Crossing our legs, we congratulate the Telegraph on winning our Headline of the Day Award. Thanks, I think, go to the reader who nominated it. The judges remarked that nothing about Eastbourne could surprise them.
The community fair at Whickham Chase Park was held today and despite the rain, the crowds still turned up. Lots of Lib Dem councillors and campaigners were there as stewards or, as in my case, running a fundraising stall. My stall was a pen for Penny, one of our goats, who had a donation box strategically positioned next to the pen. Thanks to everyone who donated. Here are a few photos.
The late great Simon Titley once wrote: "Progressive." What does it mean? The only discernible meaning is "not conservative" or "not reactionary"... negative definitions. The "p" word is a lazy word, so give it up. It will force you to say what you really mean. We need real politics not empty slogans. It doesn't even mean that now. The Guardian tells us that Downing Street is exploring options for 'progressive' UK digital IDs contained in a paper from the think-tank Labour Together:The paper has been handed to the No 10 policy unit to flesh out proposals for a BritCard, which ...
Early in 1947 England was hit by serious flooding, but by September there was a different problem: drought. The video above comes from this part of the world, and there's more detail in this cutting from the Leicester Mercury (28 October 1947): Harborough Villages Short of Water A water shortage in several villages near Market Harborough has reached serious proportions and arrangements never been more extensive in the 12 years Mr R. W. Turner has been surveyor to the Harborough Rural District Council. The shortage particularly acute at Husbands Bosworth but wells have also dried up at Saddington, East Langton, ...
Welcome to my summary of the latest national voting intention polls for the next general election, along with the latest MRP projections and party leadership ratings. 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 PollsterConLabLDGrnRefLab leadFieldwork Techne 17% (+1) 23% (+1) 15% (-1) 8% (-1) 31% (nc) -8% (vs Ref) 4-5/6 GB Find Out Now ...
The Curator of Museum Services at the University of Dundee is currently running the latest programme of walking tours showcasing Dundee's amazing collection of public art and design. Museum curator Matthew Jarron (coordinator of the Public Art Dundee project) is leading some nine walking tours in different parts of the city and we are pleased to see one in the West End : Wednesday 11th June - Blackness Further details and booking information is available at
Back to Mumbles and a little known corner of All Saints Church, which contains the grave of Thomas Bowdler, a man I first came across while studying for my English Literature A Level. As this website recounts Thomas Bowdler received notoriety as a 19th century English author of "The Family Shakespeare," volumes of William Shakespeare's work rewritten in a more polite language for the Victorian English public. Effectively he expurgated all the rude words of Shakespeare saying:"My object is to offer these plays to the public in such a state that they may be read with pleasure in all companies, ...
