Thursday's by-elections threw up some very interesting results. There was an excellent performance from the Lib Dems in Cardiff, while lots had to be drawn to decide a winner in North Kesteven in Lincolnshire! Most of all this week we want to credit all Lib Dem candidates and local parties who stood for election and gave voters in their area the opportunity to support a Liberal Democrat on the ballot paper. Cardiff We start in Cardiff where candidate Kathryn Lock and the local Lib Dem team achieved a great result in Heath ward on the City Council - increasing the ...
This year I will be attending two Remembrance events. The second of these will be at the Anglican Cathedral on Sunday. The first of these has already been held on Armistice Day and I was so concerned at what I ... Continue reading →
So, the last category I'm writing up for the Hugos this year: seven television episodes (one double nomination) of which only two are from shows that I know. 6) The Mandalorian: Chapter 13: The Jedi 5) She-Ra and the Princesses of Power: Heart (episode 1 and 2) 4) The Expanse: Gaugamela Without going into tedious detail, I dutifully watched all of these and felt that they were really dependent on knowing the continuity of the show in question. The episode of The Mandalorian made very little sense without knowing who these people are. She-Ra and the Princesses of Power was ...
Opening of Act 3:INT. SHERIDAN'S QUARTERS. Rebo and Zooty and Sheridan and Delenn are having a pleasant time. They're up to dessert, which is fresh kreebish1. Sheridan's link breeps. CORWIN (V.0.) Can I talk to you privately, Mr. President? Sheridan stands up. SHERIDAN (to his guests) I won't be a moment. Enjoy the kreebish. 1 I discovered when I was on set that Kreebish is pink. I never got to try it, so I don't know what it tastes like. Another of the Gaiman Humble Bundle books, this is his script for an episode of Babylon 5, a show that ...
Current The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien Mortal Engines, by Philip Reeve River of Gods, by Ian McDonald Last books finished The Book of the War, ed. Lawrence Miles The Burning God, by R.F. Kuang Building Healthy Boundaries: An Over-giver's Guide to Knowing When to Say 'Yes' and How to Say 'No' in Relationships, by Helen Snape The HAVOC Files 3, ed. Andy Frankham-Allen The Ice Cream Army, by Jessica Gregson The Witchfinders, by Joy Wilkinson Camouflage, by Joe Haldeman Summer, by Ali Smith Doctor Who and the Image of the Fendahl, by Terrance Dicks Image of the ...
Liberal Democrat party members have voted for Pippa Heylings to be the Prospective Parliamentary Candidate (PPC) for South Cambridgeshire
There is always an air of excitement about by-elections. General elections and the four yearly local elections are planned well ahead by the political parties, candidates and campaigners. But by-elections are won or lost at short notice. And they can be unpredictable. A by-election is more T20 cricket than a test series. The by-election for the North Shropshire constituency has been underway for a week after the sitting Conservative MP, Owen Paterson, resigned amid allegations of abusing his parliamentary position by lobbying for two food companies that paid him £100,000 a year. The by-election will be held on 16 December. ...
Thu, 12:56: RT @femme_thoughts: Absolutely astonishing stuff from @PatrickStrud on a book that upends the legal precedents for denying trans people equ... Thu, 16:34: November 2013 books https://t.co/c34PeMKysl #fb #doctorwho Thu, 18:53: Yeah. Right. https://t.co/5n6jY5QL1H Thu, 20:48: RT @Mij_Europe: Everyone in EU should read @Dominic2306 point below re @BorisJohnson decision-making - & thread above, below it https://t.c... Thu, 22:17: Minority view, I know, but Sontaran Experiment to Genesis of the Daleks. Also agree with Dominators to Mind Robber. Also, Faceless Ones to Evil of the Daleks. https://t.co/cvWnvgqnGq Fri, 08:20: RT @Samfr: The absolute chef's kiss headline of this whole debacle ...
The latest story in the use of expenses for MPs revolves around an ongoing housing saga that has not been resolved since the original scandal broke in 2009. The Independent reports that five ministers in Boris Johnson's government are among a group of MPs who have claimed more than £1m from the taxpayer to cover their rent payments, while letting properties that they own in London. They say that 17 landlord MPs - 15 Conservatives and two Labour - have put their housing costs on expenses while earning more than £10,000 a year each renting out their own properties in ...
Important election news for Liberal Democrat members: Voting has opened in the election for our Vice President responsible for working with ethnic minority communities. Email ballots are going out over the next 24 hours, in batches to make sure that people are able to vote if they wish – so if you haven't had yours yet, don't worry! People voting by post should receive their ballots over the weekend, depending on the postal service. You can see the six candidates manifestos here: https://www.libdems.org.uk/vice-president-21-manifestos There have also been three hustings arranged, which you can find out more about and register for ...
Five Liberal Democrat candidates for this week's eight principal authority vacancies. Although not a full slate for the party (which would have brought extra benefits), it is two up on the last time these wards were up for election. Heath (Cardiff) by-election result: LAB: 47.1% (+16.1) CON: 30.8% (+2.5) LDEM: 15.3% (+11.5) PC: 6.8% (+0.5) Labour GAIN from local independent party. No L-Ind (-26.8) and Grn (-3.9) as prev. — Britain Elects (@BritainElects) November 11, 2021
From the City Council : Dundee City Council proposes to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose of facilitating chimney repairs to residential tenement. The Order is expected to be in force for 6 weeks from 15 November 2021. Its maximum duration in terms of the Act is eighteen months. The effect of the Order is to prohibit temporarily all vehicular traffic in Strawberrybank from its junction with Perth Road for a distance of 40 metres or thereby in a southerly direction. As this is a very narrow street the full ...
