In no particular order: 1, Jaiesh is jealous of my arm muscles. This is a picture of Jaiesh: si_blog. Tonight I have learned that Ernest Borgnine is AWESOME! If I could reach, I would TOTALLY shake his hand!
Except Jo. 1. Who has inspired you the most in the Lib Dem Party? Really tricky to say. This might seem like a weasely preamble to an answer, but I admire different people I know (or pretend to know while looking up to) for different things: I've met diligent councillors and parliamentarians who work for such hours that in some cases their allowances put them well below the minimum wage, and they do it all with a smile and never forget to have time for anyone who speaks to them; I've met dedicated and tenacious party activists who will go ...
Recently a Carmarthenshire man has been prosecuted for fly posting. I am unsure of the content of the fly-post or where it was put. I will assume for parity that this fly-post did not incite violence or hatred. In Carmarthenshire we do not have extreme political groups. If this is the case it should be left alone. Disagree with me if you wish. In a Liberal Democracy we have freedom of speech and freedom of protest. The fly-post was probably complaining about a Carmarthenshire council department. I have seen a few over the years on library boards,shop windows etc. Nothing ...
It has been a roller coaster couple of weeks for a number of reasons, which meant I never got to post about something to celebrate in the midst of quite a lot of sadness and anxiety. Two weekends ago we travelled north to West Auckland for the wedding of Sophie and John. It was a family affair, Lara did Sophie's hair, Sumaiyah was bridesmaid and I had the great honour of signing the register and doing the "father of the bride" speech. Throughout the weekend whenever Ravi would get a call from a friend he would explain we were at ...
Well I've got my email version of the conference Agenda and directory read the Make it Happen (Vision and Values Paper) debate. Great... sounds good....... and well, dare I say this........ is that it? No don't get me wrong there is nothing intrinsically wrong with it lower taxes, a fairer voting system, clean energy and a freedom Law, brilliant in fact! Sound Liberal traditions. It's just that .... welI fear that it won't set the electorate alight. You see I think we need more, something that can take us above the 18% or so we have been stuck at for ...
I was driving back from a cricket match in the Cotswolds this evening and listened to a wonderful hour of classic radio four. First there was the epic story of the USSR state symphony orchestra playing at the Proms in 1968 the day after the USSR had invaded Czechoslovakia, in retaliation to Dubcek's Prague Spring. This was the first time that the Orchestra had played at the Proms and was lead by Svetlanov, who was considered a party man. To make matters even more controversial, Rostropovich was due to play Dvorak, the Czech composer's Cello Concerto. There were protests, which ...
I'm getting rather fed up with the almost daily whinge from local councillors that they need more powers. It doesn't matter whether they're Tory, Labour or Lib Dem, this seems to be a uniting theme for all those that run our town halls. A couple of days ago, some Labour Councillors had a letter published in the Times wanting to licence (close and regulate) strip bars. More powers for them to limit the freedom for the rest of us. We have seen how Councils have used anti-terror legislation totally inappropriately to snoop on the rest of us over things such ...
The right-winged Government of Italy doesn't just blame crime on Gypsies and Roma communities, but it's also illegal immigrants fault. Anything dodgy emerging? There is a culture of using minority groups as scapegoats. Where else in history has that happened and what were the consequences? In Italy you can be jailed for 4 years for entering the country illegally. So you may have journeyed across the Sahara desert barely staying alive and got onto a crammed dangerous boat in Tunisia to reach Italy, all in a desperate attempt to escape poverty and you get locked away for 4 years and ...
The Lib Dems Pensions spokesperson, Jenny Willott, has claimed that the average pension pot among the top 10 civil servants from 19 government departments is over £800,000, which could provide a pension of more than £60,000 a year. She says "it is difficult to justify the extraordinary generous taxpayer contribution they are forced to pay into top mandarin's schemes." This seems quite a brave thing for an MP to say - how many Lib Dem MPs joined their Labour and Tory peers in voting for even more generous MPs pensions? Civil servants may do well, but MPs do even better ...
