The Lib Dems have a knack of swinging wildly on the side of public opinion (e.g., Iraq War) and back to the fringes (e.g., Revoke Policy). The latter is often buoyed by coming off the back successful elections, giving the party a false sense of confidence that such policies are far more popular than they are and indeed we can be the party of governance. Though such fringe policies have a lasting and damaging impact. Easy to make accusations that the party is neither "Liberal" or "Democratic" is easy to make when such positions are taken and particularly when the ...
5) Highest engagement rate: The good thing is that a number of seats will not need much change. (They'll all have to change a bit to reflect new ward boundaries.) This graphic shows those that are currently within the 5% limit in green, those below it in red and those above it in blue. pic.twitter.com/tpI36gOkQh — 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙨 𝙒𝙝𝙮𝙩𝙚 🇪🇺 🇧🇪 (@nwbrux) January 5, 2021 4) Most URL clicks: Liz Marley @greensideknits 1967-2021 https://t.co/j0p74gh0h5 — 𝙉𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙨 𝙒𝙝𝙮𝙩𝙚 🇪🇺 🇧🇪 (@nwbrux) April 16, 2021 3) Most impressions and most retweets: The first chapters of Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the Philip ...
This is the latest post in a series I started in late 2019, anticipating the twentieth anniversary of my bookblogging which will fall in 2023. Every six-ish days, I've been revisiting a month from my recent past, noting work and family developments as well as the books I read in that month. I've found it a pleasantly cathartic process, especially in recent circumstances. If you want to look back at previous entries, they are all tagged under bookblog nostalgia. I started the month relaxing at my sister's in Burgundy: ...had a Worldcon planning trip to London midmonth: ...and ended with ...
[IMG: Grants drawer (https://stock.adobe.com/uk/search/free By MarekPhotoDesign.com)] Residents facing financial hardship this winter can now get support from Folkestone & Hythe District Council, if they qualify. The council has been awarded funding from Kent County Council for the Household Support Fund (HSF), which is provided by the government and runs until 31 March 2022 (subject to fund availability). Anyone aged 16 or over and living in the district in a vulnerable household may be eligible for a payment. Vulnerable households are defined as those that are struggling to afford essential food and utility bills and have no other available support. Grants ...
Covid cases have been soaring across the UK and England just a few days ago been plummeting towards another lockdown or circuit breaker. We seemed destined to have a cracking Christmas followed by a New Year's Eve singing Auld Lang Syne at a social distanced. Yesterday, though, there was better news. Separate analyses published by Imperial College and Edinburgh University concurred with research funded by the South African Medical Research Council and a modelling exercise by a Danish institute. All four studies suggest Omicron will lead to less severe illness than Delta and less hospitalisation. The results, which are provisional, ...
Norfolk has a huge history of churches, this is a beautiful example in Bracton Ash, St Nicholas. So calm so interesting additions that look out of character such as this porch, and extension that reminds me of Georgian Bath.
Lib Dems are asking the Government to introduce an Emergency Volunteering Leave scheme – urgently. This would allow volunteers to take time off work, but still be paid, to help with the booster vaccinations over the holiday season. Last week the NHS said it needs 40,000 volunteers for roles such as admin support and stewards, while vaccination centres say they are desperate for staff. Meanwhile, the British Medical Association has warned there could be up to 50,000 staff absences in the NHS by Christmas. We also know that there are plenty of people willing to volunteer. We need to put ...
New polling from Redfield & Wilton on who else Labour voters can see themselves supporting: For which OTHER party could current Labour voters see themselves voting? None: 31% Liberal Democrat: 30% Green: 20% Conservative: 8% Independent: 6% Don't know: 9% pic.twitter.com/tuo4MkFko5 — Redfield & Wilton Strategies (@RedfieldWilton) December 23, 2021
[IMG: Castle Road Car Park to seafront stepped access] For many years, Sandgate Parish Councillors and others have been pushing to install a ramp access from Sandgate's Castle Road Car Park to the seafront. Despite disabled bays in the car park, there is currently "step only" access, making it really hard for wheelchairs, buggies and cycles to get from car park to seafront. Repeated requests to the District Council to resolve the problem have thrown up issue after issue, including ownership, access and more. However, we're delighted to say that a resolution has been found for the issue. Following discussions ...
All things, one might suspect, that the people who brought us Boaty McBoatface may wish they'd thought about sooner. Continue reading →
Wed, 12:56: RT @IanMoore3000: I'm curious as to whether Nicholas Whyte's interview with Malka Older was the first time the Irish Senate was discussed a... Wed, 14:34: RT @APCOBXLInsider: @juliavasan A Senior Director in the Global Solutions practice, @nwbrux is a classics fan who's taking us back to 1893... Wed, 15:46: Not sure where I got this from, but it's great. https://t.co/OLgOKpwkv3 Wed, 18:02: Doctor Who Annual 2022, by Paul Lang https://t.co/unURbpQPgU Wed, 18:25: This Town Will Never Let Us Go, by Lawrence Miles https://t.co/ZhneKUABDt Wed, 19:32: Top Facebook posts of 2021 https://t.co/pPtJyayXxi Wed, 20:48: Worldcon is the place to ...
As if we needed yet nore bad news, the Guardian reports that energy bills could rise as much as 50% in the spring as the UK faces a "national crisis" over soaring wholesale gas and electricity prices. The paper says that the trade body Energy UK has called on the government to intervene to help cut the cost of bills as these price increases drive dozens of energy companies out of business: "Domestic energy prices are going to go up 45% to 50% in the spring," warned Emma Pinchbeck, the chief executive of Energy UK, speaking on BBC Radio 4's ...
Amongst the worries about the pandemic, despite the concerns of the present, beyond the developments in our politics, there is the personal. Whether an individual can make a difference, and that he or she ought to and should, there is the essence of a Liberalism we can favour. This year has been the centenary of the birth of Sir Peter Ustinov. This is a man who made a difference. As a performer versatile enough to be an actor and an entertainer, he delighted in numerous productions on stage and screen. As a creator, he was a writer and director, who ...
The authorities are having a little immigration problem as a troubleshooter for Australian Immigration reveals.
Hello! I'm Mark Pack, author of Polling UnPacked: The History, Uses and Abuses of Political Opinion Polls, as well as 101 Ways To Win An Election and Bad News: what the headlines don't tell us. I also maintain the largest database of national voting intention polls in the UK, stretching back to 1943. Welcome to my summary of the latest national voting intention poll from each pollster currently operating in Britain. Below the table, you'll find the option to sign up to email updates about new polls and also a set of answers to frequently asked questions about political polling. ...
Residents have contacted me about the terrible mess of bird droppings on the pavement and handrail on the left side of Mid Wynd. I asked the council to power wash this but also asked the landlord of the adjacent Ryehill flats to add measures to the building roof edge to stop pigeons perching at the roof edge.
