Tories should be cutting emissions, not air passenger duty Following the reports that the Conservative government is considering cutting air passenger duty on domestic flights as part of a plan to save regional airline Flybe from collapse, Liberal Democrat Transport spokesperson Munira Wilson said: Flybe looks set to follow Thomas Cook, despite only being "rescued" last year. The way to ensure our businesses stay afloat is to provide certainty, rather than the chaos the Conservatives have presided over for the last three years. Offering troubled airlines like Flybe cuts to Air Passenger Duty is not the answer and a huge ...
Taken from an edition of This Week broadcast in May 1988. At that point David Steel and Robert Maclennan were acting as joint leaders of the new party known as the Social and Liberal Democrats.
HEB meeting 7th January 2020 Review of pre-application service agreed revised charging schedule and protocols Review and Extension of the Sutton Design Review Panel agreed to extend existing contract for 6 months and then procure a three year contract Adoption of the Sutton Town Centre Public Realm Design Guide SPD agreed Housing Revenue Account Business [...]
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. A new Parliament and we have our first national voting intention poll, so welcome once more to my 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 ...
Tue 14th
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Row over potatoes at a wake saw 'over-sensitive' man, 59, smack victim with his crutch
A potato yesterday The judges had no hesitation in choosing Teesside Live as the winner of our Headline of the Day Award.
Second paragraph of third chapter:Or perhaps that's old news, they became a couple months ago. They are not in a pub. They arc at her kitchen table eating dinner with her parents. There is polite intergenerational conversation. They all agree that reinstating border controls will be bad for business. He has just gotten a job with a wholesale supplier, delivering animal feed to farms both sides of the border. Her mother asks about this, she approves. It's all quite pleasant but there are sideways glances between the young couple. She lives with her parents and he lives with his, this ...
Responding to the Prime Minister's suggestion that the Iran nuclear deal should be replaced with a 'Trump deal', Ed Davey, Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats said: "Johnson's dishonesty is apparent yet again. His claim that he will continue to support the current Iran nuclear deal is immediately undermined by his suggestion of a 'new Trump deal'. Let there be no doubt: when Trump says jump, Johnson asks 'how high?'. "The current nuclear deal with Iran is all about stopping this brutal regime from becoming a nuclear state. Johnson needs to remind President Trump just how high these stakes are."The ...
Responding to news that the UK failed to pass on the details of 75,000 convictions of foreign criminals to their home EU countries and tried to conceal the scandal, Christine Jardine MP, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs spokesperson, said: "UK police rely on EU-wide data-sharing systems to identify criminals and keep us safe. For the Home Office to fail so badly to live up to its side of that agreement is shameful."The Home Office has serious questions to answer over this. Not just the failure to pass on details of convicted criminals to other EU countries, but the cover up afterwards ...
Tue 14th
12:39
Proposed Increase in Parking Hours at Lower Sandgate Road West Car Park and Longer Stays at Mount St...
[IMG: Parking sign] FOLKESTONE & HYTHE DISTRICT COUNCIL: THE DISTRICT OF FOLKESTONE & HYTHE (OFF‑STREET PARKING PLACES) CONSOLIDATION ORDER 2019: (Amendment 1) ORDER 2020 NOTICE OF PROPOSALS Notice is hereby given that FOLKESTONE & HYTHE DISTRICT COUNCIL proposes the above Order under sections 32, 35 and 35c of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 ("the Act"), having obtained the consent of Kent County Council in accordance with Section 39(3) of the Act, and of all other enabling powers, and after consultation with the chief officer of police in accordance with Part III of Schedule 9 of the Act. The Order ...
Following the reports that the Conservative government is considering cutting air passenger duty on domestic flights as part of a plan to save regional airline Flybe from collapse, Liberal Democrat Transport spokesperson Munira Wilson said:"Flybe looks set to follow Thomas Cook, despite only being "rescued" last year. The way to ensure our businesses stay afloat is to provide certainty, rather than the chaos the Conservatives have presided over for the last three years."Offering troubled airlines like Flybe cuts to Air Passenger Duty is not the answer and a huge worry for climate campaigners - particularly when Boris Johnson is going ...
