I'll admit to a natural suspicion of claims that everything's got much worse since the good old days. It's not that they're never true; but we're worryingly good at seeing the past through rose-tinted spectacles. So I wasn't sure what to make of tonight's Panorama, on the apparent growth in sexual bullying in schools. To summarise the programme, sexual bullying is now commonplace in our secondary schools, ranging from calling someone gay or slut through groping to full sexual assault and even rape. Even primary schools are seeing inappropriate behaviour. Parents are concerned and the Internet and TV were wheeled ...
1, I finally plucked up courage to take the Fitness test on Wii Sports and it thinks I am 53. FIFTY THREE! 2, alexwilcock sent me a homemade DVD of Doctor Who bits as part of my birthday present, and all I can say is that whoever created most of them is a filthy pervert. I approve! :D
Nick Clegg today described Gordon Brown and David Cameron as con-men trying to fool the British public. He was responding to David Cameron's speech on the economy, in which he announced plans to scrap taxes paid by basic rate taxpayers' on savings interest and raise the level of non-taxable income for pensioners by £2,000 a year, and to Gordon Brown's interview yesterday, in which he spoke about government plans to bring forward £10bn of spending on public works, digital technology and environmental projects, claiming the programme would create 100,000 jobs. Nick said that, to be taken seriously, David Cameron would ...
Several of my political posts may seem like they're attacking the party I belong to, the Liberal Democrats (especially those posts that have been reposted and 'improved' over on Labour 'Liberal' Conspiracy). This is the prerogative of members in the Lib Dems - get two Lib Dems into a room together and you'll have three [...]
There I was browsing through the blogs postings this morning when I found 'International Fetish Day - what will YOU do?' swiftly followed by 'Tell us, dear LDV readers: what gets you up in the mornings?'. QED
Lib Dem parliamentary campaigner for Hastings & Rye, Nick Perry, attended the vigil organised by local group Hastings Against War on Saturday in Hastings town centre. After the event Nick said, "Hastings Against War is absolutely right to want to show solidarity with the innocent civilians that are suffering in Gaza at this time. "As a nation, [...]
Nick Perry, Lib Dem parliamentary campaigner for Hastings & Rye, visited the Seaview Project (Southwater Road, St Leonards on Sea) last Tuesday to offer support during the holiday period. Nick spent time with staff and volunteers finding out more about the work of the project and the current issues of concern. Speaking after the visit, Nick said, "Through [...]
50 years ago, the crew of the Small World balloon attempted a trans-Atlantic crossing. My dad, Tim, my grandfather Bushy, with Colin and Rosemary Mudie. They travelled four days in the air, then 20 days by sea between Tenerife and Barbados. {Artists impression of the Small world} On my father's birthday, after some time at sea and with some distance to go, they opened a tin of evaporated milk to celebrate. Here, Colin (left) and Tim meet again, in more comfortable circumstances, at a family celebration of Dad's birthday. {Colin Mudie and Tim Eiloart}
I have refrained from speaking about the unspeakable in Gaza over the last few days because I felt that I had nothing to say which was not thought by a huge majority of people. I've been drawn into interjection because I was so appalled by the dogmatic and peurile takes of leading bloggers Iain Dale and Guido Fawkes. I have always maintained, and I still do, that it is not for anyone who considers himself or herself as contributing to a responsible public discourse to 'take a side' because that is no basis for forming a dialogue around facilitating a ...
Who says the media only reports bad news? This is a beautiful story from Germany. Posted in Europe, Media
There's a spat going on between Tim Worstall (interested observer of economics and serial entrepreneur) and Richard Murphy (Director of Tax Research LLP) about economics and sundry other topics. Murphy recently trotted out the abuse that Worstall is privileged, a term abuse beloved of the vulgar left which destroys all arguments in their mind. Lets take a [...]
Also on Channel 4 news this evening there was a report on the continued assault on Gaza, which began with pictures of three very young and very dead children being taken to their inconsolable father who quite understandably could not do or say anything sensible faced with this terrible image. I wonder what this poor man will decide to do when he has recovered some composure. Perhaps he will recognise Israel's need for security and agree that the slaughter of his children was 'unfortunate'. He might also be consoled by the US administration 'regretting' their deaths. Then again, he might ...
