It is with much sadness that I have to report the death of Chris Garrett, Chair, leading spirit of Liberal Democrats in Luxembourg and anti-Brexit campaigner. Thanks to his active involvement, particularly with the local Scout movement, Chris was widely known and appreciated in the English speaking community in Luxembourg. In the UK, he would ... Continue reading Chris Garratt, Chair of Lib Dems in Luxembourg, RIP
Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey has called on the Prime Minister to create a safe passage corridor for Afghans in the next 24 hours. He said: "The deaths of British people and many others in this appalling terrorist attack breaks our hearts. My thoughts are with the families of the victims in this awful moment. "The Government must do everything it can to secure a safe passage corridor in the next 24 hours to get all those fleeing the Taliban and the terrorists out of Afghanistan safely."
Current The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley Zodiac Station, by Tom Harper Last books finished Cryptozoic!, by Brian Aldiss The Primal Urge, by Brian Aldiss Humankind, by Rutger Bregman Next books Hurricane Fever, by Tobias S. Buckell Jack, by Marilynne Robinson
Second paragraph of third chapter:It might be thought that they had been paired deliberately as comic contrast. But they hadn't. Van Statten didn't have that sort of sense of humour. And now as he swept into the Cage operations room, they both snapped to attention and saluted. They knew that their boss wouldn't acknowledge them, that he probably wouldn't even notice they were there - but it was the correct form of the thing. If they were surprised that he'd brought the intruder with them they didn't show it. They were paid not to be surprised.Great novelisation of one of ...
Now here's an interesting thought. Why not ban any new listings of fossil fuel companies on the London Stock Exchange? Bankers and fossil fuel companies must not be allowed to destroy our planet just because of their greed. To lead the global fight against climate change, the UK must get fossil fuel money out of the City of London.https://t.co/xnLHuIJkfJ — Ed Davey MP [IMG: 🔶] [IMG: 🇪🇺] (@EdwardJDavey) August 27, 2021 Ed Davey flags up this idea in an interview with The Guardian today to mark his first year as Party Leader. Under the plan outlined to the Guardian by ...
Guildford Liberal Democrats have shared with us the sad news of the death of Tom Sharp on 20th August. We send our sympathies and love to his wife, Baroness Margaret Sharp, and to his family, friends and colleagues. Tom served as a County Councillor from 1989-2005 and as a Guildford Borough Councillor from 1991-1999. Professionally he was a civil servant, including a secondment to the British Embassy in Washington DC in the 70s. In 1987 he was awarded a CBE for the work he did on the privatisation of British Telecom. Cllr David Goodwin writes on behalf of the Borough ...
One year ago today, Ed Davey was elected leader of the Liberal Democrats, and since then we have gone up in the polls and got an extra MP.
Thu, 18:11: Thirteen, by Steve Cavanagh https://t.co/rc8PCZh6ln Thu, 18:33: What are the farthest points on the compass you have travelled to in 2021? North: Jordanstown West: Dundalk bypass South: Paris East: W�ris https://t.co/39Ji45nMCF Thu, 20:48: RT @davidallengreen: "Brexit is an unspectacular failure" @rafaelbehr is spot on (as usual) However badly Brexit goes in practice, it is... Fri, 09:15: Sorry to learn that Erle Korshak died on Wednesday, a last link with the very beginnings of science fiction fandom. https://t.co/6UOyfRpyHA https://t.co/GoswN1HPlc
Occupy Democrats @OccupyDemocrats BREAKING: An immunocompromised Florida teacher who couldn't get vaccinated because she was battling leukaemia dies of COVID after contracting the virus just days after being forced back to school by Governor DeSantis. RT IF YOU THINK DEATHSANTIS ... Continue reading →
Boris Johnson is well-known for acting as if the rules do not apply to him, and the way he has conducted himself inside 10 Downing Street has been no different. A cabinet office inquiry into the way that the refurbishment of the Prime Minister's flat was paid for may have concluded that everything was above board but that does not excuse the complex financial arrangements around that work, nor the obfuscation when explanations were sought. Accountability and transaparency on this issue has been virtually non-existent. The Independent reports Conservative Party accounts show that a Tory donor provided more than £52,000 ...
The '3 Graces' on Liverpool waterfront taken from the new Museum of Liverpool, which may well be one of the planning compromises too far? I've posted about this previously and here's a link back to that posting:- Scouser opinions on the move/loss seem to be, as a generality, – 'we did not ask for WHS', 'it was of no value', 'glad it's gone', 'who cares the visitors will still come' etc. etc. Here's a Scouser having his say having given the matter significant consideration – be prepared for a long read – Phil, an Everton fan and good friend ...
I loved this bit from a piece about new Scottish Lib Dem leader Alex Cole-Hamilton: His children have developed a habit of waiting until he's just about to do a media interview before asking for sweets, knowing he'll almost certainly agree. The Dundee Evening Telegraph's piece also quotes him on the future for the Lib Dems in Scotland: I think we've been held back in recent times by the clash of nationalism that we see, which is the binary, Hobson's choice between the Scottish nationalism in the SNP but also the Brexit nationalism of the Tory party. I can't believe ...
Four principal authority council by-elections this week, and all four have Liberal Democrat candidates, a repeat of last week's full slate. This week's full slate is particularly welcome as two of the wards didn't have Lib Dem candidates either of the last two times they were up. The first result in is one you may see reported in different ways, as it was for a seat that the Conservatives won at the last election but where the winner switched to independents. So Labour's gain is either from independents or Conservatives depending on how you look at it: By Election Result ...
The Victoria Gardens community garden is having a family picnic day tomorrow - Saturday 28th August - 12 noon to 4pm - all welcome :
Shropshire Council has joined more than 100 councils across the UK that have informed the government it will accept refugees from the current crisis and support them. Shropshire has a good track record in rehousing refugees. This crisis, like so many others, has moved so many of us to tears. Even more so with yesterday's events at the gates of Kabul International Airport. The arrival of refugees is not a tomorrow crisis. It is a today crisis. The first refugees have arrived in the UK and thousands more will continue to arrive for days, perhaps for weeks. One of the ...
"We are in a dystopian present, where a few private equity backed providers own an outsized share of non-LA [local authority] children's homes and foster care capacity. They have not done this by developing and nurturing provision or risking their own money. Instead they borrow money, often from each other, at high rates of interest to buy multiple children's homes and private independent fostering agencies. They assign the debt they have taken on to the company they have bought - leveraged debt, as it is called - then charge the cost of this debt's interest to the LAs through their ...
