Tuesday 3rd September will be the 80th anniversary of the declaration of war by the UK on Nazi Germany. We are marking that anniversary at the Sunniside History Society and today I spent a bit of time making some pies to wartime recipes: two homity (vegetarian) and one pigeon. The wartime quiz I have prepared is also ready: 30 questions mainly about social history of the war years and the
Leaked doc shows Govt has no answer to the Irish border question Responding to the leaked civil service document showing the Government's failure to come up with a viable alternative to the backstop, Liberal Democrat shadow Brexit secretary Tom Brake said: As we continue to get closer to October 31st, with Boris Johnson attempting to shutdown our democracy, this leaked document rings alarm bells. It proves the Government has no deliverable solution to the Irish border, let alone being able to find one within the next few weeks. The fact that in this document there is not a single option ...
In Victorian times the great parks of Liverpool and indeed the Country were laid out as part of a public health movement which recognised the need for green space to be the lungs of our city and to provide a ... Continue reading →
The Renew Party has decided to back Elizabeth Evenden-Kenyon, the Liberal Democrat Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Boris Johnson's constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip.
My house was full of books growing up. My mum and dad are just as bibliophile as I have turned out to be, and encouraged me to read any book I could reach in the house. I devoured them all. When I was seven, and had read everything I could reach (including the bible and Lord of the Rings) my mum gave in and started giving me a bit of money every week so she could leave me at the second hand book stall at the market while she did the shopping. The first week I had 50p, and bought ...
Mon 2nd
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Event: Central Bank independence and the future of the Euro (Thursday 3rd October 2019, 6:00 pm)
We are participating in this event organized by the Financial Services Club and Z-Yen Outline Over the past decade, central banks have taken on new and expanded roles in an attempt to manage the global financial crisis. The European Central Bank (ECB) has been no exception. If anything, because of the incomplete architecture of the euro, the ECB has faced more serious challenges than either the Bank of England or the Federal Reserve. With the onset of the euro crisis, the ECB was forced to take on powers that went well beyond the conventions of standard monetary policy to prevent ...
[IMG: The British Medical Journal's analysis of a no-deal Brexit] https://www.bmj.com/content/366/bmj.l5300 The post The British Medical Journal's analysis of a no-deal Brexit appeared first on @ambitiousmamas.
Today Liberal Democrat shadow Brexit Secretary Tom Brake has signed the cross-party Bill which, if passed, will force Boris Johnson to request a 3 month extension if Parliament has either not agreed a deal or agreed to no-deal by October 19th. Following this, Tom Brake said: This Bill provides the means to rule out a catastrophic no-deal Brexit. If passed, it will ensure that Boris Johnson has to seek an extension so that he cannot drag the country off the cliff edge. The Liberal Democrats have been working with others to ensure that this Tory-created mess does not lead to ...
[IMG: Full text of Johnson's statement given at 6pm today] If you missed watching the speech live, here it is in full: Five weeks ago I spoke to you from these steps and said that this government was not going to hang around and that... The post Full text of Johnson's statement given at 6pm today appeared first on @ambitiousmamas.
When I attended the protest against the suspension of Parliament on Saturday in Newcastle, there were lots of speakers demanding a general election, under the expectation that it would lead to a majority Corbyn/Labour government. While I appreciate that Labour members will dream of a Labour government (though how many dream of a Corbyn led government is another point), the dream itself is not set
Liberal Democrat shadow Brexit Secretary Tom Brake has signed the cross-party Bill which, if passed, will force Boris Johnson to request a three-month extension if Parliament has either not agreed a deal or agreed to no-deal by October 19th. Following this, Tom Brake said: This Bill provides the means to rule out a catastrophic no-deal Brexit. If passed, it will ensure that Boris Johnson has to seek an extension so that he cannot drag the country off the cliff edge. The Liberal Democrats have been working with others to ensure that this Tory-created mess does not lead to us falling ...
Following the Prime Minister's decision to prorogue parliament, we have seen a tsunami of outrage that British democracy is effectively dead. Accusations and counter accusations are flying. Each side blames the other for undemocratic behaviour. There is no doubt that the Brexit process is putting British democracy under strain. It might therefore be appropriate to reflect on what constitutes the essence of a functioning democracy, and why it is going wrong... continue reading on CityAM Read the full post "Democracy means accepting that sometimes the other side gets to win" on Radix Think Tank.
The rumours are of a general election, and the polls bad for the anti-No Deal side. Since the new administration took power, there has been a somewhat-predictable bump in Conservative support, with some polls showing CON ~32 LAB ~ 25, the BXP and LD jostling together in the low- and high-teens. You hardly need my [...]
Second paragraph of third chapter:The bed, a massive bed on four legs, with a mattress far softer than that of the bunk on the Mindful, and complex bedclothes, some silky and some warm and thick, and a lot of pillows like cumulus clouds, had a room all to itself. The floor was covered with springy carpeting; there was a chest of drawers of beautifully carved and polished wood, and a closet big enough to hold the clothing of a ten-man dormitory. Then there was the great common-room with the fireplace, which he had seen last night; and a third room, ...
On 1 April 1977, a date I remember well, the proprietor of Hay Castle and the book town pioneer Richard Booth proclaimed himself king of an independent Hay-on-Wye, He was serious but chose 1 April as a possible courtroom defence in case he was accused of sedition, or so he claimed later. I was still a teenager at the time, but I was thrilled about the scheme and thoroughly enjoyed Booth's potshots at the EEC (as it was then) and other bureaucratic pretenders. It was hard exactly to admire Booth. By his own admission, he inherited a fortune, made two ...
