"If there is one consistent theme running through Farage's political career, it is his striking ability to make enemies out of friends. He seems to be running out of allies. That helps to explain why rumours about his own future, including speculation that health concerns could eventually force him to step back, carry so much weight." Nigel Farage won his by-election but, says Zoe Grunewald, that victory has failed to reinvigorate his party. Xueyu Geng asks if Britain's railways can cope with ever‑more extreme heat: "Railway assets have very long lives: a track, bridge or embankment built or substantially renewed ...
On my way to see the ruins of Wenlock Abbey this morning, I met these fine creatures. Perhaps they are on a religious retreat?
If you happen to be visiting Edinburgh in the next few days, you'll find that choosing the Fringe show you want to go to is even more challenging than working out your Conference diary. Over the four weeks, 3649 shows take place over 268 venues, for a total of 53000 performances in the biggest cultural festival in the World. And that's before you start on the Book Festival. Two Scottish Lib Dems are performing in shows this week and beyond. Fife Council candidate Eliza Twaddle appears in The Real Housewives of the Zombie Apocalypse. The dead have risen! But that ...
On 27th August 2006, LDV burst onto the blooging scene with a post suggesting that Simon Hughes was "certain to be challenged for the party presidency." Word reaches the Voice that weeks before the position had been advertised in Lib Dem News, party officials in Cowley Street received a call requesting a copy of the nomination papers for party President - the caller was not acting on behalf of Simon Hughes. Word also reaches us that one potential candidate is positioning himself to blitz Autumn Conference with an army of supporters bearing nomination papers, to seize the momentum. A Presidential ...
The Creation sound good today and all sorts of prominent musicians cite them as an inspiration, but they failed to make it big in the Sixties. It's a shit business.
The Mirror reports that Reform UK has suspended one of its highest-profile supporters as cracks start to show in Nigel Farage's party. The paper says that Tim Montgomerie criticised Mr Farage after he refused to attend the Clacton by-election count on Friday. They add that he also hit out at combative frontbencher Zia Yusuf, suggesting people "cannot behave like a child" in politics and lifting the lid on internal rows: Mr Montgomerie has previously been critical over the way Mr Farage has responded to questions about an undeclared £5million 'gift' from crypto billonare Christopher Harborne. It is understood the Reform ...
