The news organisation people were apparently falling over themselves to rush out of the Alaskan state offices with boxes of the things. Palin's people had originally said that it would cost $15 million to release the emails. The eventual cost was $725.97.
From the Guardian. It's quite a corker. Someone's really got it in for Ed Miliband. This will make him look rather inadequate.
The lady who lived next door to us when I was a child was a Mrs McHugh, and before I first saw her name written down I thought it must be spelt McQ, or possibly McQueue. Do people in other parts of the world have that problem, or does everyone else hear two distinct syllables, "Mc (pause) Hugh"? (Of course, few people outside my native land realise that the last two letters in "McGrath" should be silent.) Which is a sideways approach to China Mountain Zhang, the story of a gay half-Chinese American in a world where the Chinese have ...
A small minority of Lib Dem grassroots party members is getting hot under the collar about increased security measures at our next party conference. But why would the police, etc, impose such measures if they did not consider them to be strictly needed? At a time of enormous financial and logistical pressure on the police and the others, why - why - would they devote time and money to security measures that are anything less than vital? Surely everyone understands that the security is not just for the benefit of people attending Conference, but also to protect the people who ...
The decision of the Licensing sub-committee finally came out yesterday - no real surprise to anyone. The committee decided to award the licence, but on condition that the owners can show after a year of operation that it really is primarily a convenience store rather than a petrol station. There's a strangely quirky bit of English law which says that a fuel station can't sell alcohol but a shop
Someone found my blog today by using the title of this post as a search query. The answer is obvious. "There's only one way to find out ... fight!"
One of the welcome changes I've seen through my life is the way that funerals in Britain are increasingly celebrations of the best of someone's live, mixing the mourning with the happy remembrance. And so it was today in Edinburgh for the funeral of my former colleague Andrew Reeves. But "former colleague" really doesn't describe Andrew at all. It doesn't capture his fun, his support, his energy and his skill. What did capture Andrew beautifully was the eulogy from Michael Moore - and I am sure it would have amused and pleased Andrew hugely that it was a Secretary of ...
It's one of your worst nightmares. An elderly relative has an accident and breaks their hip while on holiday in a foreign country. Well, it happened to our close relative two weeks ago. Fortunately it didn't happen during his last holiday to Uzbekistan. No disrespect to Uzbekistan, but it's an awfully long way away. Fortunately, the hospital in Split, Croatia does hip replacements really rather well. So after a bit of loneliness in a hospital full of people speaking Croatian, our dearly beloved is on his way home tomorrow. Many thanks to all the good folk at the Klinicka Bolnica ...
I'm sitting at Callum Leslie's after Andrew Reeve's funeral service. For those who couldn't make it and those of you who could here is hte choice of music for the day. So very Andrew and best have the tissues ready. First we came in and fill Warriston Cremetorium to this. We then moved on to this after Michael Moore and the celebrant managed to sum up Andrew very well and had us in laughter as well as tears. There was a time of reflection to this, many of those present were in tears. Some afterwards said the lyrics could almost ...
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The train slows outside the station Long enough to let me notice Towering over the platforms' sleek arteries A shard of glass and steel Holding the sky in it's nettle grasp All around new tower blocks jostle To London Bridge The frantic pace of change Echoed in the insistent alarm And slow hiss of pneumatic doors I alight into the hot friday of a London June First point of call is Southwark Cathedral A quiet stay in the fabric of passing traffic All welcome here, even the cat And I marvel at the wooden bosses The icon and the poet's ...
MONDRAGON Corporation, Yearly Report 2010 (english) from MONDRAGON Corporation on Vimeo. We have been banging on for sometime on this blog about the missing element in policy -namely employee ownership. Liberal from J S Mill to Keynes via Elliot Doods and on to Jo Grimond have argued the case. In 1979 Grimond published The Common Welfare in which he reported on a visit he had made to the Mondragon Co ops of the Basque lands with journalist Robert Oakshott. Out of that work the Job Ownership Ltd organisation was founded which is today known as the Employee Ownership Association. I ...
