Lib Dems are the party of real change, not Labour Davey: OBR pulling public finances forecast "smacks of political interference" Unite to Remain agreement will deliver Remain MPs across England and Wales Davey: Tories and Labour writing promises on cheques that will bounce UK growth prospects suffer as a result of Tory Brexit chaos Brake: Labour offers nothing to the millions of people who voted Remain Lib Dems are the party of real change, not Labour Ahead of Labour's unveiling of the slogan 'it's time for real change' on their campaign bus, Chuka Umunna, Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary for Foreign ...
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Road closure - between Westerleigh and The Folly - Yet another change - now Mon 11 to Wed 13 Nov
They've now gone back to the original date... According to an update from South Glos today - 7th November -Westerleigh Road will be closed from Monday 11 November to Wednesday 14 November from 9.30am until 3.30pm. The Westerleigh Road will be closed for 3 days 9.30 am - 3.30 pm between The Folly pub and the traffic lights at the top of Westerleigh Hill. This is due to carriageway patching work by South Glos Council. There are bound to be delays while this busy commuter route is shut. South Glos say "A signed diversion will be in place. Access to ...
Second paragraph of third chapter:The centre of the ring suddenly blazed with light, whiter than white, painfully bright. Two men in dark suits stepped out of the light. The first was a sharp-faced white man with fair, curly hair. Everett recognised the second as the Prime Minister. Their steps, begun on another world, carried them a long way in the moon's low gravity. The Prime Minister lost his footing for a moment but recovered with dignity. Madam Moon stepped forward to meet them. A nod from her indicated that he should do the same. He had worked out a way ...
The latest constituency opinion poll is one commissioned by The Economist, looking at one of the key marginals for the Conservative Party.
"There's a good case to be made for a UBI based on the importance of individual freedom. Indeed, the foundations of that case have already been laid by none other than the renowned champion of economic and personal liberty, Friedrich Hayek." Matt Zwolinski on Hayek, republican freedom and the universal basic income. Tom Jacobs on the case for more trees in town: "Researchers report that living in areas where 30 percent or more of the outdoor space is dominated by tree canopy was associated with 31 percent lower odds of psychological distress." Clare Mac Cumhaill and Rachael Wiseman introduce four ...
The close of polls in the elections for Liberal Democrat Party President and various other party roles is being put back a week, to Friday 15 November. The results will now come out on Saturday 16 November.
I'm pleased to see Humanists UK take this common sense approach to challenge religious based collective worship which is supposed to be followed by schools – Yes I realise that many of them don't/find a way around it. Humanists UK say – Schools wanting to deliver inclusive assemblies instead of collective religious worship can now access a groundbreaking new resource featuring hundreds of inclusive assemblies. Assemblies for All is a brand-new project by Humanists UK providing schools and teachers access to more than 200 high-quality, inclusive assemblies which welcome all pupils regardless of their religious or non-religious background. The ...
The Evening Standard wins our Headline of the Day Award for its everyday story of Northamptonshire folk.
Liberal Democrats should have two main aims in this Election. The first should be to convince a majority of the electorate that to remain in the EU is right for our country, and that no form of Brexit is acceptable. The second must be to point out why this diseased Tory government needs to go, to be replaced with a government where Jo Swinson and our party have major influence which can address the causes of the Brexit vote. Focusing on the European Union, we need to make the point much neglected in recent debates: the absolute value the EU ...
Today has been a very significant day in the course of this election. A partnership of Lib Dems, Greens and Plaid Cymru has come together to ensure that only one Remain candidate will present themselves to the electorate in 60 ... Continue reading →
People watching is one of my favourite occupations, honed on the terraces of Parisian cafés or the Grand'Place in Brussels. But not everyone appreciates being studied intently, perhaps understandably, which is one reason why photographs have such immense appeal. You can stare at them as hard and as long as you like; what's more, the [...]
[IMG: Training session (Raysonho @ Open Grid Scheduler / Grid Engine [CC0] FREE training for community and voluntary groups! The third in a series of training sessions funded by Folkestone and Hythe District Council. When: Tuesday 3 December 2019, 10am-1pm Where: St Mary's Bay Village Hall, Jefferstone Lane, St Mary's Bay, Romney Marsh, TN29 OSW Who: This session is for people looking for funding for their group, organisation or project and wishing to apply for grants. It is aimed at those new to applying for funding and people wanting help to maximise their chances when writing funding applications. Topics ...
Our Party is deservedly recognised as the UK's lead Party of Remain. Today we have announced a series of agreements – facilitated by the independent "Unite to Remain" group – designed to maximise the number of Remain supporting MPs at the coming snap election. Unite to Remain is comprised of the three unequivocally pro-Remain parties with MPs elected in the House of Commons:- Plaid Cymru, Greens and ourselves. In some seats, we have agreed that our candidate will stand aside to allow another Party to have a clearer run in the election. In other seats, either Plaid Cymru or the ...
Full details of the seats affected by the Unite to Remain arrangement have been released. The Liberal Democrats will stand aside in 17 seats while the Greens and Plaid Cymru will stand aside in 43 seats across England and Wales. This will give us a better chance of getting more Remain MPs elected. Scotland is not part of this because we are the only party advocating remaining in both the EU and the UK and so could not step aside for the SNP who are wanting an early independence referendum. The seats affected are as follows: Green Party: Brighton, Pavilion, ...
