Before Martin Johnson came along, the boxer Jack Gardner was Market Harborough's most famous sporting son. He beat Bruce Woodcock in 1950 to win the British and Empire heavyweight titles, and for most of 1951 held the European title too. When Gardner retired from the ring in 1956, he took up farming locally. He died in 1978 aged only 52. A second local British heavyweight champion is seen in the film: Reggie Meen, who grew up down the road in Desborough and held the title from November 1931 to July 1932. And the Colonel Symington who presents Gardner with a ...
The result of the Canadian federal election has not yet been confirmed, but it is clear that the Liberal Party has comfortably won the most seats. The likely outcome is a Liberal minority government (projections put the Liberals on 168, four seats short of a majority) but that represents a remarkable turnaround for an incumbent party that trailed in the polls by 27 points in early January. Credibility matters. Ultimately Mark Carney was seen as a more credible Prime Minister than Pierre Poilievre. Despite the differences in the respective levels of political experience, in a short time Carney has been ...
Slough Liberal Democrats report: "I am delighted to welcome seven independent councillors who decided to join Slough Liberal Democrats," said Cllr Frank O'Kelly, chair of Slough local party... "Slough Liberal Democrat councillor group will be greatly strengthened by the addition of Cllr Sabia Akram, Cllr Waqas Sabah, Cllr Zaffar Ajaib, Cllr Haqeeq Dar, Cllr Mohammed Nazir, Cllr Naveeda Qaseem and Cllr Jamila Sabah". Explaining the decision to join the Lib Dems, Cllr Akram said: "It's been almost a year since resigning from the Labour Party. This was not a decision we took lightly. Whilst we recognise and value the importance ...
From The Female Illuminati When I ask him what became of Violent Bonham Carter, Lord Bonkers is evasive. "Some say he is lying low after an unsuccessful attempt to steal the Crown Jewels: others that he is to be found in one of the pillars of the Chiswick flyover," is all the old boy will offer. If Violent is still with us, he won't be happy that his name is being banded about so freely. Following my earlier examples of 'Violent Bonham Carter'appearing in print, here is a set from the internet. ABE Books listing for Lantern Slides: The Diaries ...
It has been a while since I last delved into favourite committee names, but this one has caught my eye: [IMG: Administrative Burdens Advisory Board] The role of the Administrative Burdens Advisory Board is, "to make a noticeable difference for small business by supporting HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to help make tax easier, quicker and simpler." Sign up to get the latest news and analysis "*" indicates required fields Email* Enter Email Confirm Email Name* First Last What would you like to receive?* Liberal Democrat Newswire: monthly newsletter The Week in Polls (once a week political polling round-up) Mark ...
Local councillors are leaving the party under whose name they stood - and often joining a different one - in remarkable numbers, finds Augustus Carp in his latest survey for this blog With the local government elections taking place on Thursday, here's a quick appetiser - a snapshot analysis of recent defections amongst local government councillors. It's long been my contention that defections, suspensions, resignations and flouncings out might be telling us something significant about the morale in local party groups, which surely must have an impact on their campaigning abilities. However, it's been a complicated few months in the ...
Mark Carney and the Canadian Liberals have won an extraordinary victory which seemed impossible a few months ago. In hispowerful victory speech in English and French, he said that he would be guided by 3 values ; Humility , Ambition and Unity and stressed the importance of bringing the whole country together to deal with the new world we are in. He could not have been clearer about the threat and the fundamental change: "America wants our land, our resources, our country .... President Trump is trying to break us, so that America can own us. Our old relationship with ...
Rachel Reeves may have embarked on a helter skelter rush for growth, but according to one charity her recent welfare cuts could act as a further obstacle to achieving that objective. The Guardian reports that the anti-poverty charity Trussell has warned that Labour's tough stance on benefits is costing Britain's economy billions of pounds each year while adding to the pressure on public services by pushing more people into poverty. The paper says that Trussell believes that failing to tackle hunger and hardship will have severe human costs and cause damage to the wider economy and public finances: Attacking Labour's ...
How do we apply Liberalism in day-to-day politics? A thoughtful new book, When We Speak of Freedom, edited by Paul Hindley and Benjamin Wood, deserves more discussion here. The subtitle is 'Radical Liberalism in an age of crisis'. For the editors, the crisis is part-political, caused by the challenge of populism and nationalism, but primarily ethical, about a failure of community and a sense of alienation. Alan Butt Philip's foreword introduces one important theme of the book: how individual citizens can find a way of living that is environmentally sustainable and morally fulfilling. Michael Meadowcroft's opening chapter addresses the 'deep ...
Our joint weekly ward surgery takes place tonight. This week it is as follows : Blackness Library (Tuesdays 5pm - every week during school term time) All welcome - no appointment necessary!
