I have been a bit worried of late that the Lib Dems, at least in England, have been a bit bland and have been pulling the punches they should have landed. Well, credit where it's due. After the utterly disgraceful scenes on Clapham Common tonight, Alistair Carmichael, Luisa Porritt and Ed Davey have written to Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick to tell her she should resign. Here is their letter: Dear Commissioner, The scenes this evening of the policing of the Clapham Common vigil in memory of Sarah Everard are utterly disgraceful and shame the Metropolitan Police. The vigil this ...
Embed from Getty ImagesFollowing the Metropolitan Police's use of force to break up a vigil for Sarah Everard this evening, the Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has called on the Met's Commissioner Cressida Dick to resign. In a letter also signed by Alistair Carmichael and Luisa Porritt he says: This was a complete abject tactical and moral failure on the part of the Police. Gossip on Twitter suggests that the police in Lambeth sought to engage with the organisers so the vigil could go ahead safely but received orders from on high to break it up. And this when a ...
A Liberal Democrat press release brings the news: Following the events in Clapham this evening, Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has written a letter to Metropolitan Police Commissioner Cressida Dick calling on her to resign. The letter, also signed by Liberal Democrat candidate for Mayor of London Luisa Porritt and Spokesperson for Home Affairs Alistair Carmichael, says: Dear Commissioner, The scenes this evening of the policing of the Clapham Common vigil in memory of Sarah Everard are utterly disgraceful and shame the Metropolitan Police. The vigil this evening was a peaceful one brought together in the most horrific of circumstances. ...
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Sat 13th
20:17
Liberals in the news: Covid clashes with civil liberties, and women told to stay in their homes
Liberals are in the news every week - here we try to highlight the... well, the highlights. This week: Reclaim these streetsNew coalmines - and we're the canariesCovid - nationalism and libertiesScotland and an unusual coalition
Going, going, gone ! A quality, live Charity Auction is coming to Newbury on 21st April, with a good mixture of antiques and collectables for sale, including silver, jewellery, coins, paintings, furniture, ceramics, glass and much more. Special Auction Services ('SAS') of Newbury is hosting the Charity Auction, raising funds solely for the Alexander Devine Children's Hospice. They're committed to raising the grand sum of £21,000, and the star lot is a diamond bangle (pictured). Alexander Devine Children's Hospice Service was founded in 2007 with the aim of providing a dedicated children's hospice service for all children with life-limiting and ...
Some names have been changed below; some have not. As previously mentioned, I've been getting a lot of useful distraction from the Ancestry.com website of late. Back in December I reported that I'd had a call with a lady whose mother was found abandoned in a Philadelphia park as a three-week-old baby, in 1917. DNA suggests that she and her siblings are my fourth cousins or thereabouts. As it happens, my American grandmother was born in Philadelphia in 1899, but the genetic distance is too great for the baby to have been in her immediate family, or even first cousins; ...
I am going to be in so much trouble, because the National Maraphone is 3 and a half hours old and I haven't made a single call – which is unusual for me. I'll make it up in the week, I promise. Like so many women, I've been profoundly upset by the events of this week. I think we all feel it because we all have a story to tell, something we were lucky to escape from in one piece. But these things cast a long shadow. When we talk of being frightened if we are walking alone somewhere, we ...
Fri, 12:43: RT @jonworth: Interesting thread. The common problem seems to be Downing Street not wanting to see Northern Ireland as a problem until it... Fri, 12:46: It is a fascinating interview, like several others have been, but the most jaw-dropping moment is when he whines that the Irish government did not do enough to educate No 10 staff about Northern Ireland. https://t.co/KzvPh442lc Fri, 12:51: RT @AndrewPRLevi: @nwbrux Whining. Ignorance. Arrogance. Cynicism. Self-awareness on a sub-atomic scale. It's hard to work out why it all w... Fri, 12:56: RT @ellardent: Michael Palin's diary contains some delightful, unexpected trivia from Richard ...