The Telegrpah today have revealed leaked documents that show how Gordon Brown, and his henchmen Ed Balls and Ed Miliband, were plotting to remove then Prime Minister Tony Blair, in an plan codenamed 'Project Volvo' 3 cheers then, for whoever was responsible for placing this ad amongst the story:
On Wednesday morning I attended a Westminster Hall debate on the decision by the Government not to ban wild animals in circuses. I wasn't expecting to speak because I had to leave the debate early to go to another meeting ... Continue reading →
The new leadership of Bury Council continue to do positive things and reverse the trends of their Tory predecessors in some of the exact ways I'd have done if I'd have been running the place. The latest innovation coming from the Town Hall is the Leader's Blog, written by Cllr Mike Connolly and available to ...
On 16th June, I'll be speaking at a Camden Liberal Democrats event alongside GLA candidate Bridget Fox. Here's the write-up from the local party: Camden Lib Dems will be hosting a discussion on 'Coalition Government: The Way Forward' from 7.30 to 9.30pm at Emmanuel School, on Mill Lane, NW6 1NA (at the junction with West End Lane, and just over 5 minutes' walk from West Hampstead tube, Overground and Thameslink stations). This will be an opportunity to look at the successes and challenges faced by the Lib Dems in the Coalition Government over the last year and to share views ...
I was delighted to attend last nights Scottish Homes Awards last night. I was positively elated when our 21st Century Homes project romped home with the prize for Community Partnership of the year. You can read more about this below. This project simply would not have happened if the Lib Dem's had not been in power. Both Labour and the Tories voted against it at committee when it was first muted. To see it coming to fruition and scooping up awards is very satisfying. I was also delighted that Susan and Gerry Goldwyre won the award for the Best Designer ...
Martin Bright has written well today about some of the problems associated with London Citizens and Citizens UK, two bodies that have appointed themselves as the UK's premier 'community organisers'. There is much to admire about both bodies and, especially, their grassroots members, with many of whom I would have much in common. However, ever since hearing that David Miliband planned to rejuvenate the Labour Party by turning Labour hacks into community organisers, I have been wondering what I think about the whole approach. The whole idea of community organisers has little to do with community politics, of which I ...
Introducing Action on Hearing Loss and what we do.
It's Friday. It's five o'clock. Here's a fistful of lists that sum up the LDV week: 5 most-read stories on LDV this week Andrew Reeves passes away (37 comments) by Mark Pack Response: Chair of Federal Conference Committee on increased security measures (153 comments) by Andrew Wiseman Opinion: Why you should be taking Lembit Opik seriously (57 comments) by Richard Clare Opinion: The problem with Lib Dem conference security arrangements (27 comments) by Dave Page The perils of projecting the impact of boundary changes from previous election results (12 comments) by Mark Pack 5 sample LDV Members' Forum threads Inverclyde ...
Ok this usually a blog post that I work on well in advance of the 5pm deadline. Indeed some are planned so far in advance when I find another good date related subject to publish. Howe ever, this week we lost Andrew Gold so here is Thank you for being a friend a song what he wrote, which is forever associated as the theme to The Golden Girls. That wasn't the only long running US sit-com his music was used for as the title. His song Final Frontier was used in the titles for Mad about you. Of course ...
The campaign I led to get Labour-run Reading Borough Council to reinstate end of term waste collections in the University area has been successful. The Council has confirmed today that extra collections will be taking place to ensure residents do not have to put up with rubbish for weeks on end after students go home for the summer. Labour tried to blame the cut on us, but it is they who control the Council and the services it provides to residents. You can read more about our campaign and the background to this issue over on our ward blog.
Fri 10th
16:21
How can a nation grow and prosper when its companies are bought and sold like trading chips?
Writing in a recent article for The Scotsman William Davies asks: How can a nation grow and prosper when its companies are bought and sold like trading chips? Employee ownership offers a compelling solution. I started researching the subject two years ago at Demos, the independent think tank, and have become increasingly convinced of its role in building more sustainable economies built on long-term foundations. Employee ownership embeds businesses in their communities by locking in ownership. The employees own the company's shares directly or through an employee benefit trust, so the shares can't be traded on the open market and ...
