Test and trace privacy fiasco yet another blunder by Ministers Government's school funding plan shows no understanding of challenges facing schools Government must set up lifeboat system to ensure safe passage for Hong Kongers Government silencing those who get in the way of their own political interests Tories' plan to "take back control" proves to be empty words when it comes to trade Test and trace privacy fiasco yet another blunder by Ministers Responding to reports that privacy campaigners have accused the Government's test and trace programme of breaking data protection laws, Liberal Democrat Health, Wellbeing and Social Care spokesperson ...
Praising the Rank and File British cinema blog last week I mentioned the British actress Joan Dowling, who took her own life at the age of 26. Since then I have found this Pathe newsreel about her, made when she was 19.
I've discovered another enjoyable podcast. Each episode of Curiously Specific Book Club, which is presented by Tim Wright and Lloyd Shepherd, takes a humorous look at a single book, looking for textual clues as to exactly where and when it is set. Their look at Clive King's Stig of the Dump tackles a puzzle common to many children's book. Is it set in the England of the year it was published or the England of the author's childhood? Wright and Shepherd visit the book's setting and find that changes in land use and ownership have made the friendship between children ...
Here's my latest report from the party website, reporting back on the Federal Board meeting held this weekend and with thanks to all my colleagues on the Board and the staff team for what was a very constructive set of debates and decisions. We're putting the party back on track so we can achieve the sort of successes in future that we all so desperately want, and that our country needs. Problems with the current way of doing things make it harder for us to win elections and to give members a real say in what happens. This was one ...
Second paragraph of third chapter:The art of lobbying is to achieve congruence of the diverging interests of politics, business and society.I picked this one up in 2013 partly out of a general interest in sharpening the saw, but mainly because the author and I were on opposite sides of a particular Brussels lobbying issue at the time, and I wanted to get inside his head. Of course, I never got around to actually reading the book. Like other such books that I have read, it concentrated on being EU 101, explaining the institutional structures (now somewhat out of date, of ...
Walking and cycling destinations from Rimrose Valley County Park Country Park. I really enjoy cycling through Rimrose Valley Country Park, as I did yesterday morning, but sadly it is under significant threat from a new road being built from one end of it to the other to service the Port of Liverpool. This is of course a subject I've covered on this blog site many times. The reason I decided to highlight the environmental crisis which threatens this country park again is the two posters I came across during my bike ride. They are very much to the point:- To ...
Mon 20th
16:19
Can you help the Police with information to help tackle Anti-Social Behaviour in/near Fox Hollies Pa...
The following post has been put out by PCSO Ludford from the Aoccks Green Neighbourhood Policing Team. If you can help, please get in touch with them, either directly or anonymously via Crimestoppers (link below). "Unfortunately there have been a number of Anti-Social Behaviour incidents in and around the Fox Hollies Park area of Acocks Green. Some of these incidents have resulted in crimes including criminal damage and racial harassment. Recently on Saturday 18th July 2020 a number of residents reported a large group of youths aged from 8 years to 20 years arguing and fighting on Pool Farm Road, ...
Ed Davey and Layla Moran have given their answers to questions asked by Liberator magazine. You can download them from the Liberator website. While there you can sign up to Liberator's email newsletter. The last print issue of Liberator 402 is about to be mailed out and from September the magazine will be available as a free pdf.
Refurbishment of the overhead line between Kearsley and Whitegate Just to let residents know about National Grid work that is starting soon on the electricity pylons in our area. They will be starting work again soon on the pylon that is between the M60 and Kenilworth Avenue. You may notice more vehicles in the area, safe working areas created around the pylon and members of our team climbing and working on the pylon. So they can work safely they need to close the road directly in front of the pylon when they are working on it. This is expected to ...
In the run-up to the EU Referendum in June 2016, the then Justice Secretary, Michael Gove, declared that "we have had enough of experts". That argument unfortunately helped carry the day as millions of voters ignored the warnings from economists about the likely negative consequences of Brexit — and will soon have to live with [...]
I've sort of held off writing this article for a while now. But things have gone too far. I was triggered by an article in the Independent authored by Vince Cable last week on the topic of China and the west. I'm simplifying a lot here, but basically the former Lib Dem leader was saying Britain as the ex-colonial power should watch it when it comes to China. In fact, we should probably stay out of the Hong Kong debate altogether given our past sins. This has been an emerging narrative on the western left for a while now. Partly ...
