Cole-Hamilton challenges Farage to pronounce Scottish place names Outrage as Oxford-Cambridge Rail Project classed as "England & Wales" Farage attacks on media are "Trumpian" Lib Dems comment on Farage skipping media Cole-Hamilton challenges Farage to pronounce Scottish place names Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today accused Nigel Farage of playing a con on the people of Scotland as the Reform UK leader makes his first visit to Scotland since being chased into an Edinburgh pub in 2013. Mr Cole-Hamilton said: Nigel Farage is trying to con Scots. If you live in Kirkcudbright, Milngavie, Penicuik or Garioch, Nigel Farage ...
Davey on Strategic Defence Review: get to 3% faster and reverse troop cuts Submarine announcement could be "damp squib" without funding ambition – Lib Dems Davey on Starmer interview: "concerning lack of urgency" Starmer's comments on Winter Fuel U-turn shows "the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing" Revealed: Armed forces have shrunk by 2,000 since Labour Government elected Davey on Strategic Defence Review: get to 3% faster and reverse troop cuts Ed Davey brands 2034 target for 3% defence spending as "far too late" and urges cross-party talks to "move faster". Lib Dems press for full ...
Mon 2nd
21:05
"Join the Lib Dems, stop moaning on Facebook and get involved": Leigh Frost did and now he's leader ...
[IMG: The former Bodmin Public Rooms (now the Capitol Cinema)] "I was a big Remainer and still am. I believe that we had a lot of benefits from being members of the European Union. A vote to leave the European Union basically gave you less rights and I didn't like the fact my children would grow up with less rights than I had. "I became one of those ranty people on Facebook about why Brexit was a bad idea. Dan Rogerson [former Lib Dem MP for North Cornwall] sent me a message telling me I should join the Lib Dems, ...
Accounts of the writing of William Golding's Lord of the Flies tend to emphasise the influence of R.M Ballantyne's The Coral Island on the book. Golding both borrowed Ballantyne's plot and subverted his view of the world. But I have lately come to wonder if Golding had read another Victorian novel: Richard Jefferies'Bevis: The Story of a Boy. Because, in it, Bevis and his friend Mark maroon themselves on an island and live like explorers. Gradually, like the boys in Lord of the Flies, they become convinced they are sharing the island with a beast. Bevis and Mark were better ...
A quote from a speech given this past week: But let us say this clearly. This country could not survive without immigrants. It requires immigration. This continent requires immigration if we are to prosper. I ask you. In the 1960s who drove the buses that kept this city moving. Immigrants. Who kept the factories running when there was labour shortages like my grandfather who worked in the Singer sowing machine factory in Clydebank? It was immigrants. Today when our loved ones need care be that in the NHS or our social care system who is there propping up our vital ...
Gateshead Lib Dems met up last week to discuss planning for the local elections next year. The meeting was divided into 2 working groups to discuss issues relevant to the campaign. Good progress was made and we are looking forward to the battle ahead. Here are a few pics from the meeting.
Military housing: high time for Govt to "get out of the slow lane" and apply decent homes standard Lib Dems on Healey comments: Government "dragging its feet" on reversing Army cuts IFS Briefing: Lib Dems say Government ministers will be "bailing water from a sinking boat with a spoon" if they ignore fixing social care Welsh Lib Dems Respond to Mark Drakeford National Insurance Bombshell Scottish Government rebuked by own watchdog over sewage dumping Military housing: high time for Govt to "get out of the slow lane" and apply decent homes standard Responding to the Government's military housing announcement today ...
As a solo consultant, starting small is the name of the game. But you don't have to stay small. In fact, when it comes to growing your solo consulting practice, you have a range of options at your disposal. And whatever stage you're at in your solo consulting journey, it's worth taking a moment to ponder what the future might look like. It's quite possible to grow your practice while remaining a solo consultant. I've been a solo consultant for fifteen years now and I have no plans to take take on a partner or to start employing people. Instead, ...
Mon 2nd
10:29Foxes on a speedboat: Birrificio Angelo Poretti's Welcome to the Lake cinema commercial
I enjoyed The Phoenician Scheme, but maybe the highlight of the afternoon was this commercial for Birrificio Angelo Poretti. Don't think you'll be getting a taste of the real Italy though: it's brewed by Carlsberg in Northampton.
The Independent reports that record high levels of child poverty has led to demand for help from baby banks from parents struggling to feed their children surging by more than one-third in a year. The paper says that as the cost of living continues to rise, a growing number of families are having to turn to baby banks, with new data showing that more than 3.5 million essential items were handed out in 2024, including nappies, clothes and cots - an increase of 143 per cent on the previous year: Describing the rising need as "absolutely shocking", actor and podcast ...
"Our shared values and security pacts with Europe may eventually lead to a different 'special relationship' than the one we believed we had. A swift referendum, though likely to reverse Brexit, wouldn't be sustainable (or trusted by the EU) if it leaves too many voters entrenched in old biases. So it's baby steps for now, while the media and government catch up with changing attitudes."Jenny Rhodes looks at the UK/EU relationship after last month's reasonably successful summit. Toby Buckle argues that the dominant narrative explaining the appeal of Donald Trump has got it all wrong: "Far-left radicals, socialists, liberals, centrists, ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 2 JUNE 2025 Shaftesbury Road (Hyndford Street to Seymour Street) - closed from Wednesday 21 May for 2 weeks for Scottish Water work. Blinshall Street (Douglas Street to 50 metres south) - closed until August 2025 for construction works. Douglas Street (Blinshall Street to Brown Street) - temporary traffic lights until August 2025 for construction works. Scottish and Southern Energy Networks Elmwood Cable Renewal Scheme - temporary traffic lights and road closure from Tuesday 4 March for 19 weeks insofar as it affects ...