The Liberal Democrats in St Albans last night called for young people to be involved in future thinking about the level of music provision in St Albans. District councillors were considering a report originating in the City Forum, seeking to identify what opportunities there currently are for young people to attend concerts and make their own music. Chris White, local Lib Dem spokesperson on young people, said: 'This city has a thriving music scene but I am sure it could be better. Are there enough places in which people can mix and record? Are there enough rehearsal facilities? I can ...
I've no objection to the Rowan Williams editing the New Statesman or pontificating on any thing that takes his fancy come to that -free speech you know. I think that his willingness to engage with people who he doesn't agree with like Philip Pullman is to his credit. In the past I've quite enjoyed the intervention of clerics-the former Bishop of Durham was always thought provoking. So I do not start from the premise that the man ought to stick to theology and praying, but frankly I would hope that he had brought the sort of intellectual rigor that so ...
Recommended reading for Lib Dem councillors and local campaigners from the last seven days: Within the Liberal Democrats there's been a few big stories this week: There's a thought-provoking post on Lib Dem Voice from London activist Rob Blackie about his attempts at building a liberal movement along the lines of the movement for change that Barack Obama built in the United States. He uses a very real example from a current council by-election - Jennifer Blake - and there are other examples of these 'liberal heroes' on his blog. Figures unveiled by the Financial Times shows that the Liberal ...
European politics is quite ambivalent and confusing at the best of times; especially when it comes to the President of Europe. What does Europe want; a Peyton Randolph or George Washington? Truthfully, neither it seems. Or a possible hybrid representation ... Continue reading →
Further to my recent update about the Friends of Magdalen Green Christmas Card competition now underway, if you click on the headline above or go to http://tinyurl.com/magdalencomp, you can now download the entry form and rules.
From the City Council : "Tickets are now on sale for Dundee Flower & Food Festival 2011, which takes place at Camperdown Country Park, Friday 2nd - Sunday 4th September. Tayside's premier lifestyle event returns, offering the best in horticulture, food and live entertainment. With a packed weekend programme including free cookery and gardening demonstrations, children's activities, a craft fair, live music and the chance to buy a wide range of plants, quality food products and much more, there's plenty for all interests and ages. Plus, we'll be joined by BBC Gardeners' World presenter Monty Don and Italian chef Gino ...
Following their election victory last year, Islington Labour set up the Islington Fairness Commission. Great news, I said. I am entirely in favour of fairness; after all, where would we be without abstract nouns? The Commission's job was to investigate how Islington could be made a fairer place, and, familiar as I am with Islington ...
Further to my article last Saturday about impending road resurfacing works on part of Blackness Road (from Forest Park Road to Glenagnes Road), the City Council has now advised me : "Following discussion with the Project Architect for the new primary schools that are being built on Blackness Road, we have decided to postpone our surfacing works until after all utilities are in place and the extents of the streetworks that are requried as part of the schools development are defined and the effect on the road is clarified." It makes sense to leave resurfacing until after utilities' works are ...
Fri 10th
14:26
Carmarthenshire Council abuse their power - arrest woman for filming open council proceedings.
This afternoon I was pointed towards this blog post entitled 'Blogger arrested for filming council meeting: In Carmarthenshire, this is what democracy looks like' on twitter and whilst my blood didn't boil my head shook in despair. Sadly this is the type of thing has happens all too often. Someone in power doesn't like someone/something and abuses their power in an attempt to silence them. The blogger is question is called Caebrwyn and her blog can be found here. From all the evidence she has produced it seems as though the council decided that they just wanted to silence her ...
This isn't really something that I'd be happy running with myself as don't really know that much about the topic, but based on a comment posted by Zoe Brain in an earlier blog post, I included a question about Intersexed prisoners in a Freedom of Information request I was submitting anyway. Someone more active with this sort of thing may want to take an interest in the response I received, so I thought I'd throw it out there... I'd asked if prison service guidelines on "transsexual prisoners" were intended to include intersexed prisoners too. The answer – or non-answer – ...