Suppose you could create more jobs for young people and give them a springboard to a satisfying career. Suppose you could spread wealth all around Britain, especially in left behind regions. Suppose you could attract more money from overseas, just when the Conservatives are trying to barricade Britain. In Bournemouth, you have the opportunity to endorse a blueprint to do just that. Sitting behind the motion Open Britain - policies to support the UK tourism industry is a detailed 'spokesperson's paper', with a whole set of proposals to give tourism the attention in government that it deserves. The critical value ...
This coming Thursday the 5th September the Moss Alliance are holding a meeting at Lydiate Village Center on Lambshear Lane at 7pm to press the case for halting the proposed fracking process at Great Altcar on land between Formby and Lydiate. Please click on the graphics above to enlarge them
As Boris Johnson apparently snakes his way to a General Election in which he will represent himself as the people's champion, fulfilling their will in the face of Parliamentary treachery, we must confront the central lie of their campaign. For three years Brexiteers have been allowed to establish a massive shield of credibility around the claim that the result of the EU Referendum in 2016 is sacrosanct for all time - an incontrovertible and irrevocable expression of the will of the British people. They have done so simply by repeating at every possible opportunity that to call for a fresh ...
Parliament resumes its Westminster based work this week after the Summer Recess, and whilst most people will be focusing on the drama at the Commons end of the building (and why wouldn't they?), the Lords continues to exist on fairly slim pickings. Tuesday sees one of those possibly unhelpful Oral Questions, from Conservative Peer, Lord Cormack, who will be asking about the powers available to recall Parliament during a prorogation in the event of a national or international crisis. It's a good question, and it falls to either the Leader of the House, Baroness Evans of Bowes Park, or the ...
Sun, 12:56: Shutting Down Parliament Is Worse Than a Coup. It's a Mistake. https://t.co/N1EWImRORq Great analysis from @HelenevonBismarck. Sun, 13:56: GRRM on the Hugo Losers Party https://t.co/HlhL4UrDSy Sun, 14:06: Tory friends (if I have any left): read this. Are you proud of what your party is doing to your country's constitut... https://t.co/AcD7j2n7Lg Sun, 14:48: RT @steve_o_g: Tip of the day, if your political ideology has turned Gary Linekar, Steven Fry and High Grant into enemies of the people and... Sun, 15:29: Sunday excursion to the Vlooybergtoren in Tielt-Winge. https://t.co/eq30kVPgBu Sun, 15:53: A Hugo Award for Best Art Book: the 2019 ...
It might sound like a truism, but many film directors are in love with the art of making films. This is particularly true of what the French call films d'auteur, in which the director's artistic personality is a core element. Though there are some North American directors whose work falls into that category — interestingly more [...]
Back in March of this year, an online petition went up on the parliament.uk website. Online petitions rarely gather that many signatures, partly because they often cover obscure topics, but also because most people have cottoned onto the fact that they are never taken seriously by parliament regardless of the numbers they attract. The one from this March that I reference now was about whether the government should revoke Article 50 immediately and remain in the European Union. It garnered six million signatures, an all-time record. Remainers jumped on this as a huge victory – but as usual, I think ...
For a party that once espoused traditional family values, the latest development in the Brexit saga feels rather counter-intuitive. As the Guardian reports, the Home Office is preparing to end the current system of family reunification for asylum-seeking children if the UK leaves the EU without a deal. They say that the government has privately briefed the UN refugee agency UNHCR and other NGOs that open cases may be able to progress, but a no-deal Brexit would mean no new applications after 1 November from asylum-seeking children to be reunited with relatives living in the UK. Even if there is ...
Mon 2nd
08:35
Another five trees are set to be felled in Ludlow - we must ensure they are replaced, elsewhere if n...
This article is triggered by an application from housing provider Connexus to fell five trees in the heart of Ludlow. It is written amid growing concern about the loss of trees within and around the town without replacement. It is widely accepted that we are in a climate emergency. Trees have a vital role to pay in our fight against global warming. The latest application is to fell five semi-mature trees in a small social housing community on Chandler's Close near the Ludlow Mascall Centre. These trees do not pose an immediate danger. But they are growing too large. Their ...
The Liberal Democrats have written to Sir Mark Sedwill, the Cabinet Secretary, to demand clarity over whether the Operation Yellowhammer document would be a "watered-down dodgy dossier that has reportedly been drafted to suit political agendas".According to reports in The Sunday Times, sources familiar with the document describe the version being prepared for release to the public as "soft soap" and "neutralised".The Liberal Democrat Shadow Brexit Secretary, Tom Brake MP, has requested confirmation that any ministerial demand that civil servants 'adapt the truth' would be against the ministerial code.Mr Brake has also asked that civil servants asked to draft this ...
Good morning, readers, and welcome to the start of another week here at Liberal Democrat Voice! Some of you may have been wondering where this feature got to over August, and the simple answer is that I've been away visiting family and looking at glaciers (but not at the same time). And now I'm back... Stop chasing unicorn Brexit deal Responding to Michel Barnier rejecting Boris Johnson's demands for the Irish backstop to be scrapped, Liberal Democrat Shadow Brexit Secretary Tom Brake said; Boris Johnson's Brexit chaos is a national embarrassment. With just 60 days to go until we crash ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 2 SEPTEMBER 2019 Lochee Road (Polepark to Gardner's Lane) - overnight (9.00pm - 6.00am) eastbound closure on Monday 2 September for BT works.