Sun, 12:13: Du vin "boilogique". https://t.co/sOxtSooi7s Sun, 15:36: TOR: Assassin Hunter, by Billy Bob Buttons https://t.co/Dngy8R47p4 Sun, 17:28: George Eliot, as sketched by Queen Victoria's daughter Princess Louise in 1877. https://t.co/11oLN5wAhR Sun, 17:42: RT @manubrutin: The fact that out of the 5 "frugal" countries, 3 are S&D governed 🇫🇮 🇸🇪 🇩🇰, and 1 has Greens in coalition 🇦🇹, speaks volume... Sun, 18:42: Someone else enjoying the cool of the abandoned quarry. https://t.co/p44EKy0MVN Mon, 09:30: Whoniversaries 20 July: James Bree, Roy Skelton, Jeff Rawle, Sinead Michael, Ben and Polly, the Moon https://t.co/Z2qIv10tIf
Anybody who has been watching the shambolic approach to Brexit from this government must by now be aware that it is now inevitable that we will finally leave the transition without a deal. However, that does not mean that business is prepared for such an eventuality. In fact, as the Guardian reports, many companies are now less prepared for a no-deal Brexit than they were a year ago and have yet to make any preparations for such an outcome. The paper says that as a result of the coronavirus crisis, stockpiles have been wound down, Brexit-related staff redeployed and cashflows ...
Liberator sends a questionnaire to each candidate during party leadership elections which seeks to move beyond questions like 'is land value taxation a Good Thing' to get them thinking about what the party is for, where it should be going and how to get it there. Both say they agree with the Thornhill report's main recommendations and both want a greener economy. Both also indicate they would never work with the Conservatives at least not while they are led by Boris Johnson. There are though some notable differences between the contenders which may help members make up their minds, see ...
Mon 20th
08:32
More Ludlow town buses run from today - we are asking you to lobby for a return to full service
It's getting desperate on the buses. At the beginning of lockdown, the Ludlow town bus service was cut from 30 trips a day to six. The 701 and 722 services were combined. The park and ride service shuddered to a halt. The bus still served the Eco Park but there were no park and ride customers. Why would anyone want to use a service that was at best hourly and had a three hour gap over lunch. There is no park and ride service in the country that is so badly served. From today, Monday, there will be two extra ...
Mon 20th
08:30
Whoniversaries 20 July: James Bree, Roy Skelton, Jeff Rawle, Sinead Michael, Ben and Polly, the Moon
i) births and deaths 20 July 1923: birth of James Bree, who played the Security Chief in The War Games (Second Doctor, 1969), Nefred the Decider in Full Circle (Fourth Doctor, 1980) and the Keeper of the Matrix in The Ultimate Foe (Sixth Doctor, 1986). 20 July 1931: birth of Roy Skelton, whose first voice work was for the Monoids in The Ark (First Doctor, 1966) and did Dalek voices all the way from Evil of the Daleks (Second Doctor, 1967) to The Curse of Fatal Death (alternate Doctors, 1999). He had three on-screen roles as well, Wilfred Norton in ...
Hello! I'm Mark Pack, author of both 101 Ways To Win An Election and Bad News: what the headlines don't tell us, along with maintaining the largest database of national voting intention polls in the UK, stretching back to 1943. Although most attention understandably and rightly is on other things, the polling companies running semi-regular voting intention polls. 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. You might also find my podcast interview with one of the UK's leading ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT Please note that most works are subject to change and late completion due to the restrictive measures in place following UK and Scottish Government advice that only emergency/urgent works and those considered essential should take place during this period. REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 20 JULY 2020 20mph speed limit zone road marking and traffic sign works commencing Monday 29 June 2020 for 2 weeks to improve road safety for the higher levels of pedestrians and cyclists in the following streets in the Perth Road area: Roseangle, Magdalen Yard ...
Church Rd Yate will be closed from 22 July for roadworks. But WHAT TIMES?The letter sent to residents by S Glos says it will be closed DAYTIMES 8am - 6pm. But the roadside signs they have now put up say it will be closed at night, 8pm to 6am.So which is it? We have asked S Glos to sort out this mess and let us all know definitively BEFORE they start work. We will keep you posted.