Liberal Democrat shadow Chancellor and Deputy Leader, Ed Davey commented on the outgoing Tory chancellor's presentation today: "The most significant economic policy divide in this election is between Brexit economics and Remain economics. The uncomfortable truth for Javid is that the Conservatives and Corbyn actually agree on Brexit. "Brexit, whether red or blue, will be disastrous for Britain, threatening businesses and livelihoods right across the country. "And the Conservatives and Labour also both want significant shifts in the direction of Britain's economic policy - one to the hard right and one to the far left. "In contrast, the Liberal Democrats ...
Naturally, here at Liberal Democrat Voice, we receive a great many approaches from individuals and organisations, inviting us to publish something from them on our site. Many of them are the usual spam, telling us how wonderful the site is, how much they enjoy it and that an article on property renovation is exactly what our readers would most need. Oddly, we tend to ignore most of them so, if you're one of those people, and you are reading this, please stop. Yesterday, we had an e-mail from a (presumably) young man at the Taxpayers' Alliance, headed; New polling from ...
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In the spring of 1972, comedian Jerry Lewis went into production on a film he directed and starred in entitled "The Day the Clown Cried". It was about a circus clown who is imprisoned in a Nazi war camp and finds his act appealing to the children there. It ends with Lewis' character leading some children into a gas chamber at Auschwitz with his antics and then, feeling intense guilt about this, deciding to die with the children. It was Lewis' pet project that he wanted to do for years and years. It is perhaps the ultimate expression ever of ...
Ahead of Labour's unveiling of the slogan 'it's time for real change' on their campaign bus, Chuka Umunna, Liberal Democrat Shadow Secretary for Foreign Affairs, said: "Jeremy Corbyn's claim to be 'real change' stretches credulity, as does his promise that he will be a 'different kind' of Prime Minister. If anything, Corbyn represents the worst aspects of the tired, old politics he pretends to fight against."Corbyn has copied Boris Johnson with his promise to 'Get Brexit sorted'. He blocked attempts by his members this year for his party to back remaining in the EU. He has been all-too-happy to see ...
Responding to the news that the Office of Budgetary Responsibility will no longer be publishing updated forecasts of the public finances, Liberal Democrat Shadow Chancellor Ed Davey commented:"It is outrageous that the Conservative Government is suppressing independent forecasts of the damage that Brexit would do to the UK economy and our public services."This smacks of political interference. Boris Johnson and the Conservatives only care about their own electoral prospects, and they know that being honest with the public would destroy them."The Government should publish the Office for Budget Responsibility's forecasts immediately, so everyone can see the stark difference between a ...
The list of seats where Greens, Plaid and Lib Dems are standing down for each other in order to maximise the number of Remain MPs has now been published. James Gurling, chair of the party's Federal Communications and Elections Committee (FCEC) explains: Unite to Remain is made up of the three parties committed unequivocally to the cause of Remain: The Liberal Democrats, Plaid Cymru and the Greens. It's really disappointing that Labour would not step up too, but they are simply not a Party of Remain. We have collectively reached a set of agreements to further the Remain cause and ...
[IMG: Council Housing] Following up from previous Facebook posts (such as this, and this) on the condition of the East Kent Housing run (and Folkestone and Hythe District Council owned) Ross House in Ross Way, Sandgate, there has been much more progress and work. Work teams have been on site pretty regularly since I took some senior officers and Councillors for a visit, with work not underway to replace and fix leaking flat roofs, security doors fixed and more. There is more to do, and some commitment to doing it, but good to see. Also, further surveys have been conducted, ...
The extent of disillusionment amongst many Labour MPs at Jeremy Corbyn's leadership crystallised itself last night with the resignation of the party's deputy leader and an astonishing volte-face by retiring MP, Ian Austin, who is now urging voters to back the Tories. The Times reports that Austin, who worked as a special adviser for Gordon Brown and in Downing Street, said that Jeremy Corbyn was "completely unfit" to be prime minister that he would be voting for the Conservative Party on election day. "Voting for anybody other than Boris Johnson risks Corbyn getting into No 10 and I think that ...
The Liberal Democrats have set out ambitious plans to tackle the climate emergency by generating 80% of electricity from renewables by 2030 and insulating all low-income homes by 2025. As one of the party's key priorities in their 'Plan for a Brighter Future', the Liberal Democrats have committed to raising the energy efficiency standards for new homes alongside investing £15 billion over the next Parliament to retrofit 26 million homes. This would save the average household £550 a year on energy bills. The party has also announced a Liberal Democrat government would prioritise accelerating the deployment of renewable power generation, ...
Lib Dems: Javid has more in common with the Labour party than he thinks Speaking ahead of Sajid Javid's speech tomorrow, Liberal Democrat shadow Chancellor and Deputy Leader, Ed Davey said: The most significant economic policy divide in this election is between Brexit economics and Remain economics. The uncomfortable truth for Javid is that the Conservatives and Corbyn actually agree on Brexit. Brexit, whether red or blue, will be disastrous for Britain, threatening businesses and livelihoods right across the country. And the Conservatives and Labour also both want significant shifts in the direction of Britain's economic policy – one to ...
The Liberal Democrats have set out ambitious plans to tackle the climate emergency by generating 80% of electricity from renewables by 2030 and insulating all low-income homes by 2025. As one of the party's key priorities in their 'Plan for a Brighter Future', the Liberal Democrats have committed to raising the energy efficiency standards for new homes alongside investing £15 billion over the next Parliament to retrofit 26 million homes. This would save the average household £550 a year on energy bills. The party has also announced a Liberal Democrat government would prioritise accelerating the deployment of renewable power generation, ...