Very funny interview with the 13th Baronet Osborne (George to his friends) on the Tories' fantastic new tax plans. Apparently the average saver has around £15,000 in the bank, so the planned 40p rebate for every £100 held will atually amount to a substantial amount. I wish... Anyway, what fascinated me more than this latst bizarre attempt to fidle the figures was how George completely took on the persona of dear old Tony Blair by adopting his trademark 't' dropping when he wanted to be serious about something and sound more matey. New Labour, no change.
The last poll of 2008 here on LDV was a bit of a throwback for us liberals, with the question of church disestablishment rearing its head amid reports that Labour is considering reforming the 1701 Act of Settlement barring Catholics from ascending to the throne. LDV asked: Do you think the time has now come for the Church of England to be disestablished? Here's what you told us: >> 47% (147) - Yes, the link between state and church should be immediately ended >> 35% (107) - Yes, in principle, but it is a minor issue >> 17% (52) - ...
I wasn't intending to write about this again, but was horrified at reports today that Israeli forces are using phosphorus shells, which are banned by the Geneva Treaty of 1980 as a weapon of war in civilian areas because of the horrific burns and injuries they cause. No doubt Israeli forces will tell the world that they are 'surgically targetting Hamas terrorists' - A bit like suggesting that densely populated parts of London could be targetted without causing civilian deaths! Israels offensive and invasion is fast costing it the few friends they have in the region. Turkey, normally a close ...
So I've explained how they decide whether to lend to someone or not, and how the cost of the credit is linked to the expected number of defaults for that particular product. Some people, for one reason or another, borrow money with the intention of declaring bankruptcy, or borrow money with no intention of paying it back. These people are morons and/or thieves as far as I'm concerned. Just as the costs of uninsured drivers are added to the premiums of honest, insured drives, so the cost of the morons is added to the cost of borrowing. That is, unfortunately, ...
Lock up all your valuables. I read earlier that the Waterford Wedgewood company is the latest to go into receivership. These are two very fine crafted luxury goods manufacturers. If they were to disappear the UK and Irish workforce would lose many skilled workers in very refined arts. Admittedly both companies aim particularly at the high end of the market, while their lower end goods still bear the price tag to match the name. If the almost 100 year presence of Woolworths on our High Streets is hard to take should these other two W's cease to exist an even ...
Wedgwood is in a bad way, there've been closures of several major chains. It's getting a bit worrying. Or rather, its been "getting a bit worrying" for months. It is now officially scary. And when we're scared, we turn to the Government to answer our concerns and deal adeptly with the crisis. Now, remember Brown with his Keynesian approach? Build our way out of the crisis! Employ more people! I remember hearing that there would be more construction planned, that the plans for newer improved schools would be moved forward. A whole lot of money was set aside to do ...
A North Korean Rally. I can't see anyone in that picture that want's to be there. It's a rally in support of the countries policy priorities for 2009, including improving the military (at the expense of the poor, struggling people of course). The banner reads "Towards the accomplishment of the tasks set out in the New Year's joint editorials."
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has again pushed the party's proposals of tax cuts for the poorest to stimulate the economy, while attacking the Tories' promises of tax cuts for savers. Speaking on BBC News, Nick commented: This is a fake giveaway. It only amounts at today interest rates to an extra 40p a year for someone saving £100. What people need is much more money back in their pockets now. That's why we have a plan to deliver big, permanent, fair tax cuts." (Source: PoliticsHome.com)
Now that I've worked my notice with HBOS I can talk a little bit more about my time there. When I finished there I was developing intranet applications, but when I started (9 years ago!!) I was part of a team who took the call when "The Computer Says No." I would do a quick manual check through everything and try to explain to the customer why they'd been refused credit - it'd be my guess and I wouldn't be able to be specific, because to do so would be to invite fraud. I thought I'd explain some of this ...
The west continues to ignore Somalia as it descends into another stage of it's endless civil war. The Transitional Federal Government is collapsing from an internal leadership crisis and from the pressure of an Islamic insurgency and the withdrawal of Ethiopian troops. The Government controls only a few areas in central and southern Somalia. The capital has become ruined by insurgencies and has become a ghost town. Mogadishu had even managed to develop economically under bitter years of Anarchy! But now everything is ruined. A single Islamic group (probably al-Shabab) controlling much of Somalia would be of huge danger to ...
