challenge is in effect to ask me not to do it as I'm giving Sefton Council the opportunity to get out of ...
"We are delighted to share with you the news that at today's hustings Victoria Charleston was selected as Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Salisbury" - Salisbury Liberal Democrats.
