Lib Dems: If the PM thinks NI deal is so good – why doesn't the rest of the UK have it? Lib Dems: BBC now complicit in establishment stitch-up to exclude Remain voice Lib Dems: If the PM thinks NI deal is so good – why doesn't the rest of the UK have it? Responding to comments made by Boris Johnson that Northern Ireland has got a great deal by keeping access to the Single Market and free movement, Liberal Democrat Shadow Brexit Secretary Tom Brake said: The Single Market and freedom of movement are a great deal - even ...
The great architectural critic celebrates the village of Pimlico and its two post-war estates at Churchill Gardens and Lillington Street.
Hollywood has often glamorised the world of gangsters, giving the nastiness a gloss of adventure and sometimes comedy. But Martin Scorsese's The Irishman takes the viewer far more subtly into the head of an Irish American truck driver, Frank (played by Robert De Niro), who gets sucked into the violent world of Italian mobsters before graduating to [...]
Second paragraph of third chapter:We pulled him off the poor old Shortie and were met at the gate by Fee, who seemed rather impressed by Nemo's performance. Muggings she knew all about, but this was the first time she'd ever seen one used as an excuse for a lecture. Fee conducted us to the landing site and it was my turn to be impressed.Very much in the shadow of Bester's better-known The Demolished Man (winner of the first Hugo for Best Novel) and The Stars My Destination, this was his first novel for almost 20 years when it came out ...
The new Liberator is with subscribers. As is traditional - and despite Lord Bonkers' urgings - I shall first share a few snippets from Radical Bulletin with you. This time you will learn:about the indecent haste with which the old Lib Dem chief executive was dispatched and the party's coyness about the background of the new one;which winnable seat has advertised for a candidate who will 'show humility and lack bombast';that the officiating cleric at Steve Hitchins funeral was the Revd Shuttleworth.Add in articles on topics including Liberalism after Brexit, Tim Farron's book and Heathrow's immigration centres and the answer ...
And so we head into the first weekend of the election with today’s news including Boris Johnson rambling about his deal in Northern…
Get your festive season off to a splendid start with the Abbotswood Christmas Fair and family event on Saturday 30th November from 4 pm until 6pm. This ever-popular event has lots to offer for all ages. Donkeys, live music... What's not to like? Santa will of course be there too, ready for the switch-on of the big Abbotswood Christmas tree.
Just to let residents know that I have a meeting with the Heaton Park management next Friday (15 November 2019). This was set up as a meeting to talk about Heaton Park issues in general, as they affect local residents, but this is also a great opportunity to raise issues about bonfire night last week, as I am aware that there were some serious problems in some areas. If there are issues that you would like me to raise about the park, Parklife, bonfire night, parking or other issues can you let me know? Best wishes Tim Councillor Tim Pickstone ...
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It's been five years since I was diagnosed with mantle cell lymphoma (MCL). I've always wanted to know what to expect from treatment. In 2014 the general consensus among haematologists was that the disease was...Continue Reading The post Beyond the median appeared first on ten pence piece.
[IMG: CCTV cameras (Hustvedt [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)])] Sandgate Parish Council is in discussions with various partners, including the Sandgate Society and District Councillors, to seek funding to install CCTV in three key locations: ● Sandgate High Street ● The Golden Valley shops ● Sandgate Park CCTV is being investigated following a number of incidents of vandalism in Sandgate Park, a number of attempted break-ins to businesses in Sandgate High Street and damage to cars in the High Street and surrounding areas. Although statistically crime remains very low in Sandgate compared to other areas, we're keen to keep it that ...
Parrots feature more often in canvassing that you might expect. A few years back, Kelly-Marie Blundell revealed her canvassing experience one day in Guildford: "Canvassing flats, often elderly people will call out through the door before opening as a measure of precaution. When I was canvassing some flats in Guildford, I knocked on one such door, or so I thought. "'Excuse me, can I help you?' came the thin, elderly lady's voice. I replied, 'Yes, my name is Kelly-Marie Blundell and I am your...' "But then she repeated it, speaking over me. So I spoke a little louder and clearer, ...
Yesterday, I wrote slightly cynically about an approach from those lovely people at the Taxpayers' Alliance. But, you know, they're entitled to their view, even if they're highly unlikely to admit who funds their research and their interest in seeing key tax rates lowered (the answer being, probably not people like you, gentle reader...). But I did promise to take a look at their findings, and thus give you an opportunity to comment. But, before I do, here are some base statistics from their research; 40% of respondents stated that they were "relatively comfortable financially" 9% stated that they were ...
Thu, 12:56: RT @cwjones89: Academics complaining that departmental service obligations interfere with their research and teaching. Assyria, mid 7th cen... Thu, 13:21: RT @UKPoliticalNews: Insights from our very own Zoe Thorogood on the first few days of #GE2019 https://t.co/y6NYpE7foG Thu, 16:05: The Murky Provenance of the Newest Sappho https://t.co/tE6bFJkaln "We may think that [ancient poetry] offers a scho... https://t.co/JcjZFAC20c Thu, 17:33: RT @NewtonEmerson: This election is so all-consuming, Northern Ireland has forgotten to have a poppy row. Thu, 20:56: RT @boucherhayes: EU makers of ATMs recognising the new world order https://t.co/RnGu4KbvbY Thu, 22:07: Be My Enemy, by Ian McDonald https://t.co/6Um6c4xoeD ...
I'm the son of immigrants, one parent from Germany, the other from Poland. My own family history is in miniature the troubled history of Europe.