Great news for residents and students in the University area today as the campaign we launched a few days ago has resulted in Reading Borough Council, (which is currently controlled by a Labour minority administration) reinstating end of term bin collections. Labour had planned to cut the collections without letting residents know. We thought residents might have something to say about this - and they did! The Council has confirmed that on Saturday July 2 there will be a special collection in the student areas. As I pointed out this was a completely unnecessary cut to frontline services that we would never have made had we been ...
My avatar at the Jewish Chronicle blog has written the following:Martin Bright has written two extremely important and valuable articles about London Citizens in today's JC. I propose to return to that topic in more detail soon, as I have my own reflections on the points raised by Martin Bright, who is absolutely right about this. My one quibble is about an incidental detail of the story. One of the articles states, with regard to the detention of child asylum seekers, that: "(Nick) Clegg announced after the election last year that the policy would be scrapped. In fact, child detention ...
Every one of my friends knows that I am very proud of where I work. I work for the charity RNID now renamed as Action on Hearing Loss and celebrating our 100th birthday. Today a large number of people across the organisation and ...
So this morning the Daily Telegraph reported the inner workings of the coup to remove Tony Blair. The coup seemingly centred around Gordon Brown, Ed Balls and Ed Miliband. No shockers so far. However the biggest shock seems to me to be the timing. Now whilst I am a Lib Dem, it would be fair to say that I was (and to some degree still am) a Blairite. Yes there were many things that he oversaw that I thought were not good but he was very statesmanlike and I thought as the face of the government he was exceptional. He ...
I'm discovering these events are getting extremely tedious. We all knew what Balls was doing behind the scenes; he was the chief conspirator in the assassination of Blair. None of this can be classified as an 'earth-shattering' moment. Ed Miliband ... Continue reading →
"Under a Liberal Democrat government, you will not have to pay any income tax on the first £10,000 you earn." So said the manifesto on which we fought last year's election. And while we didn't get a Liberal Democrat government, we did get the policy. The coalition agreement commits the government to making real terms steps each year towards the target of £10,000, kicked off by an initial increase of £1000, benefiting the low paid by £200 this year. But should we be moving faster? Recent economic growth has, of course, been weaker than expected - no surprise given the ...
Craig Murray's current visit to Doune reminds me of my own visit to the Old Inn at Stein. We were having dinner when an American tourist came in and demanded coffee. The busy waitress said she was sorry but they were in the middle of serving dinner. The American expecting instant gratification of his wishes came straight back with, "Don't you serve after-dinner coffee ?". The waitress now
So for once FOTA seem to be the good guys. They decided earlier in the week that the decision to reinstate the Bahrain Grand Prix was not a good one and effectively forced the hand of the FIA and the race is now off again and will not happen this year. The 2012 race is still on the provisional calendar but that is obviously not set in concrete. The whole situation in the country will you would have thought had to completely die down either way or the other (hopefully in the favour of the arab spring winning out). My ...
I blogged the other day about how the issue around Sharon Shoesmith really wasn't whether she had been dismissed properly using the correct due process. It was that having seen the report into the Baby P case, she should have done the decent thing and just resigned. With great power ( and a huge salary) comes great responsibility, and when you screw up, fall on your sword. Now it seems Great Ormond Street Hospital has been accused of withholding information from the Serious Case Reviews into the investigation into what went wrong. Detailed reports of what's been going on have ...
An edited version of this paid-for post appeared at Moo.com on the 7th of June QR codes are awesome! I mean, you may think your moo mini-cards are pretty funky – but they're nothing without a QR code. Why do you hand your card over to someone? You want the recipient to plug your contact details into their address book, right? So you give them a bit of card and then you expect them to tap away on their phone, like a primitive ape, until they've saved your number. And hope they've saved it correctly. That's just so.... analogue... Isn't ...