With my all members edition of LibDem news, there was a letter from Simon Hughes, which will be his last letter as President. I was quite shocked and disappointed. The main point to the letter was: "I'm very glad that my last request as President is to urge you to enter the Liberal Democrat Winter Draw." He's very glad that his last request is for us to enter the winter draw! Sorry but wouldn't you want your last request to be something a bit more exciting or inspirational than a winter draw. How about encouraging us to enlist new members, ...
Barack Obama's campaign just published the full list of his donors. Change.gov: The Obama-Biden Transition Team | Donors They put it on a 'blist' spreadsheet. Its apparently all there, but its pretty badly laid out. You can sort columns ascending/descending in the normal way, but if you sort numbers (i.e. size of donation, it sorts by the first, second, third (etc) number rather than the actual amount. You could theoretically print it off and plough through their 53,853 donors but that would be fairly arduous. The page failed after a couple of minutes, but that may well be because of ...
This is on the Labour Party website. They can't run a country but they're not bad at comedy still! Sorry it's a bit small. Here's the link.
In the all members edition LibDem News I received today (dated 12th December!), Ros Scott makes a very good point towards the end of her article. "our Challenge is to make all of our messages as clear and as relevant as Vince Cable has made our economic policy". What she said here, made so much sense and really stuck out for me. You see we get Vince Cable on the news all the time easily, because the media need a politician to interview on the economy who actually makes sense. But Ros really is right hear, it's a huge challenge ...
Thank you to Guido for making it public that Draper will pay £20,000 to a blogger for blogging in support of the Labour party. Now I think that is ridiculous, a blogger should not be paid to blog otherwise the success is very low and most paid bloggers don't make it to the top of Iain Dale's Political blog list! Sadie Smith was paid when she worked for Westmonster and look what happened to that blog when she left? A blog needs to be written by people who are dedicated and a blog that has a writer that is on ...
Sara Bedford draws attention to this article in the Daily Telegraph, which speculates that Doctor Who's new assistant might be Lily Allen. My vote goes to Charlotte Church!
The Christmas edition of the Electoral Reform Society's magazine, The Voter carries this short article from me: {Houses of Parliament} Sadly, I am one of only 126 female MPs in a Parliament of 646. Parliament remains an old boys club, with its adversarial style of politics where bully-boy tactics are the norm; any of you who've watched PMQs will be fully aware of this. And this feeds a political system that is so busy being adversarial that it forgets to be effective. This lack of representation is repeated throughout our political system. In local government, women make up just over ...
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You need to be sitting down for this... Robert Peston offers some good news!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Robert Peston has taken on the role of the "grim reaper" in economic terms over the last few months. So one is almost tempted to reach for the "trebles all round" icon upon reading his good(ish) news for today: ...for biggish British companies this morning, there's some good news on this, the first proper business day of the new year. What I mean by this is that there's no news of any
With the school holidays not ending until tomorrow, I don't have my usual surgeries at Harris Academy and Mitchell Street Centre today, but surgeries start again with my Thursday one at Blackness Primary School (staff room) on Thursday at 6.15pm. Details of my three surgeries are below : Mitchell Street Centre (The Base) - Mitchell Street. Mondays - 4.20 pm prompt (except school holidays) Harris Academy (Room 407) - Perth Road. Mondays - 4.50 pm prompt (except school holidays) Blackness Primary School (Staff Room on ground floor) - Pennycook Lane. Thursdays - 6.15 pm prompt (except school holidays)
Smannell Lib Dems have written to Hampshire Highways to seek an urgent assurance that the main route through the village and to Smannell School will continue to be treated as a priority during icy weather. The lack of gritting on the C99 route through Smannell became apparent in early December when there were 3 accidents reported in one morning. It became apparent to Lib Dem Parish Councillor Nigel Gooding that the main Smannell road to Smannell, Little London and Upper Enham had not been salted despite this road appearing as a "red route, priority one" on Hampshire County Council website. ...
Throughout the festive season, LDV has offered our readers another chance to read the 12 most popular opinion articles which have appeared on the blog during 2008. The accolade for most-read article on LDV goes to Lib Dem chief executive Lord (Chris) Rennard, and appeared on LDV on 27th June... Chris Rennard writes about the Henley result... I am enjoying this debate and for the record: 1) I don't always comment in detail on things read by our opponents - but I do welcome any constructive debate within the party on these issues - especially contributions from those who also ...
