Sat 15th
19:48

Gallifrey One, first day

Ood Misc cosplay Writers (Fitton, Myles, Cornell, McCormack) Autograph Fannish glee

Welcome to Cllr Lisa Smart, freshly elected as the new chair of the Federal Communications and Elections Committee (FCEC). She's written a piece for the party website introducing herself and her priorities: Last week I received a call at home. I'd been fighting for a blue disabled parking badge for a local man with a hidden disability. He'd filled in all the forms, the reply came back, "Sorry, computer says no..." He'd complained, the reply still came back, "Sorry the computer still says no." Then something that happens up and down our country happened to him. Someone pushed a Liberal ...

Posted by Mark Pack on Mark Pack

Whilst the General Election results were disappointing, we have a set of local elections in May which present our party with an opportunity - to rebuild trust with the electorate ahead of future national elections. It will most likely be 2024 at the earliest when the next election is, assuming the Government remove the Fixed Term Parliament Act, so that gives us four years to win in local elections across the country and show the electorate that we can be trusted to represent them well at a local level. Historically, we have done well in parliamentary constituencies where we have ...

Posted by Tom Purvis on Liberal Democrat Voice

In September 2018 the Federal Board of the Party adopted the IHRA (International Holocaust Remembrance Association) definition of anti-Semitism. It did so following the recommendation of the Home Affairs Select Committee in its report of 2016 that government and public bodies should adopt this definition, with certain caveats. The definition has been adopted by many universities and local authorities and the UK Government has recently putting pressure on those public bodies that haven't to do so in the near future. The basic working definition reads: Antisemitism is a certain perception of Jews, which may be expressed as hatred toward Jews. ...

Posted by John Kelly on Liberal Democrat Voice
Sat 15th
11:00

My tweets

Fri, 12:56: The Northern Ireland Secretary of State league https://t.co/7XtJNiIqR8 Harsh but largely fair. I would put Peter Br... https://t.co/5qhW3IWstg Fri, 17:11: Sacking Julian Smith creates problems for Boris Johnson, rather than solving them https://t.co/VL3d8HNAnh Yup. Fri, 23:35: RT @MSmithsonPB: It says a lot about Johnson's government that the longest serving cabinet member is now Liz Truss Fri, 23:39: Amazing presentation from @trinajpl on future NASA missions to the outer solar system, with possible complex organics on Enceladus. Fri, 23:46: RT @GilmoreGlenda: Yrs ago, I went to Jim Bakker's federal trial for selling fake time shares at his resort. I'll ...

At last, we have got confirmation that we will be getting a grant for more kit for disabled sports at Yate Outdoor Sports Complex. (You may have seen reports of this in the newspaper a couple of weeks ago, but that was a press release from someone who had not been involved in the grant process, and just heard we had an application in and we were likely to get the money.) Now it has been confirmed. This is £57,618 for track and field equipment for disabled athletes at YOSC and some additional drainage work. If you've never been to ...

I am not one of those people to judge others by their schooling. I went to a grammar school and university, so I know that not only am I luckier than the majority of the population but also that my life experiences are different to many of the people I represent as a councillor. Nevertheless, when putting together a cabinet one does expect the Prime Minister to have some regard to how representative it is of the rest of the country. I suppose the exception is when that cabinet is made up of outstanding talents. Unfortunately, Boris Johnson does not ...

Posted by Peter Black on Peter Black

Ludlow Cricket Club has applied to replace its current two lanes of practice strips with two new strips with nets and artificial turf (20/00434/FUL). This is pretty much a like for like replacement and it looks good to me. Google image of Cricket Club Proposed layout

Posted by andybodders on Andy Boddington

A Southport bound Class 156 DMU at Burscough Bridge Station on the Southport – Wigan – Manchester Line – in 2014. I'm indebted to Flickr user British Rail 1980s and1990's for permission to use the photo contained in the link below to this blog posting:- www.flickr.com/photos/britishrail1980sand1990s/49529872211 As this blog site and many, many other sources have commented on for far too long now the standard of service, the short forming of trains, cancellations etc. etc. on the Southport – Wigan – Manchester line has sadly become a part of every passengers life. But there has to be hope and the ...

Posted by Cllr. Tony Robertson on Sefton Focus
Sat 15th
08:21

Stop reading the news?

Mark Pack has the article/book review on his web site – see link below:- Well firstly, I stopped reading national newspapers a long time ago. My only exception is 2 or 3 times a year, if I know I'm going to have a long time to kill for some reason, I will purchase a copy of the i. I take the view that newspapers, whilst they can be informative, are quite often used to peddle the views and prejudices of their owners and if you read them for long enough those views and prejudices will more than likely become ...

Posted by Cllr. Tony Robertson on Sefton Focus
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DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - SATURDAY 15 AND SUNDAY 16 FEBRUARY 2020 Union Place (nos 13 - 16) - closed (8.00am - 4.00pm) on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 February for BT work. Perth Road (at Union Place) - temporary traffic lights (8.00am - 4.00pm) on Saturday 15 and Sunday 16 February for BT work. REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2020 Riverside Esplanade - overnight (7.30pm - 6.30am) nearside lane closures on Wednesday 19 February for Scottish Water work. Riverside Drive (at Tesco) - overnight (7.30pm ...