If like me you are big fans of Jonathan Calder's Lord Bonkers then this latest diary piece on the early history of Twitter is an absolute gem and I recommend you read it: For some inexplicable reason, the belief that Twitter is a recent invention is now widely entertained. Nothing could be further from the truth. Though of late it has made use of the latest technology, the service was in widespread use as early as the 1920s. Several times a day, the Twitter boy would bicycle up the drive here at the hall in his buttoned suit and peaked ...
The three MacSketeers welcomed fellow bloggers to an Unconference at 4CT Picture courtesy of Helen Duffett I'm in Edinburgh typing this. This time last week I didn't expect to be here, that was until I started to see a whole stream of my Lib Dem friends tweeting or putting on their Facebook how they had lost a dear friend. This there was on tweet about Clifton Terrance, the party's Scottish Head Quarters not being the same as a result. That made me very anxious to find out who. A DM to one friend told me to ask my very good ...
Fri 10th
10:04
Improving Local Campaigning: A practical example to make your local party relevant to your local are...
The Lib Dem local power base has been reduced back to 1993 levels and many are worrying. So what can we do to improve our chances at the next local elections? Many are talking about Community Politics again and looking to this for advice and there is some clear specific examples we can do to ...
On the 5th May 2011 I failed in my attempt to be re-elected to Luton Borough Council after eight years serving as an elected councillor. This article is part of a series of posts where I attempt to process what those eight years have meant for myself by asking the question "what did I achieve?" in that time. The second achievement I thought I would talk about is one I am somewhat cautious about discussing. I have been a school governor at Downside Junior School in Luton more or less since I became a councillor. The school is in my ...
on how women are treated in comics culture this is the reason I Will take 2 buses and over an hour to travel to the comic shop in hebden bridge, rather than go to the one in Halifax again. (tags: comics sexism) Sarah Teather MP wants your comments on the Bailey review. Give them to her with both barrels, please. (tags: government feminism children) A great (if somewhat sweary) post on the Bailey review unity is often longwinded and uses somewhat intemperate language, but his analysis is spot on. Prince Philip at 90 ♥ love the bunny hugger comment (tags: ...
I'm travelling to Edinburgh this morning for the funeral of a dear friend and colleague, Andrew Reeves. I rose at a crazy hour for the journey from London, knowing that Andrew's work day would normally have been well underway by this time. Caron Lindsay's suggested that those who knew Andrew tweet our memories of him this morning, as we prepare to celebrate his life. While looking through my photos of Andrew this week I found this one from the Lib Dems' staff Christmas party in 2008: [IMG: @andyreeves Even more impressed now! on Twitpic] The party took place in Parliament ...
The revelations in today's Daily Telegraph of the 'key role played by shadow chancellor Ed Balls in a "brutal" plot to destroy Tony Blair' is really no surprise. We all knew that it was happening. What perhaps, we did not know is the extent of the scheming involved and the depth of the bitterness between the two sides. By comparison, coalition politics looks like a picnic in the park. The paper says that Mr Balls, as well as the current Labour leader Ed Miliband, began scheming within weeks of the 2005 general election in a plot codenamed Project Volvo, which ...
RT @carolinepidgeon Tragic news about Andrew Reeves (@andyreeves). He was a great campaigner and will be hugely missed. Very sad day. < RIP # How's your email sign-up list looking? Here's a couple of great ideas to think about: http://bit.ly/j8HC1a # Andrew Reeves trending in UK on Twitter. I hope he'd have liked that. # @markpack Many thx for the #ff in reply to markpack # Share this on Facebook Email this via Gmail Email this via Hotmail Email this to a friend? Send this page to Print Friendly Tweet This! Email this via Yahoo! Mail
The link is to Anna Raccoon's story about Steven Neary. Steven Neary was a victim of judicial secrecy. Happily he has been released from the clutches of the state and his case can now be talked about.Sadly there are many others still trapped in the Kafkaesque world of secret imprisonment.
