Britain is suffering mounting economic chaos as supply chains break down. The government shrugs – these are just teething problems, the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, suggests, as Britain finds a new normal as a high-wage high-productivity economy. Is this the nonsense it seems to be at first sight? It doesn't help that reporting on the ... Continue reading How will Britain's economic chaos pan out?
Second paragraph of third story ("A Maji Maji Chronicle", by Eugen Bacon):The little bird surveyed the silence of twilight within a new smell of burning that explained a curl of black smoke in the horizon. He fluttered lime-mottled wings and landed on a branch tremulous from tepid wind. So this was Ngoni Village, the warm heart of German East Africa. He reined himself with the tips of his claws, leaned his body with a subtle shift of weight on the bough. His face twisted skyward, where an eagle soared in a battle dance overhead.I got this anthology because two of ...
[IMG: Census 2021 - 21st March] 97% of households across England and Wales responded to Census 2021 to ensure they count when it comes to local services - and almost 90% of them did so online. Initial findings out today show online take up of the first digital-first census far exceeded expectations, with more than 22 million responses submitted using the web questionnaire. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) had set a pre-census target of at least 75% online completion. However, that was beaten, with 88.9% of households responding to the census choosing to do so on a digital device. ...
An item on Radio 4's Broadcasting House yesterday morning put into sharp focus the labour crisis that the UK is currently experiencing. Thousands of piglets may have to be culled because there are not enough workers to process them; vegetables are going to rot in the fields because there insufficient pickers to harvest them (one Gloucestershire farmer has been working with his local Job Centre since July but has not managed to recruit a single person); and, horrors of horrors, a toy company says it may not be able to get its Harry Potter range into Aldi in time for ...
When you use the word 'independence' to a UK Liberal, you are liable to get a half-hearted reply. This is a pity because we don't usually mean the kind of rugged individualism they assume in the USA - the 'I did it My Way' approach to life. Normally we mean something a little calmer: independence from threats - criminal, medical, governmental or economic - that can undermine so many of our lives, and our ability to live it to the fullest. There is therefore a liberal thread running through so many entrepreneurs (people who see the world differently according to ...
Sun, 12:56: RT @nytimes: In Opinion "Mr. Trump may never stop trying to undermine American democracy. Those who value that democracy should never stop... Sun, 14:48: RT @DPhinnemore: Two years ago today, the UK government set out its proposals for a replacement version to the 'backstop' Protocol. It's w... Sun, 16:05: Hahahahaha! https://t.co/Bu0lllpwwY Sun, 20:06: A weekend up north: Volkenkunde Museum, Mauritshuis, Haags Historisch Museum https://t.co/8KDXAYS5G3 Mon, 10:45: RT @DmitryOpines: In trade terms, making it impossible for foreign workers to get visas to work in the UK is exactly like slapping a huge t...
In December 1976 Paddy Ashdown put to the local party in Yeovil a plan for winning the constituency for which he had been recently selected.
I like my Sunday routine. I am not a coffee drinker, however I enjoy my morning walk to Welwyn Garden City Town Centre and getting my favourite vanilla latte. In the last couple of weeks, I have noticed that one of my local coffee shops is opening later than usual. I thought that it might be a good idea to ask what causes this late opening. I was told that unfortunately; they are short staffed. This particular outlet recruited two new individuals, however one of them, I was told, resigned very quickly. I am sure that no one will be ...
It's the start of a new week here at Liberal Democrat Voice, although I am reminded that the week starts on a Sunday in Portuguese. And after the excitement of last week – who would have thought that so many of you are passionate about moderation? – I'm left with a challenge to follow that up. Luckily, I'm not alone... Apparently, Chris Loder, the Conservative MP for West Dorset, believes that our supermarkets are at fault for the issues regarding supply of foodstuffs to shelves; I know it might not feel like it in the immediate term. But it is ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 4 OCTOBER 2021 South Tay Street - temporary traffic lights for one week for footway works. Ancrum Road - temporary traffic lights from Wednesday 29 September for 4 days for City Fibre works. Blackness Avenue - closed from Monday 4 October for 4 weeks for carriageway resurfacing. Forthcoming Roadworks Logie Street at junction with Ancrum Road - 3 way temporary traffic lights from 11 October for 4 days for City Fibre works. Glamis Drive - road closure from Monday 11 October for 6 days ...
The goal of one of my very first outings with a digital camera has cropped up in two book I have just read. It is the village of Newton (Newton in the Willows if you are a romantic) near Geddington in Northamptonshire and gets a necessarily brief mention in James Hawes' The Shortest History of England and a much longer on in Nick Hayes' The Book of Trespass. As I blogged twelve years ago, in 1607 Newton was the site of slaughter: Over 1000 peasants gathered from Rockingham Forest - men, women and children - led by Captain Pouch. He ...
