"The Gay Dolphin is almost as old as Rye itself. I am not sure how old it is, but there is no doubt that it was much used by smugglers and I am now fairly confident that it contains some secret which I have never discovered." It's little wonder that readers of Malcolm Saville's The Gay Dolphin Adventure* think the Mermaid in Rye was the model for the Gay Dolphin. And the Mermaid surely was the model for its building. But if you read the book carefully you will find the Gay Dolphin occupied a different position in Rye - ...
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Tories refuse to drop council candidate who called Volodymyr Zelenskyy an "enemy of the people"
New on the Mirror website: A Tory election candidate branded Volodymyr Zelensky an "enemy of the people" as he suggested we should stop supporting Ukraine. Ian Glass, who is standing to represent the party on Hartlepool Borough Council, dismissed the war hero as a "puppet". ... Mr Glass, a personal trainer, posted his criticism of Mr Zelensky when the Ukrainian President visited the UK in February last year. After Mr Sunak tweeted a photo of the two leaders together, he wrote: "The puppet installed president (after coup) meeting an unelected PM, both enemies of the people." In another post in ...
Welcome to my summary of the latest national voting intention poll from each pollster currently operating in Britain. If you'd like to find out more about how polls work, how reliable they are and how to make sense of them, check out my book, Polling UnPacked: the History, Uses and Abuses of Political Opinion Polls, or sign up for my weekly email, The Week in Polls: General election voting intention polls – indicates that party didn't feature in the polling questions separate from 'Others' or that the data is not yet available. RUK = Brexit Party or Reform Party. Numbers ...
The Guardian reports that businesses have described Britain's Brexit border plans as being in "complete disarray" after it emerged the introduction of some checks on EU imports will be delayed. They add that post-Brexit border rules, due to come into force on 30 April, will require many meat, dairy and plant products from the EU to be physically checked at government border control posts, but trade bodies have said fresh confusion about when the checks would begin were "incredibly challenging" for business planning, while others said serious questions remained about the government's readiness for the regime: Under the rules, medium- ...
Spare a thought for Bibi Netanyahu. He is caught between a rock and several hard places. He is fighting external wars against Hamas, Hezbollah and Iran; an internal war against his cabinet colleagues and a diplomatic one against the Biden Administration and most of the rest of the world, if not all of it. The results of this complex picture could be Armageddon, stalemate or any one of the many in between scenarios. While pondering the fate of the Israeli prime minister you may also want to consider all the other players who are dragging the world to the brink ...
What would Ludlow be without the Castle, the Buttercross and Bodenhams? One of the most photographed buildings in Ludlow, the building that has housed Bodenhams since 1860 dates to the fifteenth century. Bodenhams the store, with its mix of old world and modern, is one of the most distinctive independent stores in Ludlow. Now the business is up for sale. High interest rates are a major factor with repayments to the bank leaving no margin for investment. Roger and Monika have put so much into this store. They have put so much into the town. What's next for them? They ...
The City Council has highlighted that in order to vote at the UK parliamentary elections in future, you will need to show ID at the polling station. This ID requirement does not apply at other elections in Scotland. If you don't have valid ID from the list of approved ID, you can apply for a Voter Identification Certificate free of charge. This can be done online or by making an appointment at the council's Customer Services department. Information is available at There is also a change in legislation regarding postal votes and if someone doesn't have a current postal ...
