We were in an English lesson in the lower sixth and the people taking Geography were off on yet another field trip. We may have advanced the observation that it was not fair. Our English teacher Mr Haydon or Haden - given how good he was I am ashamed that I cannot be sure of his name - told us to leave it with him. One of the books we were studying was The Rainbow by D.H. Lawrence and. sure enough, he put together a trip to Lawrence Country. We camped at Whatstandwell in the Derwent valley for a couple ...
Who? Where? What? Kent Online reports: Evie Martin, who stood as the Brexit candidate for Sittingbourne and Sheppey in the last general election, has joined the Liberal Democrats. She said: "Although I disagreed with the Lib Dems on Brexit, I have always supported their key policies on electoral reform, environmental improvements and affordable housing."In fact Martin did not stand for the Brexit Party anywhere. Because, as the article later admits, she was ordered to stand down for Nigel Farage to help the Conservatives. Some will be aghast at this news, but I remember Peter Sloman's concept of 'the liberalism of ...
It would be easy in the wake of last December's crushing election defeat for social liberals to be down-hearted. There are certainly serious questions to be asked with regard to the party's election campaign. The social liberal narrative was drowned out by Brexit, and by an incoherent mix of tactical manoeuvres aimed at attracting votes from the right rather than from the left and centre. Some of the operational questions that need answers will be dealt with in the party's official election review. But as we turn to the future, the political ones fall to all of us to resolve. ...
Many congratulations to John Shepherd and team on winning the Hedge End Town Council, St Helens Ward by-election, on Thursday: * Paul Walter is a Liberal Democrat activist. He is one of the Liberal Democrat Voice team. He blogs at Liberal Burblings.
Here's my latest piece for the Liberal Democrat website, this time about the party's elections post-mortem: Over 22,000 (yes, twenty-two thousand) submissions have already been made to the party's independent review into the general and European elections. But that's not stopping the review team, headed up by Dorothy Thornhill, from wanting to hear more... One opportunity to do that in person is at the party's spring conference in York, from 10:10am on Saturday 14 March in the main conference hall. But don't worry if you can't make it to the party conference. You can also send your views by email ...
(Updated from a previous post four years ago) One extraordinary point about the 2016 election was that the combined ages of the two front-runners was by some margin the highest ever. Donald Trump turned 70 a few months before the election, and Hillary Clinton a few months after. Their combined age of 139 on Election Day was ten years more than the previous record, Reagan (73) and Mondale (56) in 1984 (total 129). Only twice before had both main candidates been over 60 - the obscure elections of 1848, when Zachary Taylor (63) beat Lewis Cass (64), and 1828 when ...
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Do you want to help run the Welsh Liberal Democrats? Nominations for some key committee posts have just opened and will close on 25th March. Ordinary Member of the Membership Development Committee – 1 vacancy to be filled Ordinary Member of the Board – 1 vacancy to be filled Ordinary Member of the Finance & Resources Committee – 2 vacancies to be filled If that appeals you can find full details on the party website.
Rimrose Valley Country Park. The Liverpool Echo has the story on its website – see link below:- Back to 1984? I did not get to either of the 2 events mentioned in the article although I was at the Friends of the Earth event regarding trying to save Rimrose Valley Country Park from Highways England's proposed new road. Surely I must be on their watch list by now, I do hope so.
The article is on the RADIX website – see link below radixuk.org/papers/re-booting-capitalism I'm indebted to Southport Cllr. Iain Brodie Browne for the lead to this posting and what a breath of fresh air Norman Lamb is on this knotty subject. I've commented before on how much I admire Norman's thinking (with the rather glaring exception of Brexit of course) and as usual he hits the right notes, which makes me even more befuddled about how he lost his way over Brexit I might add. Go on have a read, see what we radical Social Liberals actually believe in......
Having allegedly taken back control from the European Union, the next target for some MPs appears to be taking back control from China. Given the level of investment in our economy from the Chinese, this may prove a tall order but, hey, that's never stopped the Tories before. The Guardian reports that a group of eight Conservative rebel MPs, including four former cabinet ministers, have put down an amendment calling on the government to eliminate all Huawei technology from the UK's mobile phone networks by the end of 2022: Led by Sir Iain Duncan Smith, Owen Paterson, David Davis and ...
With serious assaults, late night high speed car racing, vandalism a lot of residents have been raising issues about policing. YOU can raise your concerns directly with the police at the Yate Dodington Community Engagement Forum on 11 March from 7 - 9pm at Yate Parish Hall on Station Road Yate. ANYONE can attend, no need to register in advance. Your Councillors will be there as well as the police, so it is a good place to sort out what can be done to tackle the problems we are facing locally. You can also find out more about the Town ...
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Muckraker: The Scandalous Life and Times of W. T. Stead, Britain's first investigative journalist
William Thomas Stead was not only Britain's first investigative journalist, he also epitomised the profession's strengths and dark side within his own career.
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 9 MARCH 2020 West Marketgait (Greenmarket to Nethergate) - northbound lane closure on Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 March for building maintenance works. Nethergate (South Tay Street to West Marketgait) - closed on Sunday 15 March for building maintenance works. Riverside Drive (at Tesco roundabout) - eastbound lane closure for one week for water connection works.
