Maturity has never really been Boris Johnson's strong point. And so it was today when Jamie Stone used a question to the Prime Minister to highlight the positive development this week which brings space port in North West Scotland a step closer: As the BBC reports, a major obstacle was cleared: A Scottish Land Court judge has approved a change of use of an area of croft land near Tongue in Sutherland for the building of the facility. The land around the rockets hangar and launch pad must remain available to crofters for agricultural use. The ruling means the first ...
Second paragraph of third chapter:Petrol.I confess that I am losing faith in the series of books about spinoff Doctor Who companion Erimem. Here she and her gang end up in a sealed crime-ridden near-future city which is the subject of a reality TV show. It's pretty obvious what's going to happen, and in due course it does. I'll give another couple of these a try but unless I see an uptick I'll leave them after that. You can get this one here.
Christine Jardine slammed the Government's proposed increase in National Insurance constributions in the debate yesterday. This is the worst possible time to be hitting families and businesses with a crippling and unfair tax hike. The government is not only breaking its promise to the electorate, it risks breaking the backbone of our economy. pic.twitter.com/XncuFt3sUA — Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) September 14, 2021 The full text of her speech is below: Like, I am sure, many people on both sides of the House, I came here today desperate to support a plan that would see investment in a system that has been ...
Trying to demystify the menopause on your own is the pits. It is akin to getting tangled up in a haystack trying to find the needle which you desperately need to fix that skirt which doesn't fit due to middle age tummy spread. Fear no more. A menopause summit is being held to help you ... The post A Menopause Summit appeared first on A Midlifer in London .
We miss Kirsty Williams and the fantastic contribution she made as Wales' Education Minister. So what is she up to these days? She gave a couple of pointers as to how she is living her best life on Twitter yesterday: Sometimes people ask what I am up to these days, well I am out and about with George this evening. pic.twitter.com/zxd6WIeclx — Kirsty Williams (@Kirsty_Williams) September 14, 2021 * Newshound: bringing you the best Lib Dem commentary published in print or online.
Since the government announced last week that it would fund its (alleged) reform of social care with an increase of 1.25% on National Insurance Contributions, (NICs) there has been much discussion in the media as to whether or not this is the most appropriate tax. The informed consensus seems to be that it isn't. Today's Guardian cartoon by Ben Jennings puts it neatly: "Tax the workers to help the asset rich." However, having got that pretty well right, why do the Guardian, and other "left-of-centre" sources persist in using the negative term "burden" when describing taxation? Recent culprits have included ...
All right, perhaps a slight exaggeration in the title – without wishing to give out spoilers already, yesterday's speech by Liz Truss was of her usual standard, ie appallingly abysmal, and going over every single line might kill me. Besides, the Gov.uk website from which I'm pulling the text has about half the speech removed for political content anyhow, so how about this: I'll cover the most important bits. I'll decode it all so you know what this government is really thinking about trade at this moment in time. For make no mistake, this was an important speech from the ...
In the olden days, all the amendments to Conference motions and questions to party committees would be published in a separate booklet and you would have to juggle between the two of them and, quite often, the Conference Daily sheet as well. We've now adapted for the online age and the Conference Extra stuff has now been incorporated into the agenda document itself which will make things much easier to navigate. You can see at first glance on pages 11-14 which motions have amendments and you can just click through to them. Click here to see the whole programme for ...
Tue, 12:56: RT @GermanAmbUK: Seems we are entering a new phase with regard to the Northern Ireland protocol. Just as the EU becomes more pragmatic and... Tue, 16:05: RT @MorseLyA: For my friend @nwbrux https://t.co/aysAdOfO2S Tue, 18:24: The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Zimmer Bradley https://t.co/fdQGU0jk0W Tue, 20:48: RT @juliahobsbawm: Is this the best back to the office video ever? https://t.co/WmHnz6UIC0 Tue, 22:16: RT @DaveKeating: "Many EU countries" seems like an understatement here given that all EU countries except 7 in Eastern Europe are more vacc... Tue, 22:16: RT @DaveKeating: Also, *all* EU countries have far fewer Covid cases than ...
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Residents have complained to me that the small lane to the east of of 29 Roseangle is so overgrown it is almost impossible to go up it. I raised this with the City Council's Roads Maintenance Partnership get the foliage cut back and this has now been done.
At a time when we are in the middle of a climate and ecological crisis the last thing that anybody wants to read about is the senseless slaughter of 1,500 dolphins in a cruel and barbaric hunt just 224 miles off the UK's coast. But, as the Times reports, that is what has happened as a "superpod" of 1,428 Atlantic white-sided dolphins were killed at Skalabotnur in the North Atlantic archipelago. According to Sea Shepherd people in speed boats and on jetskis drove the superpod of dolphins for many hours over a distance of 45 km into shallow water where ...
