The Sheffield Star reports: The Liberal Democrats has selected Sheffield councillor Joe Otten as their candidate for the South Yorkshire mayoral election. Otten, who previously contested the election for South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner in 2016 and 2021, represents the Dore & Totley ward on Sheffield Council. He said that despite South Yorkshire being one of the first places to secure a devolution deal, the region has fallen behind others due to 'squabbling and infighting' between the four Labour council leaders. Keep up with news about Lib Dem selections If you'd like to be notified by email when further ...
This first appeared on the RadixUK blog... It is strange what a difference a few weeks make. As the refugees began to stream out of war-torn Ukraine, pouring into Poland and finding it hard to get to the UK, because of the usual, embarrassing bureaucratic barriers, many of us watched with comfort and shame - a mixture of the two - to watch BBC news film of the generous Germans crowding into Berlin railway station to offer their homes to desperate Ukrainian families. It just went to show, something or other - we said to ourselves, fearing that it was ...
Ed Davey's response to the news that the Metroplitan Police have issued an initial 20 fixed penalty notices over the Downing Street Parties held during Covid restrictions was short and sharp. (Plain text below.) If Boris Johnson thinks he can get away with partygate by paying expensive lawyers and throwing junior staff to the wolves, he is wrong. We all know who is responsible. The Prime Minister must resign, or Conservative MPs must sack him. — Ed Davey MP [IMG: 🔶] [IMG: 🇬🇧] [IMG: 🇪🇺] (@EdwardJDavey) March 29, 2022 If Boris Johnson thinks he can get away with partygate by ...
Tue 29th
11:30
Wera Hobhouse calls for misogyny to be made a hate crime after research reveals women killed by men ...
House of Commons Library Research commissioned by the Liberal Democrats has today revealed that 28% of all murder cases since 2016 are women murdered by men. Since the brutal murder of Sarah Everard last year in March, the data shows that 109 women have been murdered where men were the main suspect, representing more than 2 women per week. This is out of 414 murder victims overall, equalling 26% of all murder cases. Our Women and Equalities Spokesperson, Wera Hobhouse MP has slammed the Government for turning a blind eye to anti-women hatred and refusing to take violence against women ...
Mon, 19:23: BSFA Short Fiction https://t.co/AoBm5tdGzb https://t.co/1Ka2CzoLsY Tue, 10:45: This is really shocking. https://t.co/hRwv2MxlJC
I am astonished that the expensive, polluting, climate-change-denying, Welsh Government subsidised air service between Cardiff and Anglesey is still alive and kicking. The Welsh Liberal Democrats opposed this air service from the start and continue to criticise the millions of pounds of public money it is consuming, as well as the impact it has on our environment. And yet, as the BBC reports, more than £2.1m has been paid to operator, Eastern Airways since the pandemic started, though no flights were operated. Over the past five financial years, more than £7.3m has been spent in subsidies. Welsh Liberal Democrats leader ...
Tue 29th
07:56
Covid Watch 179: Caught COVID? Here's what you should and shouldn't do when self-isolation isn't man...
This article by Simon Kolstoe, Reader in Bioethics and University Ethics Advisor, University of Portsmouth provides useful advice after all restrictions on movement, mask wearing and isolation ended. It first appeared on The Conversation. The most recent data show 17 new cases of Covid-19 detected each day in Ludlow. [IMG: A woman exhausted after exercising] Don't risk prolonging your symptoms by pushing yourself too hard too soon. Antonio Guillem/Shutterstock 3. Wash hands, cover face As children, we are trained to wash our hands often, so the COVID advice to keep good hand hygiene was perhaps not a surprise. However, people's ...
Blether Tay-Gither is the Dundee Storytelling Group. From Sheila Kinninmonth, Blether Tay-Gither's secretary : March sees our 15th birthday and our Zoom meeting is this evening! Our theme (if you need one) is THE MOON - all welcome! The Zoom meeting details are : Topic: Blether Tay-Gither - MarchTime: Mar 29, 2022 07:00 PM LondonJoin Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/83241440387Meeting ID: 832 4144 0387Passcode: wormmoon