This may sound needlessly geeky but something bugged me a little on the bus home this evening. I was on the front bus of three 49s. As on man got on he remarked to the driver how absurd it was that there were three buses in a row, two empty, one full. I remember Livingston said something about this and pledged to end this aspect of bus travel in one of his Mayoral bids. There is a very simple reason my this phenomena occurs and it has nothing to do with how buses are organized and is not the fault ...
One thing I've learned as I canter into middle age (I was going to say 'gallop', but honestly I don't have the energy any more) is that time speeds up as you get older. As a child, the expectation for Christmas and birthdays seemed to go on for ever. When I was a teenager, it seemed a very long wait to be allowed to go out late at night with friends and even longer until we could drink legally. Now time really does appear to fly, without so much as stopping for a tea break. It only feels like a ...
we sometimes sing the hymn "let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me" at our Church. Not today, but the words come to me when I think of the situation in Georgia. I am not going to analyse or comment on the rights and wrongs of what is happening, but I cannot get out of my mind the fact that only 2 weeks ago we were happily singing and dancing with Russian representatives at the...
I don't usually metion sport on my blog but this is truely amazing. 3rd on the medal table today! That's a great success and the right resources and structures has obviously been put in place to produce this success. However I have to say I feel there is the need for more money to be taken to a lower level. We need more and better sports facalities in our local communities. People from across the country should be able to have the oppertunities to succeed in sports. Stadiums might be built in London for 2012, but here in Worcester our ...
{prince-john.jpg} I was interested to watch 'The Lost Prince' again today Stephen Poliakoff, which is moving story about Prince John. He was the son of King George V and Queen Mary, and throughout his life he was mainly shunned by both of his parents - often facing mental cruelty. As well as having epilepsy; it is said, that he had elements of autistic behaviour. Viewers who have seen 'The Lost Prince' may have found it hard to watch George and Mary's cruel exclusion of their child without drawing parallels with the emotional coldness of which the current House of Windsor ...
That annoying squirrel is back again. It's skinny and chases all over the World and through all sorts of ages for this acorn. Which is far too big for it to ever even eat. and the squirrel also ends up in some horrible painful position. And the squirrel is in the adverts and props up in different parts of the movie. They're bringing out Ice Age 3! I'm sorry but how can exactly the same characters survive an Ice Age and Meltdown and now go back further in time to see the dinosaurs. The first one may have been okay, ...
There is more to Europe than the CAP you know... On my playlist for my holiday I included a Francoiz Breut album. Opinion was divided on this. Inma (who was a big fan of her first album) thought it was pretty boring. I (much less enthusiastic about Breut's first album) liked Une Saison Volée a lot. I looked around for a video from it to put here, but couldn't find anything worthwhile. So back to distant history for this video of Francoiz singing with her-ex, Dominique A, in 1995. It is possibly the cheapest and simplest video you will ever ...
OK so the first minute and a half are silly and pretentious, and the ending is not much better. But in between there is a great song. And, yes, the long-haired drummer is Phil Collins. Back in 1974 I was aged 14, and in those days Market Harborough was a town with no branch of W. H. Smith's, let alone a bookshop. Most of my culture came from the charts, but this was the era of glam rock and, though I followed those charts closely, I sensed even then that most of it was crap. Suddenly there was a single ...
The Roundup has a new home this week: Mick Fealty's blog on the Daily Telegraph site.
I've just signed up to the website One Hundred Months which provides a monthly action on helping tackle climate change. Backed by organisations including Greenpeace and Operation Noah, it's based on the premise that even using cautious calculations, we have only one hundred months before we pass the climate's 'tipping point' - the point of [...]
As you may have already guessed, I'm having a very lazy weekend. I'm normally quite lazy at the weekend, but this kind of inertia is only spotted very occasionally, usually either at Christmas or when I'm on extended annual leave (i.e twice a year). Since I satisfy the latter criterion let full scale indolence begin! OK I know everybody hates memes, but we all need a bit of friendliness during award nomination month. I've thought up some questions for you to answer on your blog. Of course I could end up with egg on my face if no-one carries out ...
