SNP's ScotRail: 17,000 cancellations and 300,000 trains running late Greene brands Findlay "McFarage" SNP's ScotRail: 17,000 cancellations and 300,000 trains running late In his first major investigation since being appointed transport spokesperson, Scottish Liberal Democrat Jamie Greene MSP has revealed that more than 17,000 trains were cancelled and a further 300,000 did not arrive on time last year on government-owned ScotRail. Mr Greene is now calling on the Scottish Government to deliver a reliable railway system that works for all communities, all ages and the climate. Figures provided by Transport Scotland to Scottish Liberal Democrats have revealed that: 17,491 trains ...
Gateshead Lib Dems held an action day in Bridges ward today. Once a Labour stronghold, last year they clung on by only 65 votes over us in a by-election in the ward. Our aim today was to deliver the latest Focus - and other than a handful of streets, we achieved what we set out to do, thanks to 15 members turning up to help. Lunch at the Tesco Cafe afterwards!
Here's a discovery. In 1946 there was a plan to move the Shropshire lead-mining village of Snailbeach to a new site nearer Minsterley. It was reported in the 15 March issue of the Shrewsbury Chronicle: SNAILBEACH TO LEAVE ITS SHELL Plan For New Village In Green Meadows If the plans now being prepared by the Clun Rural District Council come to maturity the village of Snailbeach will leave its shell among the scars of old industry on the flank of the Stiperstones, and move down to a new site among pleasant green meadows a mile or so nearer to Minsterley. ...
The latest edition of my weekly political polling round-up, The Week in Polls, is out. As it says: There is a new entrant in the ranks of polling companies regularly producing voting intention polls in the UK. It is Freshwater Strategy, a firm founded in Australia in 2022. It was co-founded by Mike Turner who was previously on the British political polling scene in 2014-19 with roles at Survation and BMG, before going to work for Lynton Crosby's CT Group. His departure from there seems to have been somewhat lively judging by some of the mainstream press coverage... Find out ...
"What's happening in Gaza is a humanitarian and existential tragedy for the people living there, a moral and political disaster for Israel, the indirect, long-term result of past European barbarism and the subject of a damaging present European failure."Timothy Garton Ash reflects on European double standards and German cognitive dissonance. Séamas O'Reilly reports from Ballymena: "To their credit, the PSNI have been clear-cut on this point, with the chair of their police federation Liam Kelly describing the violence as 'mindless, unacceptable and feral' and the actions of the rioters as 'a pogrom'. There is no interpretation of these acts, no ...
Davey: International leadership is needed now Davey urges Starmer to forge new UK-Canada defence pact to reduce reliance on Trump Greene to Tories: It's Kemi-geddon Greene: Badenoch might as well say vote Lib Dem Davey: International leadership is needed now Following Israel's strikes in Iran overnight, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said: People across the UK and the world will be fearing the break-out of widespread regional conflict in the Middle East, following Israel's strikes overnight. The UK must work with allies to contain Iran's nuclear ambitions through diplomacy, not war. The UK Government should urge both Israel and Iran ...
This week, the UK government announced sanctions on Israeli ministers Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich, alongside Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and Norway. citing their incitement of violence and abuses of Palestinian human rights. This marks a significant shift - from targeting individual settlers to sanctioning sitting ministers - and is a move the Liberal Democrats have long called for in parliament. But if this action is to be more than symbolic, it must mark a broader change in UK policy. Sanctions should not stop at ministers who incite violence; they must extend to all those who are orchestrating and directing ...
United States The Los Angeles riots started at a local Home Depot store. These stores are a national network of shops selling hardware and DIY material. Throughout America they act as a magnet for illegal aliens—main Hispanic and Latinos—who base themselves outside shops in search of part-time construction and handyman jobs. Where illegal aliens gather you will now find Trumps ICE (Immigration Control Enforcement) agents ready to swoop down, arrest, detain and deport. Which is exactly what happened last Friday at the Home Depot store in Los Angeles's Westlake District and at LA's Huntington Park. Normally, the arrests are relatively ...
I hadn't been intending to do this. Instead, I had been dreaming of a public row at Liberal Democrat HQ that would give me a pretext for getting rid of Freddie and Fiona altogether. But having had the idea, I realised that their buying a weekend cottage in Rutland might have hilarious consequences. Fiona's "Oh Mr Meadowcroft, you're so sweet!" was inspired by a half-remembered Posy Simmonds strip about the manners of the weekending classes.[Amazingly, after writing this I found it online.] And with it, we finish another week in the company of Rutland's most celebrated fictional peer. Sunday As ...
I remember liking this when it came out in 1974 - it reached no. 6 in the singles chart that June. One of the members of Scaffold was Mike McGear, who was Paul McCartney's brother. And the track was produced by Paul, who had suggested recording the song to the band. More than that, in his interview for The Strange Brew podcast, Mike seems to be saying that Wings were the band playing on Liverpool Lou, with the addition of Norman Yardley on harmonica. The instrument used in the break (played by Paul McCartney) was the Gizmo. This was a ...
Cole-Hamilton: Youth work is key to tackling youth violence Cole-Hamilton to Swinney: Do the right thing and give Fornethy survivors access to Redress Wishart comments on energy report calling for delay to RTS switch off Cole-Hamilton calls for investment in concrete youth work after summit Cole-Hamilton: Youth work is key to tackling youth violence Scottish Liberal Democrat leader and former youth worker Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP has today called for greater investment in youth work ahead of a summit on youth violence. Later today, Alex will attend a cross-party summit hosted by the First Minister on tackling youth violence and knife ...
With thanks to Shirley Grant and Dundee Memories, two 28 buses on Logie Street/Lochee Road - 1990s.
The Mirror reports that the Tories have called for Nigel Farage's Reform to be probed over what they describe as a "cyber-security disaster waiting to happen". They have called on the information watchdog to launch an investigation into their Reform, who have asked for a mountain of data from the councils they control,including information on whistleblowers and the names and addresses of people who receive meals on wheels: The Tories also accuse Mr Farage's underlings of risking private data on the amount of cash foster carers receive. In a letter to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), shadow communities secretary Kevin ...