I've spent days resisting blogging this wish because, quite frankly, I don't think it will happen. But it certainly is a dearest wish, so it makes the cut. What I mean by "money for nothing" is the tendency of the late 20th and early 21st century to look at everything as if it were capital to be exploited, and yet at the same time to think that capital doesn't behave like capital any more. When the classical economists wrote about capital, they were, in the main talking about widgets - things you build. They can make you a lot of ...
Ooh great, a Daily Himmler subject to excite my wrath early in the New Year. The BBC has announced that it will bring out an Upsy Daisy doll around Easter which has darker skin, apparently better reflecting the character in the TV show. Well, what a relief this is! Phew and thank the stars! I shall spend the rest of the day beating by breast and hating myself for my eminent racism I have demonstrated in buying my daughter one of these dolls without even realising that there was any difference. I shall then go home and berate her for ...
Another excellent article from the Register on this government's dubious approach to law making: 1. Arrive at a Daily Mail conclusion. 2. Fabricate evidence to fit Of course when they get independent experts to research the evidence they just ignore it. (I thought of linking to the Jacqui Smith Press Release...I mean Daily Mail article but then I thought why give them the clicks...
It is always dangerous to rely on a newspaper for news especially when the article is as speculative as this one, however this morning's Guardian does raise some issues that deserve consideration, even if they have got it wrong. The paper claims that the government is considering raising the school-leaving age to 18 immediately, as a way of combating the huge rise in unemployment, particularly among the young, that it expects to see this year. They say that there are also proposals to accelerate the filling of existing vacancies at local authorities. The Government has of course already passed legislation ...
Just heard from UK polling report about an Ipsos MORI poll which revealed that 37% of science teachers sampled said that they would support teaching creationism in science lessons. Errrr... I thought I'd share this wonderful website with all budding science teachers: www.answersingenesis.org Its a wonderful website, full of all the reasons why creationism is completely delusional great. This particular page contains the answer to the timeless question "What really happened to the dinosaurs?" "Dinosaurs are used more than almost anything else to indoctrinate children and adults" "According to the Bible: Dinosaurs first existed around 6,000 years ago.3 God made ...
Bill Richardson has withdrawn as Obama's nominee for Secretary of Commerce.
Sue Blackmore reports on a pledge which I hadn't heard of but certainly will comply with, undertaking to write to the BBC and request that they allow atheists, humanists and "brights" (sorry, cannot bring myself to use that term unironically) to speak on Thought for the Day. The difference between Blackmore's sensible approach, and the rather more incendiary wording of the pledge itself, is what I'm getting at when I express my wariness about "new" atheism. I'm all for forthright views, but not angry ones. The Atheist Bus Campaign is great because, fundamentally, it is a lighthearted response to something ...
Via tyrell comes the news that Morris Dancing is on the edge of extinction. I am kind of stunned by this. I mean, it's not something I have ever taken part in, but surely our young folk are quite happy to get drunk and hit each other with sticks normally, so why are they embarrassed to do it in the name of tradition? Still, I have not lost all hope. After all, if knitting can become cool again, nothing is beyond the pale.
Well, it seems that the exciting "black" look for the site has been about as successful as New Coke. It doesn't work on lots of people's machines, including mine at work, and so I will revert back to how it was before. There's a lot to be said for tradition, after all. Like when I was younger and did funny things with my hair to impress girls, I can fiddle about with the way things look all I like, but the chances are it'll still end up a mess. So I am now back in work and the Council has ...
The British honeybee is dying. A third of all hives in this country failed to survive last winter. Two billion bees have been lost from British colonies in the last year. There is no British honey from the 2008 crop left, since only around 2,000 tonnes was produced last year compared to a typical figure of 5,000 tonnes. Why is this? Bad weather stops bees foraging. Secondly, there has been a
With the world's attention focussed (rightly) on Gaza, the ongoing tragedy of Burma/Myanmar remains almost unseen. Just as the Israelis are keeping foreign journalists out of Gaza, so the Burmese junta stops reporters getting in there to see what is happening. Moreover, now that last year's cyclone has been forgotten by the outside world and the monks' protests have been quashed, Burma just isn't 'news' as far as the global media is concerned, with a few noble exceptions such as the BBC World Service. Nonetheless, the bloody repression there continues, including the torture of political prisoners. On 30 December, nine ...
