Lib Dems lodge election debate complaint with ITV Lib Dems: Dithering Labour leadership shows they're not fit for office Lib Dems: Labour have no plan to tackle the climate emergency Election debates should be set independently - Liberal Democrats Lib Dems lodge election debate complaint with ITV The Liberal Democrats have lodged a formal complaint to ITV for excluding Jo Swinson from their election debate and warned "failing to have Liberal Democrats in the debate is misrepresenting the current political reality." In a letter to ITV Chief Executive, Dame Carolyn McCall, the President of the Liberal Democrats Sal Brinton said ...
Any election is hard work. This one, taking place in the cold and dark, is going to be even tougher. We'll be providing a regular slot which reflects the lighter side of the campaign. Send us your funny stories from the campaign trail to voice@libdemvoice.org or tweet me on @caronmlindsay. You can DM me if you want your story to get out but your anonymity to be preserved... My first proper election canvassing session yesterday was a wet affair. The rain held off until I was at my furthest point from my lift home. It was proper rain, too – ...
Liberal Democrat members looking for encouragement should read the piece Toby Helm wrote for today's Observer after visiting Winchester: On the city's streets there is not only a deep dislike of Brexit, but also a profound distrust of the prime minister, Boris Johnson, even among people who have voted Tory in the past. Kevin Hayter, who co-owns a local construction company, voted Tory in 2010 and 2015 when David Cameron was leader, but said he would never do so again because the party had changed utterly. "They are now a tawdry, deceitful lot who kicked out all the decent one-nation ...
I was back in Dunston again today. 210 tabloids delivered. I enjoyed it so much I volunteered to do another patch!
The next meeting of Sunniside History Society will be on Tuesday 5th November. The speaker is John Sadler, who will be telling us about the rebellion by Northern earls against Queen Elizabeth in 1569. The meeting kicks off at 7pm at Sunniside Club. £1 on the door.
The Whinnies Community Garden in Sunniside yesterday had a Halloween event in the afternoon. I popped in so I could part with cash for raffle tickets and for cream scones. Very naughty but nice.
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The evenings are drawing in, it is starting to get chilly, but the late autumn light is particularly beautiful. Dodge the showers and get out and enjoy our parks and open spaces before it gets too cold. In the meantime here is the latest update from your ward councillors. Ward News Parking Survey in Wallington [...]
For most of last week I was in Athens, the cradle of democracy, for the ALDE Party Congress, which brought together dozens of Liberal parties from across Europe, not just the EU. I've been on the ALDE's elected Council as a UK Liberal Democrats' representative for many years and am currently standing for re-election to that [...]
The link below is to a Guardian newspaper article on tactical voting and it's worth a read:- Because of our warped 1st Past the Post electoral system we are often placed in a situation where we have to vote for a candidate/party we don't really support to stop a candidate/party whom we really dislike from being elected. Under a fair/proportional voting system this would not be necessary but we are where we are until we get fair votes. There are probably two types of anti-Tory/anti-Brexit voters who are looking for advice as to how to vote so as to ...
No one seriously believes that the Home Office will be able to grant settled status to everyone who's eligible within two years. Thousands will be left effectively undocumented and subject to the Conservatives' Hostile Environment. Liberal Democrats demand better for the Europeans who've made their lives here and contribute so much to our economy, our public services and our society. They must not become the victims of a new Windrush scandal. Even a perfect Settled Status scheme is merely a fix for something we shouldn't be giving up: EU free movement. The UK benefits hugely from free movement, from our ...
Hello! I'm Mark Pack, author of 101 Ways To Win An Election, and the maintainer of the largest database of national voting intention polls in the UK, stretching back to 1943. Welcome to a round-up of the latest general election voting intention figures from each of the polling firms currently active in the UK. Below the table, you'll find the option to sign up to email updates about new polls and also a set of answers to frequently asked questions about political polling. General election voting intention polls Pollster Con Lab LD Grn BXP Con/Lab gap Fieldwork Deltapoll 40% (+3) ...
Second paragraph of third chapter (a long one):'Well, it's nice to know that the creature can smile,' continued Beatrice. 'I sometimes wonder whether Madame Balzac is human.' Sidney tittered again. The third occupant of the lift stretched her smile a little further as evidence of continued politeness. Beatrice and Sidney seemed to be forever talking of that Madame Balzac, who must be a very old and dear friend. So real had she become as a result of constant reference that she might have been in the lift with them. It seemed that almost as soon as her changing moods were ...
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An anthem for a December general election. California Dreamin' was written by the married couple John Phillips (the man with the guitar here) and Michelle Phillips (the woman who isn't Mama Cass Elliot). Apparently John dreamt half the song and woke Michelle to help him finish it. It was a hit in the US in 1965 and in Britain the following year. There's an odd Mandela Effect in the song. I would have sworn the lyrics went "I began to pray", but they clearly sing "I pretend to pray".
