You might know sad news is coming, but when it actually arrives, it still smacks you round the chops. That's how so many people in the party will feel tonight. Few people were as loved as Erlend Watson. We knew time was short. His update on Boxing Day was very him. FAREWELL I wanted to break it to you all personally. I am more certainly not going to make it through more than the next few months. Any extra events could shorten that so my best guess is 3 to 6 moths. I will put myself down for a proxy ...
On 25th January 1759, Robert Burns was born. 263 year later, Scotland celebrates its most famous national poet with haggis, neeps, tatties, poetry, song and more than a small amount of decent single malt. Whoever runs the Scottish Government digital comms for today is probably going to be feeling a bit sheepish tonight: A very happy Third Degree Burns Night to you all https://t.co/isgDFQfBMb — Molly Nolan [IMG: 🔶] (@mollycnolan) January 25, 2022 I got to wondering how Burns would deal with social media. Imagine the Twitter pile on the lady with the louse on her bonnet would get if ...
The Liverpool Echo brings sad news about the former Liberal then Liberal Democrat MP for Southport: Tributes have been paid to a former Merseyside MP, described as "Mr Southport", who has died aged 90. Ronald Fearn, known as Ronnie, was MP for Southport from 1987 to 1992 and 1997 to 2001, serving first as a member of the Liberal party and later as a Liberal Democrat. He also served as a councillor for Sefton Council from 1974 to 2016 and previously for the county council - he was the longest serving councillor in the borough by the time of his ...
In her inaugural speech in the House of Commons today, the country's newest MP Helen Morgan told MPs: "I will not give up fighting for the issues that matter most to North Shropshire: better access to health and ambulance services, a fair deal for farming, and proper provision of public services." "I will not give up fighting for the issues that matter most to North Shropshire: better access to health and ambulance services, a fair deal for farming, and proper provision of public services." ICYMI: Our newest MP @helenhalcrow makes her maiden speech in the Commons [IMG: ⬇] pic.twitter.com/FZlGy0iEP4 — ...
Why Johnson should stay — Irina von Weise Just as tactical voting is an unfortunate, but indispensable result of our voting system, trade-offs between the shorter and longer term are often necessary. Here is the choice: putting up with a blustering, lying buffoon as PM for two more years, or the prospect of another seven (or more) years of Conservative governments. Let's not forget: Johnson is not the problem, he merely epitomises it. The problem is a Conservative party hardly recognisable to its own traditional voter base, one that ousted its internationalist, rule-based MPs and replaced them with a cohort ...
Second paragraph of third chapter:My sister was caught when the war ended. The Turkish army came to the place where we were. In the ensuing battle my sister, a young girl, was captured. A baker from Kayak took her and adopted her. He raised her as though she were really his child.Quite a short book (270 pages) about a big big topic: the forced exchange of populations between Greece and Turkey in 1923, following on the Treaty of Lausanne which officially ended the First World War, but also put a full stop to the Greco-Turkish war of 1919-22 and notoriously ...
North Shropshire by-election winner Helen Morgan has given her maiden speech in the House of Commons
"This government is in meltdown," says Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey, "we got here because the prime minister can't tell the truth, he's lied continually, he's been dishonest to Parliament and to the British people" "He has to go, he should resign"https://t.co/eXMHRZeKy6 pic.twitter.com/XGCmseeoYj — BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) January 25, 2022 * Newshound: bringing you the best Lib Dem commentary in print, on air or online.
The skids are now firmly under Prime Minister Johnson and his days in office are numbered. He may bluster his way out of his immediate predicament (I'd put the odds at about 50:50) but his chances of surviving in office through to the end of the year, never mind the parliament, must be less than 10%. The surprising, and sad, thing is that he has survived so long. He was elected leader of the Conservative Party, and therefore appointed Prime Minister, In July 2019, so now, (at the end of January 2022), has held the office for a full 30 ...
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I've long pondered over the various roles associated with land development/housing that are filled by single local authorities. It was the article below from the Liverpool Echo that made me think about what looks to me like conflicting responsibilities. Sefton Council (like all other unitary councils) decided the current Local Plan for the Borough, which in turn designated new pieces of land to be developed. Yes, the government prescribed that councils have such a plan but crucially it's the councils deciding the parcels of land to be tarmacked and concreted over. Ok, local politicians, across the country, then pull ...
Mon, 12:56: RT @PulpLibrarian: Time for another pulp countdown, and today it's my top 10 public relations campaigns! #SundayMotivation https://t.co/5pX... Mon, 16:03: The Daughters of Earth, by Sarah Groenewegen https://t.co/IRwHMDcLXp Mon, 16:20: Awww. Lovely interview! Josh Wardle knew all of the tricks for how to make something go viral. For Wordle, he did all the opposite. https://t.co/eWp6RWiUld via @slate Mon, 18:59: RT @BSFA: The 2021 BSFA Award longlist has been announced! 🚀 If you missed the noise over the weekend, check it out here! https://t.co/My... Mon, 20:11: RT @NicholasPegg: Even for a liar of Boris Johnson's shamelessness, it's going to ...
We were surprised but after two decades as a member of Ludlow Town Council, Graeme Perks unexpectedly stood down yesterday. The Mayor of Ludlow is to write to Graeme to thank him for his 20 years' service on the council. Ludlow Town Council published a notice of vacancy for Gallows Bank Ward within hours of the resignation. A new councillor could be elected through a by-election, in which case ten signatures from the ward must be submitted to Shirehall by 11 February. If a by-election is not called by electors, a new councillor will be co-opted by existing councillors. That ...
Winnersh Plant Hire is on Reading Road, not far from the Showcase roundabout. In the previous draft of the housing sites for the new Local Plan, the council decided it was suitable for 20 houses. In the latest version, they have decided it can take 85. That's quite a leap – and one which I disagree with. Here's what I said in my response to the consultation. I disagree with the proposal to extend the number of units from 20 to 85 When discussing this site, the Sustainability Appraisal says No explanation is provided in the Sustainability Appraisal itself as ...
If you get a chance to watch the Commons this afternoon, you'll see new Lib Dem MP Helen Morgan make her first proper speech. I really don't like the term maiden speech as it just seems sexist and patronising, an outdated and disrespectful view of young women. The Scottish Parliament took to calling them debut speeches for a while and I'd like to see a bit more of that. But back to Helen. Every Lib Dem who helped whether on the phone, in person or by donating, or by enabling someone else to go has a stake in this. It ...
As the rap artist, Nelly might have sung on entering No 10 Downing Street: Just walked through the doorWhat's it gonna be?Take it to the floorGirls all over me Where my party, pa- partyParty, pa- party people at?Where my party, pa- partyParty, pa- party people at? The latest controversy to overtake Boris Johnson is his own birthday party, organised by Carrie Johnson in the middle of lockdown, involving up to 30 staff on 19 June 2020 despite Covid rules banning indoor social gatherings and when outdoor gatherings were limited to groups of six. It was attended by the prime minister, ...
Blether Tay-Gither is the Dundee Storytelling Group. From Sheila Kinninmonth, Blether Tay-Gither's secretary : Our first meeting of 2022 just so happens to fall on Burns Night tonight so we celebrating with the theme of Scottish Tales. So join us with your haggis and a dram, whisky, tea, or Irn Bru will do. Look forward to seeing you then! Topic: Blether Tay-Gither Monthly Storytelling ClubTime: Jan 25, 2022 07:00 PM LondonJoin Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86719667337Meeting ID: 867 1966 7337