Mon, 12:56: RT @shellkryan: This is a thread on the UK Hostile Environment and universities and a recent experience I had as an immigrant in the UK. A... Mon, 16:05: In Roald Dahl's Car https://t.co/n7huQxxmvY Great short piece. Mon, 17:11: "I'm not transphobic, but...": A feminist case against the feminist case against trans inclusivity... https://t.co/cWLAD2x8xa Mon, 18:55: Dragonworld, by Byron Preiss (did not finish) https://t.co/Jdf9qGfGt2 Mon, 19:12: RT @remkorteweg: In 1666, Charles II - after having regained the throne - granted the city of Bruges/Brugge, as a token of gratitude, the... Mon, 19:30: RT @apcoworldwide: We are delighted to announce ...
On Wednesday my Liberal Democrat colleagues and I will call on the Liverpool City Council to commence a programme of encouraging new housing cooperatives and converting large properties into council run Houses in Multiple Occupation. It is in response to a Labour motion ... Continue reading →
I haven't written anything about the Lib Dems since the week following the general election. This is because I haven't been able to think of anything positive to say and no one wants to read about how the Liberal Democrats are completely screwed. However, having turned this over in my mind during the past few weeks, I feel I have the following to say. The Lib Dems have several big problems. One is that they managed to completely misuse what may turn out to be a once in a century opportunity, namely that MPs from both of the big two ...
As is traditional, Liberal Democrat Voice will be covering the maiden speeches of our new MPs as they happen. First up, yesterday, was Daisy Cooper in the Queen's Speech debate, responding to Dominic Raab on the subject of Britain in the World... It is a great honour to make my maiden speech following many other accomplished and passionate speakers. My constituency of St Albans is very proud of its contribution both to Britain's history and to Britain's place in the world. Alban himself is the first recorded Christian martyr and Britain's first saint. He was executed for giving shelter to ...
A Law Commission report has confirmed what many of us have known for some time, that immigration rules are "overly complex and unworkable". As the Guardian reports, the Commission believe that simplifying them in would save the government £70m over the next decade. It may also save many immigrants a huge amount of grief and heartache. The Law Commission point out that the regulations have quadrupled in length since 2010 and are "comprehensively criticised for being poorly drafted". When introduced in 1973, immigration rules ran to 40 pages; they now extend across 1,100. The report observes that making them more ...
Melling folk will know that this lovely lych gate to St. Thomas & The Holy Rood Church on Melling Rock was attacked and burned by vandals last year. I watched the craftsmen repairing it last June:- I also blogged about lych gates and their history a while back (Jan' 2017) and here's link back to that posting should you want to know more about them:- Looking at the new oak wood repairs a few days ago brought home to me the craftsmanship of the past which is still alive today. Click on the photos to enlarge them
Tories failing to keep people safe Responding to the HM Inspectorate of Probation report, which has found that the National Probation Service (NPS) is hampered by staff shortages, stretched middle managers and poor facilities, Liberal Democrat Justice Spokesperson Daisy Cooper said: This Conservative Government is failing in its most important duty: keeping people safe. Staff shortages in the Probation Service mean that high-risk individuals in our communities are not being properly supervised. This alarming report shows that ending private probation contracts and unifying the system, while clearly necessary, will not be nearly enough to fix the major problems in probation. ...
The Scottish Fair Trade Forum is running a series of sessions across Scotland to give supporters a chance to find our more about Fair Trade. It aims to make these sessions as informal and practical as possible: we want you to leave feeling energised and empowered with new ideas, connections and up-to-date information on Fair Trade. Sessions cover topics such as: - Fair Trade campaigning in the climate emergency - Harnessing the power of social media for Fair Trade campaigning - Procurement ... and includes : - Opportunities to meet other supporters - Lunch and Fairtrade tea & coffee! The ...
I have not got to the cinema as much this year as I have in previous years. So, I have not seen most of the nominees or potential nominees for this years Oscars, so will be staying out of arguments about whether Joker's nominations are 'a joke', if Greta Gerwig was snubbed in the Best [...]
