Sooner or later every psychogeographer makes the Hajj to Orford Ness. John Rogers is our companion. He has a Patreon account to support his videos and blogs at The Lost Byway. His YouTube blurb for this video runs: Orford Ness is a 10-mile long shingle spit along the Suffolk Coast coast - only accessible by ferry. It was once a top secret research military research centre that came into operation in 1912 and was closed in 1985 when it was taken over by the Nation Trust. For many years forbidden to approach the island. I visited on the last weekend ...
Storm Arwen: Govt "abandoning" rural communities hit by power cuts Zahawi breaks yet another promise as school absences soar by 80,000 Bring back work from home to help save Christmas Storm Arwen: Govt "abandoning" rural communities hit by power cuts The Liberal Democrats have demanded that the Government provide emergency support to rural communities who have been left without power for days after Storm Arwen. In a letter to ministers from Liberal Democrat Communities Spokesperson Tim Farron MP, Welsh Party Leader Jane Dodds MS and local North Shropshire candidate Helen Morgan, the party warns that rural communities in areas like ...
Tue 30th
20:22
Sainsbury's Ludlow opened this morning - prizes, bags, ribbon cutting and of course customers
After the preview last night, many of us were back for the official opening by Councillors Viv Parry and Imogen Liddle at 8.30am this morning. We were not alone and around 100 people were queuing by the time the store opened its doors. The video of Viv Parry's speech is below. The other highlight of the morning was the awards to three children from Sandpits School. They had submitted designs for the hessian bags that are de rigueur for any retail outlet these days. The winner was five year old Lottie with a great sketch of Ludlow Castle. The winning ...
Tue 30th
18:25
The harm done to Princes Parade is also being visited on Sandgate, our Esplanade and our history
[IMG: Princes Parade] Today I spoke as an "Objector" to the Public Inquiry on the Stopping-up of Princes Parade on behalf of Sandgate Parish Council who had submitted our objection in May 2018. Many other objectors (and thank you to each and every person that did so) had spoken on a variety of elements of dewtail around the application, so I chose to focus on the link between Princes Parade and Sandgate. The inquiry has a few more days to go, and then I'd expect the Inspector to take some time before publishing their decision. At the inquiry, I said: ...
Non-fiction 6 (YTD 44) Paul: A Biography, by Tom Wright Building Healthy Boundaries: An Over-giver's Guide to Knowing When to Say 'Yes' and How to Say 'No' in Relationships, by Helen Snape Image of the Fendahl, by Simon Bucher-Jones Ghost Light, by Jonathan Dennis A Beautiful Mind, by Sylvia Nasar Exploding School to Pieces: Growing Up With Pop Culture In the 1970s, by Mick Deal - did not finish Non-genre 3 (YTD 27) The Ice Cream Army, by Jessica Gregson Summer, by Ali Smith Beautiful World, Where Are You, by Sally Rooney Poetry 1 (YTD 2) The Lay of Aotrou ...
At a virtual AGM last Sunday, South Cambridgeshire Councillor Sarah Cheung-Johnson (pictured) was unanimously elected as the new Chair Chinese LibDems (CLD) for 2022. The meeting was well attended including by members from the Korean and Vietnamese diaspora communities. This has of course been the vision of CLDs. – To be a network representing not just Chinese people but those of East and SE Asian heritage as well. In fact CLDs attempted a name change to BESEA (British East/South-East Asian) or CESEA in the past year, but the resolution did not pass. During the formal part of the meeting, attendees ...
There are some fantastic examples of supportive behaviour towards each other within our party, but we don't always get it right. So the Federal People and Development Committee is reviewing our Members' Code of Conduct, and we want to hear from you what should be in it. The current version can be found at Members' Code of Conduct, and we also have an Online Code of Conduct and a Candidates Code of Conduct for Parliamentary candidates. Fortunately they all say similar things. But we want to make sure we are saying the right things. Talking not just about how members ...
Tue 30th
12:03
Should the mass proliferation of AI-driven war drones and robots be left uncontrolled?
The Chinese government, as I hope our MoD, will have noticed the important article of Nicholas Chaillan 'To catch up with China, the Pentagon needs a new #AI strategy", published in the Tuesday 23rd of November issue of the Financial Times. As indicated, Mr Chaillan was formerly the first chief software officer at the US Air Force and Space Force. He is now the chief technology officer at cybersecurity firm Prevent Beach. The article points out the shocking "kindergarten-level" of US military/Pentagon cybersecurity in the US' critical national infrastructure and that the next war will be software-defined: "It won't be ...
Mon, 12:56: RT @English_Channel: This painting is titled: Would It Hurt You To Put The Dirty Bowl In The Dishwasher? https://t.co/AjciNqO6UZ Mon, 18:05: February 2014 books https://t.co/4FKxKyW9Vx Tue, 10:45: A great process of voting on the best Blake's 7 episodes, which inevitably ends up here. https://t.co/4H9f6pIIfJ
Tue 30th
10:33We need to respect asylum seekers' choice of a new home, and streamline access to safe routes
It is quite easy to over-simplify the situation asylum seekers face. Learning from my foster child's personal experience, I can see that complex nature, which I would never learn from my years of psychology training. Understanding refugees takes a combined effort from Westminster and the public to be in touch with the hearts and minds of the thousands fleeing to our shores. We must accept refugees realise life challenges await in their chosen refuge even before they set off. Strange as it may sound, "a better place to live" is not the pulling factor for sanctuary. I realise my foster ...
It was inevitable really, that the UK leaving the EU and the associated red tape around imports and exports linked to that decision, would change trade patterns around the Irish Sea, and so it has proved. The Guardian reports on official data showing that the volume of goods shipped directly from Ireland to the EU on new Brexit-busting ferry routes have rocketed by 50% in the past six months as exporters seek to avoid travelling across land through Great Britain> The paper says that figures published by the Irish Maritime Development Office (IMDO) show significant traffic diverted away from the ...
Many thanks to the residents who contacted me to advise that a utility box on the pavement at Logie Avenue near the Sycamore Place junction is exposed to the elements. I therefore asked the Roads Maintenance Partnership could contact the appropriate utility to have it repaired.