Can someone do a factsheet for the Lib Dems about Twitter, Digg and how to get more people to look at a site. I'm interested in these things but need to know: 1) How do they work 2) What are they for 3) What use is it in spreading Lib Dem message Simple English and simple instructions - how about [...]
The sound of war in the Middle East is not what I would call new. It is as old as the conflict between the Jews and Palestine in Biblical times. I've grown up surrounded by news of more deaths on both sides of the opressing concrete walls, each side shouting at the other - and often to themselves - about rights of occupation, borders, responsibilities and so on. You generally get used to it. But the problem is very real. Millions of people, split into two opposing camps, each wishing the other dead - which if anything sounds like the ...
Over the last six years, Hamas rockets have led to 19 Israeli deaths. Several thousand Palestinians have been killed over the same period (around 2,300 in Gaza alone, including nearly 400 children).
...all these books! Survivors by Terry Nation A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz The Secret Scripture by Sebastian Barry The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga Sea of Poppies by Amitav Ghosh The Clothes on Their Backs by Linda Grant Asquith by Roy Jenkins A Case of Exploding Mangoes by Mohammed Hanif Netherland by Joseph O'Neill You Don't Love Me Yet by Jonathan Lethem The Night of the Mi'raj by Zoe Ferraris Life and Fate by Vasily Grossman The Rough Guide to Devon and Cornwall 3 The Civil War (American Heritage Books) by Bruce Catton The Allotment Book: Seasonal ...
My brief return to the UK has made me notice a few significant changes. Though possibly the dose of the flu has made me feel bad enough to listen to Quentin Letts and other right-wing blowhards. The traditional British Christmas over the last forty years has tended to be focused around the television- the nights are dark, and many channels put out special programmes "for the festive season". This year, I notice what I feel is a certain coarsening of Christmas. The novelty songs of my youth: Slade's "Merry Christmas Everyone", Wizard's "I wish it could be Christmas Everyday", Jona ...
{open-padlock} A private firm will be asked to manage a database of all UK communications traffic, according to a consultation paper to be published shortly by the Home Secretary. Despite assurances that laws will be tightened to minimise losses and accidental leaks of private information, Sir Ken Macdonald, former Director of Public Prosecutions said, "Authorisations for access might be written into statute. The most senior ministers and officials might be designated as scrutineers. But none of this means anything. "All history tells us that reassurances like these are worthless in the long run. In the first security crisis the locks ...
They talked about the micro-blogging site Twitter on Woman's Hour this morning. This is a sign that it's truly gone mainstream, yes? Also, Jeremy Clarkson is now a Twitterer. That, and the fact that the Daily Fail don't like it, are sure signs. Twitter does, quite often, lead to surrealness. For instance, I have been told off by Will Carling this morning for having slashy thoughts about him and Robert Llewellyn - it's not my fault! They were saying slashy things to each other! - and of course, ubergeek Stephen Fry's swearfests are always worth watching. And there is also ...
The public toilets at West Walk, opposite The Works in Yate Shopping Centre, will close and be demolished shortly as part of the Health Centre redevelopment. The East Walk toilet, next to Superdrug, will remain open as usual.
On Today this morning, David Cameron, at his most outraged Hooray-Henryish declaimed: "Appaaiirantly the government is now even paying celebrities to appair in government advertisements". So that would be like David Prowse "Green Cross Code Man" 1975-1990 and Richard Briers "Francis the Firefly" 1990, would it?
A number of bloggers have expressed disappointment that the new Dr. Who isn't black. Although I was impressed by the credentials of the bookies' favourite Patterson Joseph, I rather liked the thought of a moody David Harewood (co-incidentally also in 'Ruby in the Smoke' with Matt Smith). And whilst taking the point of James Graham [...]
This video is from Israel's side to the innocent killing, I have to say they really know how to show the 1:100 killing ratio of innocent Palestinians!
After receiving a text message late last night pointing my to this website that lists all brands that Muslim's should boycott to send a message to the Israeli's to tell them to stop the innocent killing or the Muslim's of the world will stop the purchase of Israeli brands! This has reminded me of when the Muslim's across the world started boycotting Danish products after they published the cartoons of Muhammed PBUH. The boycott at that time was felt a lot by the people of Denmark, to read up on that boycott follow the link to the Washington Post. The ...
So many screw head designs - I never knew.
A few days ago, the euro celebrated ten years of existence and Slovakia became the sixteenth EU member state to adopt it. So much for those doom-merchants who declared at its creation that it would sink without trace. On the contrary, after a bumpy start, it has soared, so that it is now more [...]