Sat 13th
10:51
Shropshire Council gives little hope that Shrewsbury bus station will be retained when Smithfield is...
Shrewsbury's bus station and the bus layover bus are the essential for the operation of bus services in and out of Ludlow. Fears that the bus station will be demolished were raised when Shropshire Council and Shrewsbury Town Council published the latest stage of the Big Town Plan. This suggested that the bus station would be replaced by housing and people coming into Shrewsbury by bus will change to a town bus at a park and ride site. Now there are suggestions that Shropshire Council is having a rethink but it only committing to a "facility" not a bus station. ...
I'm feeling frustrated, to be honest, that Reclaim these Streets vigils over the country have been cancelled after Police made clear to organisers that they could be hit with heavy fines. The events have now mostly been moved online and I'll be taking part at 6pm tonight, on my doorstep with a candle to remember Sarah Everard and the other women killed by men and to assert the right of women and girls to go about their business in safety – and, crucially, without the fear that it is clear we all experience. Now I'm about as Covid-cautious as you ...
Anybody who thinks that Brexit is going to plan really needs to think again in the light of the latest economic data. The Guardian reports that UK exports of goods to the EU plunged by 40.7% in January as the first month since Brexit and the imposition of a new Covid lockdown resulted in the biggest monthly decline in British trade for more than 20 years: In the first month since leaving the EU on terms agreed by Boris Johnson's government, the Office for National Statistics said goods exports to the bloc fell by £5.6bn, while imports fell by 28.8%, ...
One of the things that struck me the most about the response surrounding the case of Sarah Everard was that on Twitter the phrase "not all men" has been trending alongside her name. It has become a common pattern that as soon as women talk about their experiences that they are met with some form of reply such as "but not all men are like this" and "men can be victims as well". While both statements are true, it ignores the fundamental point that abuse happens when someone in a position of power takes advantage of their own power at ...
broadcast anniversaries 13 March 1965: broadcast of "Invasion", fifth episode of the story we now call The Web Planet (not to be confused with The Invasion, the 1969 Second Doctor story). The Doctor controls a Zarbi with his ring, escapes with Vicki and joins forces with Barbara and the Menoptra. 13 March 1971: broadcast of first episode of The Claws of Axos. Furge thangering muck witchellers rock throbblin' this time o' day... Ur bin oughta gone put thickery blarmdasted zones about, gordangun, diddenum? Havver froggin' law onnum, shouldnum? Eh? Eh? Arn I? 13 March 2009: broadcast of From Raxacoricofallapatorius With ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 15 MARCH 2021 Glamis Drive (between Hillside Road and Glamis Road) - closed on Friday 19 March for Scottish Water repair works. Forthcoming Road Works West Marketgait (northbound from Nethergate to West Port roundabout), Westport roundabout (south side of outer lane), Hawkhill (westbound from West Port roundabout to Brown Street) - closed from Monday 22 March for 3 weeks for Bus Priority Improvement Works.
Liberal Democrat MP Wendy Chamberlain has called on the Government to pass the Domestic Abuse Bill and make misogyny a hate crime in a powerful International Women's Day speech to the House of Commons. The theme of this year's International Women's Day is "Choose to Challenge". Wendy Chamberlain, who was a police officer before she became an MP, said: "The challenge to the Government is - Pass the Domestic Abuse Bill - it's been in the offing for four years. Legislate to make misogyny a hate crime. Make sure that those occupying positions of trust are people we really can ...
Responding to the latest developments on Alexei Navalny, Liberal Democrats Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Layla Moran said: "It is inexcusable that Alexei Navalny's whereabouts are currently unknown. The Kremlin must provide clarity on this immediately to his lawyers. "This comes on top of the already inexcusable arrest and detention of Alexei Navalny, and the shutting down of dissent in Russia from politicians and protestors. The UK should not stand for such human rights abuses and take further action. "The Liberal Democrats continue to call on the Government to investigate implementing fresh Magnitsky sanctions, as the US has done in recent weeks, ...