{Img_1321} A few weeks ago, Kirsten highlighted the problems caused by renovations of properties in the University area during the summer months. Today I went for my regular ward walk and found Granby Gardens and Donnington Road particularly badly affected by this phenomenon with skips and bags of builders rubbish blocking up the highway and causing an unnecessary eyesore. I spoke to a local resident who was understandly peeved about the problem - the area outside his property had been a building site for over a month! Not acceptable when the public highway is rendered out of action to pedestrians ...
The LibDem LGBT group DELGA had a stall at Soho Pride this afternoon, so I stopped by for a couple of hours to help man it. It was encouraging to see how many of the (predominantly young) crowds of thousands milling around came up to sign DELGA's petition against homophobic bullying in schools — a [...]
I've been contacted by residents living in the flats above the Leegate Centre who are concerned about a licensing application in the centre. Paul had the news on Leepedia last week: It looks like the empty Cinnamon unit at Leegate will once again be a restaurant/bar as there is a licence application for extended hours for the Nazar which will occupy the old Cinnamon unit:Nazar, Unit 12 Leegate has applied for a new/variation licence under the Licensing Act 2003 for live music 18:00 -04:00 Monday - Friday & Saturday - Sunday 12:00 - 04:00 Recorded music dancing & sale of ...
This afternoon Paul, Sarah and I went to see Wrexham play Rushden and Diamonds in the Blue Square Premier League.
Residents have no doubt seen Friday's Andover Advertiser. I am grateful to the paper for giving me the opportunity to talk about some of the plans your local Liberal Democrats have for improving Andover. I would welcome comments from residents on these or any other Lib Dem proposals for Andover I must, however, correct one small error in the reports. When discussing the need for improved community facilities I highlighted the fact that there is no community centre on Roman Way not River Way as reported. I am currently discussing this with a number of local residents and interested parties ...
{liberal-democrats.jpg} Faceless Britain quite simply refers to the challenges experienced by millions of ordinary people every day in accessing public services. With every year that goes by, more and more services that used to offer face to face contact are being replaced by systems that are centralised, remote and inhuman. We are seeing the progression of an unaccountable state, creating increasingly remote systems that are divorced from the people they are supposed to serve. This is evident in many different areas such as: Ø The difficulty of getting through to a benefits helpline Ø The closure of local Post Offices ...
I'm not generally given to denigrating our AMs, because I'm well aware of the massive workload they have and how much they punch above their weight in the chamber. However, this report from the BBC earlier this week makes sickening reading. The hysteria over politicians' allowances travelled quickly from London to Wales, as the view that the Assembly is a 'waste of money' is unfortunately prevalent among members of the public across the principality. Indeed, it's a telling fact that before the 2007 elections, ITV carted out that smug moo Sian Lloyd and got her to present a series of ...
Bury South MP and Health Minister Ivan Lewis writes in the Sunday Times today , suggesting that the way to alleviate financial pressures for middle-income earners is to raise taxes for the rich. He is wrong, ignoring the glaring policy errors of his own government, and amply demonstrating the nannying, we-know-best mentality that is at the heart of the failing Labour administration. Mr Lewis claims that now is the time to put the national interest first, and to move away from sound-bite policy initiatives to grab the headlines today or this week. A noble thing to say, but sadly his ...
I visited Georgia in October 2006. Recent events there have focused international attention on what is a small and largely unknown country which is trying to escape the clutches of its former Russian rulers, be they Tsarist or Soviet. So I thought I would post up a few of the photos I took when I was there. My brief visit was spent in Batumi, on the west coast just north of Turkey. The city to
I have re-activated my 'real' web site www.edmaxfield.org.uk which has been pretty much asleep since the EP candidate selection campaign. I am going to keep this site going (maybe more frequently!) but steering away from Lib Dem stuff - so it will mainly family, Romanian politics and moaning about how rubbish Norwich City are. I will ask [...]
I was fortunate to spend last weekend in Bucharest talking to Liberal candidates ahead of Romania's parliamentary elections in November. I cant claim credit for the best answer of the day. In response to the question, "How do you deal with opponents who offer voters a million lei to buy their vote?" an experienced Liberal Senator [...]