A combination of unexpectedly driving to work and an early start meant that I was able to take a small detour to a fascinating but grim place, the Enclos des fusillés / Erepark der gefusilleerden, which is a stone's throw from the Brussels end of the E40 motorway as you come in from the east. This was originally the Belgian state shooting range, but it is now a memorial for those who were shot by German firing squads here during the occupations of both world wars. The park is on three levels - the green entry level, and then two ...
I'll be honest, I have never liked Ed Balls. I used to struggle to put it into words but he has always come across as slimy and disingenuous. For me, previous claims he has made about his innocence regarding any role he might have had in trying to oust Tony Blair did not ring true. And he has kept up the denials through thick and thin. When Andrew Rawnsley published his book last year "The End of the Party" which went into great detail about Brown's various alleged plots and Balls' role in them I remember categorical denunciations from Balls ...
Michael talks of leaving Andrew and missing Andrew. A Celtic nations post - Ireland, Wales, Scotland.
The term "social worker" is often used as easy and unfair shorthand when the shortcomings of the caring professions are discussed. This was certainly the case in the death of Peter Corrigen ("Baby Peter"), when the medical profession bore a heavy responsibility too. And yesterday Mark Pack reported on Liberal Democrat Voice: Liberal Democrat MP Lynne Featherstone today called for Jane Collins, Chief Executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), to resign after the BBC published evidence that key criticisms of the hospital were withheld from an inquiry into the death of Baby Peter. In a further twist today, claims ...
I got a text from Kim Holt on Tuesday. Kim Holt is the NHS whistleblower (one of the four paediatric consultants in the GOSH child health team at St Ann's in Haringey) who spoke up to senior managers at Great Ormond Street about the danger to children because management were not listening to concerns. And it was not just her concerns – in fact – all four senior paediatricians wrote a letter to the management and co-signed it – they were so worried about the situation at St Ann's. It is fighting her case that brought me into this arena ...
This photo, which I think captures Andrew perfectly, was taken at Andrew and Roger's wedding in January by Charles Dundas. Andrew, we will never forget the fun and laughter you brought to our lives. Share your memories of our friend in the comments. And don't forget to pop over to Twitter and share a story using #andrewreeves.
BBC News reports: Union members at the Shropshire Star newspaper are to be balloted over strike action. Union members met on Wednesday over plans for compulsory redundancies at the newspaperThis is a disaster! What will I find to blog about?
Fri 10th
07:26
Pressure builds on Great Ormond Street Hospital as second inquiry author joins criticisms
Yesterday I blogged about Lynne Featherstone's call for Jane Collins to quit as Chief Executive of Great Ormond Street Hospital following revelations that key information was withheld from the first inquiry into Baby Peter's death and, despite the Hospital's claims to the contrary, the public statement from the chair of the second inquiry that he was not shown the full evidence either. Today The Guardian has a damning verdict from the author of that first inquiry, Edi Carmi: The author of the serious case review, Edi Carmi, said she was shocked by the BBC's report and that much of the ...
In previous postings I have sounded warnings that Estonian privatization policy risks becoming incoherent. I have pointed out that few of the larger privatizations have gone without problems, and that far from being the poster child for economic reform, Estonia risks becoming known as an unreliable and even cantankerous privatization partner- which could have a significant financial impact in the future. The failure of the Estonian Rail privatization now seems set to be compounded by the failure of the Tallinn Water company sell off. Some politicians have suggested that my views "as the view of one person" carry little weight, ...
We've had some unusually positive discussions this week, in some of which I have pleasantly surprised to find an unexpected degree of consensus. On Tuesday, it sounded as if Members on all sides were keen to make progress on the 'working practices' recommendations that we had from a specially appointed group. I had anticipated that there would be the usual procrastinators, arguing that 'we can't do anything about this until we have sorted out the big issue of our composition'. Fortunately, both Lord Strathclyde (Leader of the House) and his Labour opposite number (Lady Royall of Blaisdon) seemed to think ...
