I went to look for Medbourne station, which closed as long ago as 1916. You may remember that I blogged about a 1922 campaign to reopen it. The station master's house survives, but you can't get a good photo of it from the public road. You can see a picture of it on the Medbourne village website. So all I can show you is the pillars at the entrance to the station, which are quite a way from where the platforms would have been. The second pillar is next to the litter bin, if you're struggling to locate it. And ...
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 Find Out Now 16% (nc) 23% (-1) 12% (-1) 11% (nc) 31% (+1) -8% (vs Ref) 18/6 GB YouGov ...
Thanks to Dr Jenn Dowd for spelling it out so clearly: I've heard *so* many versions of this claim over the years, including recently from a prominent menopause doctor/influencer (implying that menopause is not "natural" because no one lived long enough to go through it). Every time someone states this "fact," a demographer loses a piece of their soul. What's the truth? When life expectancy was in the 30s, you were more likely to die in your 70s than in your 30s. Why? Life expectancy is an averageMortality under age 5 was extremely high historicallyIf you survived to age 5 ...
This week saw the first time that the Liberal Democrats had stood a candidate in the Ashford Town ward (Spelthorne) since 2007. An extremely strong campaign by us saw the Lib Dems gaining the seat from the Conservatives. Well done to Gregory Neall and the team for leaping ahead of the others and winning the seat, despite not standing in Ashford Town for nearly 20 years. Spelthorne BC, Ashford Town Liberal Democrats (Gregory Neall): 539 (27.4%, new) Reform UK: 459 (23.4%, +21.0) Conservative: 374 (19.0%, -18.4) Labour: 234 (11.9%, -2.2) Liberal Democrats GAIN from Conservative The Highlands saw two by-elections ...
Activity involving clipboard = Busy Friends, neighbours, relatives have all been brilliant since Sue died. They have all known exactly the right thing to say and the right things to do. They have sent thoughtful thoughts, organised carefully planned wholesome activities and spontaneously supplied deliciously comforting calories. Without exception they have all been completely lovely. They have helped me get through what has been a difficult year. Thank you. With all these fabulous people looking out for me, I decided at the beginning of the year to try and say 'yes' to everything. I had no idea what to do ...
At this week's Mayor's Question Time, I asked Sadiq Khan a straightforward but urgent question: why is there still no dedicated Islamophobia training across London's public institutions? It's a question I asked not just as an Assembly Member, but as a Muslim woman who knows what it feels like to live in Britain right now. Recently online, I've been told I'm an immigrant who doesn't belong here. At a street surgery, I was told all Muslims should be killed. At London Bridge station, I was called a Paki and told I should go home. Islamophobia has been normalised in politics, ...
That news story about Bourton-on-the-Water, which provided a recent Headline of the Day, was everywhere. Not least, it provided liberal Bluesky with a target for the day's Two Minutes Hate. But Bourton-on-the-Water put me in mind of a book I read at primary school. And a big of googling showed that I'm not the only one with that memory. Over to Mumsnet: I read this book at primary school, when it was at the back of a dusty "free reading" cupboard and would love to find it again. The story is, a group of children are out on holiday by ...
It seems increasingly probable that capitalism must evolve radically. The drift to populism shows that our democracy is failing because our model of market-led economics isn't achieving what a growing majority of voters want. It was refreshing to find at Harrogate that this view is now widely shared among Liberal Democrat activists, as shown by the response to "Leading the Way". ALTER (Action for Land Tax and Economic Reform) summed it up in our response: "The Economy must work for Society, not the reverse". None of the other three main UK parties seems to question this. Yet we see no ...
Eight principal authority council by-elections this week, of which two were in the City of London. Of the other six, all had a Liberal Democrat candidate, one up on the last time these seats were up. Also up is the number of Liberal Democrat councillors: Ashford Town (Spelthorne) Council By-Election Result: [IMG: 🔶] LDM: 27.4% (New) [IMG: âž¡] RFM: 23.4% (+21.0) [IMG: 🌳] CON: 19.0% (-18.4) [IMG: 🙋] Ind: 18.3% (New) [IMG: 🌹] LAB: 11.9% (-2.2)No GRN (-16.8), Ind (-28.0), TUSC (-1.3).Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.Changes w/ 2023. — Election Maps UK (@electionmaps.uk) 2025-06-20T09:04:40.041Z Mark Harrison was the Lib Dem ...
Residents recently drew to our attention issues with the lighting on the path from Riverside Avenue to Perth Road - that reaches Perth Road west of River Crescent and east of Riverside Place - was not all operating properly making the path very dark at night. We drew this to the attention of the Street Lighting Partnership who agreed to inspect and check the lighting here to ensure all the lighting posts are functioning properly.
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