With the new school year about to commence this coming week and following concerns raised with me by parents, I met with the Head of Primary Education of Dundee City Council on Friday past regarding parking and dropping off arrangements at Park Place Primary School and the adjacent Nursery School. Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Education recently highlighted concerns about traffic and parking in the vicinity of the school and I am concerned to ensure that the City Council looks at all potential options for improving the situation, given the concerns from parents of children at both the nursery and primary ...
{sandra-gidley-mp.jpg} Commenting on figures revealed today showing the number of under-16s admitted to hospital due to illegal drugs has risen by almost half in a decade, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, Sandra Gidley said: "These alarming figures reveal a wasted generation. How many more lives will be lost before the Government takes effective action? "As a society we can't go on seeing so many young lives wasted. We need better education and more powers to tackle the dealers who profit from this human misery. "It is also important that those who want to turn around their lives should receive help in ...
I've never done a restaurant review on here before but I thought you needed to know about La Tortilla Asesina on Castle Street in Inverness. Set on two levels, opposite the castle, this tapas restaurant is well worth a visit if you like good rioja, a pleasant ambience and excellent food - and don't mind if the service is done at a relaxed pace. The bill came to around £110 for five of us with coffee and two excellent bottles of wine. We had a wide range of tapas, from a well flavoured pimiento and almond salad, through to classic ...
I've been having a lovely weekend up north with my sister and her family. She has 4 children - or it might be 5 as I've barely seen Anna since we got here. She and her cousin Ru, who's only 10 weeks older, play so well together. They are equally obsessed with Doctor Who so occasionally we here the "Exterminate" of their remote control daleks. They appear when they want to be fed but so far there hasn't been a cross word between them. Laura, who's almost 16, is beautiful, funny and bright. She's just had great results in her ...
{ben-ainslie.jpg} I have just watched another world record at this year's Olympics, and this time it was the female 3000 metre Steeplechaser - Galkina-Samitova. The Russian shattered the world record to win gold record in an effortless performance with a further Russian taking Bronze. It appears that our team are heading for record medal haul, and presently in third place in the medal table with eleven gold medals. Hopefully, they will keep up the good work! For the second day in a row they have had a fantastic day, with four golds coming from the sailors, rowers and cyclists - ...
All the documents for the party conference in Bournemouth in September are now available on the party website - including the Agenda & Directory, Fringe Guide, Training Directory, Reports, four policy papers and three consultation papers. This includes two policy papers which are still open to amendment - 'Make it Happen', the [...]
Quiet times for Political Commentary but they is still something or another. The Lib Dems have called upon the EU to be tough on the Russians but yet nothing seems to be happening. Wherever the Russians can attack the Georgians they are doing it but the problem is that the Russians are not listening to what other countries are saying. So what can we countries do to try and make the Russians leave Georgia?
Sorry if writing about the Olympics is boring some people, but I am getting so wound up by the banal comments coming from Brendan Foster on the BBC. Four years ago he made a prat of himself by announcing that the was no way Paula Radcliffe was going to pull out of the marathon (which she then did), and nearly every athletics meeting is spoilt with comments from Brendan Foster wrongly announcing who has qualified or making hopelessly wrong predictions about who will win. But for really stupid comments witness his comment about 1500m runner Andy Baddeley, who having ducked ...
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Introducing the first in our quick gen-up series of policy motions to be debated in Bournemouth. And we kick off (hehehe, geddit?) with the Safe Standing at Football Matches motion (F20) outlined for us by Peter Jones, who will be summing up at the debate. What is the motion trying to achieve? Allow folk to stand up [...]
{A picture of Sandra Gidley} Commenting on figures revealed today showing the number of under-16s admitted to hospital due to illegal drugs has risen by almost half in a decade, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson, Sandra Gidley said: "These alarming figures reveal a wasted generation. How many more lives will be lost before the Government takes effective action? "As a society we can't go on seeing so many young lives wasted. We need better education and more powers to tackle the dealers who profit from this human misery. "It is also important that those who want to turn around their lives ...