Having decided what to post last night, I was looking for clips when I came across this fantastic song by Tim Minchin from Channel 4's Big Fat Quiz of the Year from a few years back. I loved this at the time and, watching it again, I still do! So here's the superb Tim Minchin with a sideways look at Google Street View: You can see my previous Tim Minchin post here. Andrew
@Paul Maskey (SF) 16,211 (70.6%, -0.5%) @Alex Attwood (SDLP) 3088 (13.5%, -2.9%) Gerry Carroll (People Before Profit) 1751 (7.6%) Brian Kingston (DUP) 1393 (6.1%, -1.5%) Bill Manwaring (UUP) 386 (1.7%, -1.4%) Aaron McIntyre (Alliance) 122 (0.5%, -1.4%) @ member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. Electorate 61,768; Total poll unknown (turnout 37.53%); Valid votes 22,951. This was the first Westminster by-election in Northern Ireland since 2000 (South Antrim), the first caused by a resignation since the mass by-elections of 1986, and the first caused by a voluntary resignation where the incumbent did not seek re-election since the Armagh by-election of 1954, ...
The title is "Church and State." When Prince Charles came to enhance the independence celebrations in Papua New Guinea in 1975 the lesson he read at the official service was from Romans Chapter 13 (The powers that be are ordained by God.) When Prince Phillip read the lesson a this year's Maundy service it was all about looking after the poor. The Church therefore fulfils this dual role of adding to the legitimacy of the government (and therefore acting as an instrument of social control) whilst at the same time reminding the government of the limits to its authority and ...
births and deaths 10 June 1904: birth of Geoffrey Orme, who wrote The Underwater Menace. 10 June 2008: death of David Brierly, who played the voice of K9 in 1979-80. ii) broadcast anniversaries 10 June 1967: broadcast of fourth episode of The Evil of the Daleks. Jamie and Kemel join forces to rescue Victoria; but at the end of the quest they find a Dalek instead. 10 June 1972: broadcast of fourth episode of The Time Monster. The Doctor and the Master duel via Tardis in the vortex. 10 June 2006: broadcast of The Satan Pit. The Beast possesses the ...
Metrlink are currently undertaking improvement works on the Metrolink stops on the Bury line. Over the course of the next few weeks they will need to carry out essential work at Crumpsall and Prestwich Metrolink stops outside normal hours of construction. For safety reasons this work can only be done while the tram line is closed. Work will take place: * between 11pm on 13 June and 5am on 15 July 2011 at Crumpsall stop and * between 11pm on 25 June and 5am on 4 August 2011 at Prestwich stop. Some of our overnight work will require low level ...
Morocco fishing deal 'poor value for money' | European Voice "Study finds that deal is not cost-effective and that agreement could break international law." (tags: westernsahara eu) Issendai's Superhero Training Journal How to run things badly. (tags: work)
Liberal Democrats are fighting to ensure that significant changes will be made to the Government's Health Bill to address concerns raised by the public, medical professionals and the party. Liberal Democrats led the calls for changes after raising serious concerns at the party's Spring Conference in March. The Government has completed a listening exercise during a break in the passage of the Bill to hear the concerns. In particular, Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats want to ensure: The pace of change is slowed down to ensure changes are not rushed into. The changes must be evolution, not revolution There ...
Less than a fortnight in charge of Reading Borough Council and floundering Labour councillors are already desperately trying to pass the buck. This week they are blaming opposition councillors for cuts to bin collections. Former Deputy Leader of Reading Borough Council, Cllr Kirsten Bayes (who incidentally knows a thing or two about taking decisions and running the Council) puts them straight. Meanwhile Labour are now 'reassessing' their flawed decision to go ahead with cuts to frontline services.
Liberal Democrats on Lancashire County Council are supporting the Local Government Associations campaign for a Judicial Review of a cut to the Education Formula Grant. LibDem education spokesman at LCC, Allan Knox said, "This cut is not part of the austerity budget, but was a last minute move to fund academies in Lancashire. We believe the governments calculations are way out. "The £5m cut from the grant for Lancashire is in excess of savings to LCC from the building of academies. We are thus supporting calls for a Judicial Review." He added, "Whilst we object to the cut in the ...