Labour's Rebecca Long-Bailey, talking to Sky News presenter Sophy Ridge, refused to say whether Labour would back Leave or Remain in a referendum on any deal. Could Labour campaign to leave the European Union if it held a second referendum? "That will be a decision that will be taken at the time by our party", says Shadow Business Secretary @RLong_Bailey to @SophyRidgeSky Follow along here: https://t.co/nKxHADnxJE#Ridge pic.twitter.com/KHmVdfiHT7 — Ridge on Sunday (@RidgeOnSunday) November 3, 2019 And of course, there is an added dimension to Labour's position in Scotland. John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn incline towards allowing a second independence referendum, ...
Sat, 12:56: RT @bbc5live: "This is making me well up" A heartfelt moment between outgoing MPs from opposite sides of the benches... Labour's Teresa Pear... Sat, 13:15: RT @RaymondLennon1: The iconic Leonard Pugh whose death occurred yesterday. https://t.co/p3zy0Mc5c2 Sat, 14:48: The Power (and Limits) of Boris Johnson on Brexit https://t.co/rvmVTxK3n1 Interesting analysis of the relationship with Varadkar. Sat, 15:24: The Heralds, by Brian Killick https://t.co/eNvLxvX3pj Sat, 16:05: my manager and a coworker had sex in his office, loudly — Ask a Manager https://t.co/LpY83Gchup And the crucial que... https://t.co/Iclgv1qwfC Sat, 17:44: Musician and conductor Leonard Pugh was a 'colossus of musical ...
If you are incensed about the decision to exclude Jo Swinson from the ITV leaders' debate due to take place on 19th November, sign our petition here Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are running scared of debating the woman leader of the strongest party of Remain. The voters of this country deserve to hear from Jo Swinson on the debate stage, not just from two men who want to deliver Brexit. Sal Brinton wrote to ITV Chief Executive, Dame Carolyn McCall to raise an official complaint about Jo's exclusion: Here is her letter in full: Dame Carolyn McCall Chief Executive, ...
Crossens Saturday, 9th November, St John's Primary School, Rufford Road, Crossens, from 11am to 12 noon. We will be there to meet you and discuss any Council problems you may have. No appointment necessary. Just pop in. Churchtown As you may be aware, BoxTree Kitchen for Queenscourt cafe, Manor Road/Cambridge Road, roundabout, has now closed. Until the cafe reopens, we will be discontinuing the advice Centre.
It's about six weeks since former Lib Dem Islington Council leader Steve Hitchins died suddenly. There will be a celebration of his life at 2pm on Thursday 21st November at St Mary's Church on Upper Street N1 2TX; the church is about 200 yards south of Islington Town Hall and mid-way between Angel Tube on the Northern Line Bank branch, and Highbury & Islington on the Victoria line/London Overground/rail line from Moorgate. All are welcome. Speakers will include past Chief Executives and Leaders/ Deputy Leaders of Islington Council (as well as Simon Hughes!) Lib Dem Peer and former MEP Sarah ...
Here's my latest piece for Liberal Democrat Voice about the party's internal elections: Quite rightly, nearly all our attention now is on winning public elections: winning those council by-elections coming in before the general election and winning then in the general election too. There is also the tail-end of the party's internal elections, with most likely, given some of the problems with the voting system, quite a few members still to vote. (If you haven't yet received your ballot paper, elections@libdems.org.uk can assist.) Those internal contests matter. They will determine, for example, who is on the Federal Policy Committee (FPC), ...
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Success after plan to construct housing using haul road along Foldgate Lane is abandoned
Representatives from Ludford parish council and Ludlow Town Council, along with Viv Parry and myself, met with Crest Nicholson on 3 October to discuss temporary construction access to the Foldgate Lane development. The housing developer has planned to create a haul road entered from Foldgate Lane to begin construction on the site. This was opposed by all councillors at the meeting. Now, Crest Nicholson has abandoned that plan. It will instead construct the site from an access from the A49 as set out in the original planning permission. Details of that access are not yet available. The now abandoned proposal ...
A Labour MP has claimed that Boris Johnson knew of Vote Leave's overspend during the 2016 EU referendum, but appears to have failed to tell the authorities even though the payment was subsequently ruled to be illegal. The Guardian reports says that Ian Lucas has revealed that he has seen correspondence obtained during the parliamentary inquiry into disinformation and democracy which showed that Johnson's most senior aide, Dominic Cummings, told the Electoral Commission that the prime minister, and his cabinet colleague Michael Gove, knew of the overspend by the pro-Brexit organisation. The Electoral Commission last year judged that Vote Leave ...
The Liberal Democrats have lodged a formal complaint to ITV for excluding Jo Swinson from their election debate and warned "failing to have Liberal Democrats in the debate is misrepresenting the current political reality." In a letter to ITV Chief Executive, Dame Carolyn McCall, the President of the Liberal Democrats Sal Brinton said "voters of this country deserve to hear from a Remainer on the debate stage, not just from the two men who want to deliver Brexit." The letter goes on to raise section 6.2 of the Ofcom Broadcasting Code which states that 'due weight must be given to ...