{drain-cover.jpg} After attending a number of recent community meetings within our area; I been have told by the police and community members that there has been a rise in two particular types of crime. Firstly, there has been an increase in 'sneak in burglaries' and secondly due to the high demand for scrap; thieves are targeting anywhere they can get hold scrap. They are taking lead from redundant buildings, churches and breaking into empty homes to rip out boilers, radiators, and pipe work. Therefore, it came as no surprise to me when I read on the LGA website that gangs ...
Time Magazine photo-journalists go where the Home Secretary fears to tread.... This photo essay was taken on the mean streets of Hackney.
OK, nominations are in and over and have been subjected to analysis and rigorous testing, and shortlists have been derived. Now you get to vote. Links to all the blogs that have been nominated are in the notes at the bottom, in case you are unfamiliar with any of them and want to vote fairly, instead of partisanly voting for your mates... In order to vote you will need an LJ log in or an Open ID log in. If you're reading this, it's 99% certain that you already have an Open ID, so it shouldn't be an issue. You ...
I have already made it clear on this blog that I do not tolerate trolls who hide behind their anonymity to make snide and destructive party political points. I am happy to address most contributions, even the drunken ones if they are coherent, but I am not going to engage with negative sniping from those who do not have the guts to add their names or a consistent on-line identity to their comments. Such postings will not be published. Anonymous comments with a constructive contribution to make to the discussion, even if it is critical will continue to be posted. ...
Russia's actions in the Caucuses found the West asleep and ill-prepared. It ought to precipitate an urgent reassessment of foreign and military thinking that was already looking dangerously complacent. Yet the calls by neo-Cons, from Dick Cheney to David Cameron, to respond by fast tracking Georgia's membership of NATO, and thus to continue the existing [...]
I've been to three conferences now; all have been forced efforts booked with gritted teeth, both financially and because, well, I don't like conferences. The first one I attended was through work, so perhaps that has something to do with it. The second and third I attended through my own motivation, but didn't enjoy (although I enjoyed visiting Brighton...a little too much!). Conference doesn't seem that accessible to people, who well, don't enjoy conferences. I have enjoyed fringe meetings and am very tempted by the training but I simply don't have the money for the £25 ticket and the £100 ...
Apologies in advance for this because instead of the normally (well, mostly normally) well rounded argument you find here this is going to be rant. Please don't hit that back button! Ok, so I smoke, my gf smokes and we both feel that the prejudice against smokers and smoking is irrational and wrong. Of course, it has it's rational kernel in the health implications which all smokers are totally aware of but let's stop and think for a second about other 'bad habits' that incur similar risks and as a point of fact do just as much damage to other ...
With the start of the new football season you are suddenly reminded of all the things that annoy you about the people who sit near you at Carrow Road. There is the loudmouth who swears constantly two rows in front of me, there is the idiot in front of me who constantly says "How can that be offside" when he clearly does not have any understanding of the offside rule, whilst the idiot who sits behind me who repeatedly says to his mate "Why don't they kick the ball out of play rather than passing it back to the keeper", ...
Via News of the World: TOP Tory Caroline Spelman—already under investigation for paying her nanny from public funds—was last night embroiled in a NEW £100,000 cash row. For the Conservative Party chairman used taxpayers' cash to pay her top aide, DESPITE him undertaking party political work.
Well done to our girls and boys. We seem to be doing particularly wellat anything that involves water or bikes.
Congratulations to Tom James, who became the second Welsh athlete to win a gold medal in the Beijing Olympic Games yesterday, with an astounding performance as part of Britain's coxless fours' team. Tom also deserves our congratulations for defying the Chinese authorities' ban on flags from non-Olympic member countries, by proudly posing with the Welsh flag following the presentation ceremony. Tom is a proud Welshman and I would be astonished if his act was anything more than a demonstration of national pride, however it shows very well how hard it is to stifle freedom of speech in an international festival ...