Anyone from any political persuasion can list things this Government has done that annoy them. Personally, I was annoyed enough to join millions of others on the march against the war in Iraq - now it's time to hold them to account. I'm not so sure how I will react if and when I get the orders from the Government to present myself at the interrogation centre in nearby Derby and hand over more personal information than is currently demanded from sex offenders. I'm not certain I'm ready to join Simon Hughes in jail for refusing an ID card. I've ...
The US Air Force may not seem the obvious place to go for advice on this, but they do seem to take online communication seriously and are an organisation whose activities, particularly in Iraq and Afghanistan, are frequently talked about online. Being also rather a large bureaucracy, they've created a flowchart to help decide how to respond to online comments. Some parts are, er..., very American management speak ("proactively share your story") but there's also a lot of good sense in it, particularly in its five headings about responding to blog postings: Transparency (make clear who you are) Sourcing (give ...
News reaches the Quist household that local communities are to be given the opportunity of dragging young ne'er-do-wells to the scene of their crimes before publically crushing their nads between two housebricks. Quite right too, I say. A couple of nights locked in the shed soon taught the quistlets the error of burping at the dinner table. To be fair to the fragrant Jacqui (much as it grates), I don't think public castration for hoodies is what she has in mind. Providing community punishments are fair, just and appropriate, I can see the benefits. My real concern is that there ...
Well, I am heading off to work for the first time this year. No, I'm not on a National Express train coming down from Newcastle. I have been in London over the weekend so I am currently on the local service going into Victoria. The train is largely deserted. Seems as though the xmas break is longer for a great many people.---Sent via BlackBerry
Swallow Park is Kingston's official traveller site. It lies alongside the A3, at the far end of Tolworth Girls' School playing fields. Just before Christmas we heard the good news that the Government had agreed to the bid for £1.9million to completely refurbish the site. It has not met current standards for some time. The new plans provide two further pitches to relieve the...
I wanted to slag off the British Chirpractors association for suing Simon Singh but my lawyer told me not to. I want to bite lawyers right now.
With apologies to those of you with real jobs that in some way involve, y'know, actual graft - nurses, retailers, premiership footballers - but for many of us with cushy office jobs, this Monday morning marks the return to our desks after over a fortnight's holiday. And, boy, does it hurt. Politicians, though, are a different breed it seems. Labour politicians especially appear hyperactive in their frantic eagerness to erm, sorry, help us ungrateful citizens. Far from dreading the alarm clock's fascist sirens, they're up with the larks, with a spring in their step. Here are just a few random ...
I have written about the proposed Pennbury eco-town in Leicestershire from time to time. You will find them labelled "Stoughton" here as that is how the area is known to those of us who live here. Yesterday's Sunday Telegraph reported that: a leading consultancy on urban design and planning has damned the Pennbury scheme, submitted by the Co-operative supermarket and property group, as economically "unsustainable", "ambiguous" and "fundamentally weak".The Halcrow Group, which was commissioned by four local authorities covering Leicester and the surrounding towns and villages to assess the Co-op's plans, said the new town was likely to produce fewer ...
Woke up early this morning to put the finishing touches to start of term preparations only to look out the window to find that a light dusting of snow over the road/ garden. Anymore snow and I am sure the country will come to a stand still.
Obviously you will notice that things are not quite the same around here at the moment. In August I bought a new bigger fab server package and have been fiddling with it ever since off and on. Every month comes along and I desperately try towards the end of the month to shift all my sites and so on over to the new server whose payment falls due on the 1st of every month! And every month I've failed miserably. So notwithstanding that I have so many other things I would like to be doing the opportunity of a few ...
Three people have been killed within a year whilst attempting to cross the slip road onto the M32 at junction 2 (Eastville/Fishponds). Bristol City Council has now commenced a full safety review of the area in conjunction with the Highways Agency who own the motorway. Future proposals will have an impact on the whole locality; there are plans to improve cycle routes, and upgrade the bus lanes into the Centre to showcase standards. We need to make sure that improvements for local people are key to such plans, and that the whole area is made safer for residents. Cllr. Muriel ...
On 10th January 2009 The European Movement is holding a conference from 10.30am to 3.30pm, at Roberts Building, University College London discussing whether the financial crisis will lead Britain into the euro.