Three constituency election polls put Lib Dems in touching distance of taking Dominic Raab's Esher and Walton seat. This is great news for Lib Dem candidate Monica Harding. The polling work was done before the announcement that Esher and Walton was part of the Unite to Remain arrangement. Thank you to @TheGreenParty for standing aside in #EsherandWalton through the @unitetoremain agreement. This is a brave decision allowing me a clear run against a hardline Brexit Conservative. Together we can #RejectRaab, #StopBrexit and tackle the climate emergency. Join me. pic.twitter.com/79hN2VzeFj — Monica Harding [IMG: 🔶] #LibDems (@monicabeharding) November 7, 2019
The news this morning is that a Labour PPC has stood down from running after being accused of calling a fellow Labour councillor in the same area "Shylock", his excuse being that he apparently had no idea that Shylock was Jewish. It's not just the Tory campaign that is in meltdown then. Also nice to see stupidity trotted out as an excuse in any political situation. "Look, it wasn't that I was being anti-semitic, it's just that I was throwing around a literary reference without knowing almost any of its implications. I'm thick, not evil!" The incident brought home to ...
Stuart Russell is a very influential figure in the Artificial Intelligence (AI) community. He is co-author of a widely studied text book on the subject, Artificial Intelligence: A Modern Approach, that was key to moving the subject from being dominated by a formal logic approach to one that focused communities of artificial agents operating and cooperating to maximise rewards in uncertain environments. [IMG: His most recent book, Human Compatible, is written for a general audience. It helps if you are a reasonably informed member of the general public but the book rewards the effort with not only an overview ...
Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary Christine Jardine has slammed the Tories for creating a "Nurse Tax" on EU citizens who come to the UK to work for the NHS.The new Tory policy extends the Immigration health surcharge of £400 to EU health professionals, coming to the UK to work in our NHS.The fee, which is £400 per person per year, under Conservative plans could be payable directly out of doctor and nurse salaries.This would mean an NHS worker from the EU with a family of four, would be expected to pay £8000 over five years. This is on top of ...
Trump is right. He is wrong about most things and there is insufficient space to list them all in this article. But he is bang on the money when he says that the deal that Boris Johnson has negotiated with the EU makes a US-UK trade deal less likely—at least the "great deal" that the public have been promised by governments on both sides of the Atlantic. Boris has dismissed Donald's claims. His friend the president, he said, is "patently wrong." The deal that he negotiated with Michel Barnier allows Britain to do trade deals with whomever they want. Well, ...
If you're of a certain age this could have been the theme tune to your youth if you were into soul music in 1973:- www.youtube.com/watch?v=0If2j-egRm8 Barry White, sometimes referred to as the poor man's Isaac Hayes, with his only well known instrumental track which still sounds great many years on from its launch into music legend. Just take a minute to look at all those session musicians in the orchestra. They probably earned just a few Dollars for their performance whilst White would have been cashing it in so to speak. A piece that Maghull Wind Orchestra could take on ...
Council by-elections don't wait for a general election, so we've got another six this week: two Liberal Democrat defences, one Labour defence and three formerly independent seats. Marconi, Chelmsford The ward is named after the famous inventor and is on the council which saw a dramatic Liberal Democrat victory in May. The defence of the seat by Smita Rajesh for the Lib Dems was, however, made trickier by the public falling out between the outgoing councillor and briefly Party President candidate Catherine Finnecy and the party. In those circumstances, the result was an impressive hold: Marconi (Chelmsford) result: LDEM: 48.1% ...
UK family of nations must work together to stop Brexit Jardine: The Tories visa plan is a tax on nurses UK family of nations must work together to stop Brexit Liberal Democrat Leader Jo Swinson will tomorrow make the case to Remain voters in Scotland to back the Liberal Democrats to protect Scotland's place at the heart of the EU, as she visits North East Fife as part of her Leader's Tour of the UK. Jo Swinson will be visiting Crafty Maltsters Farm in Auchtermuchty alongside Scottish Liberal Democrat Leader Willie Rennie. Speaking ahead of the visit, Jo Swinson said: ...
Shropshire Council planners have given permission for Western Power Distribution (WPD) to move its depot to a new site between the Eco Park and Western Power Distribution's substation on Squirrel Lane. Vehicle access will be from the Eco Park spine road. The company has operated from an unsuitable location in The Riddings, Sandpits for decades. Its 1960s depot is set behind a new row of social housing recently built on the site of the former tax office. WPD maintenance trucks must travel along St Margaret Road and Parys Road to leave the depot. Worse, they often travel past Ludlow Infants ...
The Independent reports that Boris Johnson has been spared a potentially embarrassing spotlight on the state of the public finances after the official fiscal watchdog was blocked from releasing new figures on the state deficit and debt. The paper says that Cabinet secretary Sir Mark Sedwill barred the Office for Budget Responsibility from publishing its revised public finance forecast on Thursday, ruling it would breach civil service "purdah" rules in the election period. Chancellor Sajid Javid has come under attack for refusing to release the normal autumn forecasts for the economy after cancelling the Budget announced for 6 November. One ...
From the City Council : THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) THE DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL AS TRAFFIC AUTHORITY being satisfied that traffic on the road should be prohibited by reason of BT pole renewal works being carried out HEREBY PROHIBIT the driving of any vehicle in Tullideph Road (westbound between City Road and Ancrum Drive), Dundee. This notice comes into effect on Sunday 10 November 2019 for one day. Pedestrian thoroughfare will be maintained. Alternative routes are available via City Road / Logie Street / Ancrum Road For further information contact 433082. Head of Roads and TransportationDundee ...
Tom Watson has had enough, but what messages might voters pick up from his retirement and the Unite to Remain pact?