{julie-peasgood.jpg} {osca.jpg} Safer Communities will be holding another Outstanding Safer Community Awards on Tuesday 7 December 2008 at the Grimsby Town Hall. The Outstanding safer Community Awards is a prestigious occasion that aims to recognise, give honour and praise to those individuals, groups and organisations that work hard to make North East Lincolnshire a better and safer place to live. As many of you know, this isn't an easy task, but the event highlight's a myriad of groups and individuals that rally are making a huge contribution to community safety. The awards night was last held in November 2006 and ...
During my stint as an active, hands-on participant in local election campaigning I tried my hand at the mysterious art of creating Focus leaflets. When I first saw what the local party were doing, I realised that I would need to lay down a tough new regime: Absolutely No Clip Art Will be Tolerated.Avoid mixing fonts, attempt to maintain a consistent style within the Focus and from one Focus to the next.Never, ever, ever, ever, ever use Comic Sans.Unfortunately my other laws, relating to content, were overruled. To the Halifax Lib Dem's credit, they tolerated my design laws and I ...
I have this blog, the public one, the one you're reading right now (hello mum!). And I have another one, in which I write stuff that is too personal/boring/risky to broadcast quite so publicly. Sex definitely falls into at least one of those categories. I'll leave it to you, dear reader, to decide which. However, I am presented with a quandary by this little boost to my ego: Because, you know, if people might possibly be voting for me as the female blogger they would most like to do sticky body parts stuff with in a very prestigious and entirely ...
Jo Anglezarke has been pondering this, and now I'm pondering what she's pondering, and maybe sometime soon somebody with a big brain will suggest taking over the world? I've been doing it in one form or another for ten years, and now it's just part of who I am... I blog therefore I am? I do it because it broadens my mind, shows me new perspectives, and teaches me new things without me even having to get dressed, and I do it because I know that it helps me do those things for other people. I don't have any nefarious ...
Without going into the details of the conflict, as everybody will be aware of by now, for the past few days the hostilities between Russia and Georgia have escalated and received a great deal of attention. The Georgian-Russian conflict is surely a very significant foreign affair, which is happening on Europe's very own doorstep, so why have the liberal democrats remained silent over the issue? Where is Michael Moore? Where is the commentary from our MEP's on the E.U''s role in negotiating a treaty? Summer recess be damned. The government may not have given us anything to oppose on their ...
I was supposed to be at the Wendy House right now, dancing the night away with my lovely fiancé. Because of my trick back, he has ended up going on his own. He seems to be having a good time, though, judging by his texts. Meanwhile, I have sorted through all my BPAL (and will be doing a HUGE sales/swaps post soon) and dyed my hair... Anyway, this entry does have substance, I swear! Firstly, nominations for my Very Prestigious Blog of the Year Awards are now closed, and you guys voted for shortlists of five, so that's what you ...
Atticus in the Sunday Times leads with the following item this morning: Lembit Opik, Liberal Democrat MP and official boyfriend to the stars, is campaigning to be party president. Simon Hughes gives up the job later this year and the former lover of one or other of the Cheeky Girls has declared his interest.He could face stiff competition. There has been talk in Lib Dem circles that Charles Kennedy, former party leader, might run for the job. Now it's even being whispered that Kennedy's predecessor, Lord Ashdown, will make a comeback.Could this be an "Anyone but Lembit" campaign? "I couldn't ...
Julie's funeral has now been arranged. The service will be at St Mary's Church, Whixall, at 2pm on Friday 22nd August. Family flowers only please, donations if desired to be split between Whixall Church and Whixall Social Centre. Enquiries to Grindalls of Wem 01939 233903.
The New Statesman website recently called me "the family historian of British politics". So I would be failing in my duty if I failed to note these connections. Sandy Bruce-Lockhart, the Conservative politician who died on Thursday, was the great nephew of Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart. R. H. Bruce Lockhart (as he is better known) was a British agent in Russia during and after the Revolution and (or so the legend goes) was the lover of Moura Budberg. And she is Nick Clegg's great great aunt. Better than that, according to R. H. Bruce Lockhart's Wikipedia page he was a ...
