I had my last delivery of literature to do today before Christmas. I headed over to Bensham at 11am to deliver 100 cards. A relatively easy job to do as all the streets I had been given to do were terraces! I'll now put my feet up for a couple of days.
I'll do a reading roundup next Tuesday, but it will be for twelve months, not seven days! Current The Widows of Malabar Hill, by Sujata Massey Doctor Who: The Target Storybook, ed. Steve Cole Last books finished Being Human: Bad Blood, by James Goss Wildthyme Beyond!, by Paul Magrs Western Sahara: War, Nationalism and Conflict Irresolution, by Stephen Zunes Being Human: Chasers, by Mark Michalowski Next books Dragonworld, by Byron Preiss Seraphina, by Rachel Hartman
We will be taking a break until later in the week. We won't be checking emails to the voice address until we return, so please be patient. And have a great time yourself!
Well it was quite a year for the Lib Dems. It had its ups and its ups and its ups but then we had not so much a big down as a major disappointment! What was the good stuff that ... Continue reading →
Responding to a report from Oxfam revealing that the value of UK arms licensed to members of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition in the five years since the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) came into effect is 45 per cent higher than the preceding five years, Liberal Democrat Acting Leader Ed Davey said:"The regime of Saudi Arabia is an enemy of British values. Their persistent violation and disregard for human rights and the rule of law should have led the Conservative Government to halt arms sales long ago."It was just earlier this year that the Court of Appeal ruled that the Tory ...
* Ed Davey is the MP for Kingston & Surbiton and Acting co-Leader of the Liberal Democrats
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The Guardian reports that a man accused of pretending to be gay to avoid deportation to his native Malaysia, where homosexual acts are illegal, has been granted asylum after the Home Office accepted that people could be gay and single. There is so much bundled up in that sentence that I am struggling as to where to start. The paper says that the result is being celebrated as a victory against outdated stereotypes about gay people. Those stereotypical attitudes must exist in the Home Office in abundance, where those determining asylum applications appear to think that unless somebody is promiscuous ...
Happy Christmas! I've got three big tasks this Christmas. First, my daughter's present. Ellie wrote to Father Christmas with her present wish list. The good news was Santa collected her letter. And he ate the mince pie! Although he did leave some tell-tale crumbs. The bad news is I now have to get Santa to bring three live unicorns. It's my own fault - I bought Ellie this snow globe unicorn last year. But I'm not sure where to start looking for a live unicorn. So I'm thinking of ringing the Prime Minister. Apparently Mr Johnson does a good line ...
Here is this year's Christmas message from the Liberal Democrats, presented by Ed Davey, currently joint interim leader of the party.
[IMG: Talking about grief at Christmas time] There seems to be no place for sadness at Christmas time. Irritating Christmas songs are full of happy lyrics like 'mistletoe and wine', apart from 'Last Christmas' which is about a relationship break up. Grief,... The post Talking about grief at Christmas time appeared first on @ambitiousmamas.
Christmas is nearly here, which means it is time to dust off those Christmas carol quiz questions, as written by lawyers. Good luck!
