In the midst of the pandemic, in summer 2020, the National Liberal Club (located just minutes from the Palace of Westminster) decided to support a group styled the Defence & Security Circle. This initiative has seen the creation of a programme of regular 60 minute online talks, topical seminars and NATO funded outreach events that touch on some hard issues. Having conversations about the national interest in the national interest. Driven by contemporary issues such as facial recognition technology, cyber security, cultural change in the Armed Forces or "how spies think" the DSC has become a key location in London ...
"It's the same the whole world over, Ain't it all a blinking shame, It's the rich wot gets the biscuit, It's the poor wot gets the blame" The fact that this music hall song is almost two centuries old is ... Continue reading →
In March 2020, just before the first lockdown, I penned a piece for Lib Dem Voice on the Government being behind the curve in implementing Covid restrictions. Last year in March 2021, I wrote a follow-up article saying we weren't out of the woods. Now another year on, where are we? The Office for National Statistics estimated in the week ending 12 March that around 3.3 million people in the UK had COVID-19. Of course, sadly, this increase in cases is now leading to increased hospitalisations and deaths. According to official statistics, There were 13,844 people admitted to hospital with ...
Wed, 18:03: The Twinkling of an Eye, or my life as an Englishman, by Brian Aldiss https://t.co/IfVGdWZ7Ti https://t.co/yaXBqTqUZJ Thu, 08:37: RT @IAPonomarenko: Welcome to the world where Ukraine, in which very few had faith in West, has spent a month successfully defending itself... Thu, 10:45: RT @racheline_m: I want to talk about Lambda Literary pulling a nomination because someone was aggressively transphobic on Twitter, and abo...
Yesterday, 23rd March 2022, Rishi Sunak delivered his Spring Statement 2022. It included a 5p cut in fuel duty and a rise in the National Insurance threshold by £3,000. But what caught my eye, on a personal note, was the lack of support for unpaid carers. I have been looking after my grandfather now for nearly 2 years, in that time receiving £270 a month for my work. Now, I don't begrudge looking after my grandfather as I want to keep him alive and well for as long as possible; my parents, grandparents and I have always lived in the ...
Those Brexiteers who had boasted that doing a trade deal with the EU would be a piece of cake, only to find their optimism to be wildly misplaced, could at least comfort themselves with the idea that the USA was a willing trade partner. Unfortunately, the contrived deal signed by Boris Johnson, and his subsequent attempts to deny all responsibility, while throwing Northern Ireland and Eire to the wolves, has backfired on them. The Guardian reports that Richard Neal, the chairman of the ways and means committee in the United States Congress, has warned that a bilateral trade deal between ...
Many thanks to the residents who recently highlighted to me pothole repairs needed in Bellefield Avenue. I have reported this to the City Council's Roads Maintenance Partnership requesting repairs.
