Nine principal authority council by-elections this week. Only six Liberal Democrat candidates in them, though that is at least the same as the last time these seats were up. And the news is much better when it comes to counting votes rather than candidates: Cullompton South (Mid Devon) council by-election result: LDEM: 47.9% (+26.2) CON: 42.0% (+9.3) LAB: 10.1% (+10.1) Votes cast: 664 No Ind (-30.0) and Lib (-15.6) as prev. Liberal Democrat GAIN from Independent. — Britain Elects (@BritainElects) April 7, 2022
On 2nd November 1982, at 4:40 pm, Scottish television presenter Paul Coia made an announcement that would change British television forever; "Good afternoon. It's a pleasure to be able to say to you: Welcome to Channel Four". While the plans for a fourth independent television channel were originally devised in 1977, under the Callaghan Administration, it wouldn't be until 1982 under Margaret Thatcher that these plans were put into motion, bringing us Channel Four and the Welsh equivalent, S4C (Sianel Pedwar Cymru/Channel Four Wales). Since its inception, we've seen channels branch off from Channel Four, including but not limited to ...
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Four weeks today, there are local elections across the country, including for Elmbridge Borough Council where the Tories are already running scared. In a letter to Conservative members in his Esher and Walton constituency, Dominic Raab warns that: "We are under serious attack from the Lib Dems. We are now their top target seat in the country!" In a letter co-signed by the Chairman of the Esher and Walton Conservative Association, Raab shows he is not only running scared, he's running broke: "Unless our local Esher and Walton Conservative Association can raise significant funding, we risk losing ground in the ...
Celebrating 50 years of Dundee Botanic Garden - come see the free exhibition in the University of Dundee Main Tower foyer gallery 11 April until 24th June :
Responding to the news that the government-funded Vaccine Manufacturing and Innovation Centre (VMIC) has been sold to the US firm Catalent, Liberal Democrat Health Spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said: "Selling this vital infrastructure is a ridiculously short-sighted move that risks leaving us less prepared for the next pandemic. Vaccines can take decades to develop and selling this facility shows this Conservative Government's lack of long-term planning. "This facility was purpose built with more than £200m worth of taxpayers' money to produce vaccines. With this Government wasting eye-watering amounts of public money and writing off money spent fraudulently, the Tories must ...
Responding to the new wave of UK sanctions against Russia, Liberal Democrat Foreign Affairs Spokesperson Layla Moran MP said: "Putin and his armies are butchering innocent Ukrainians. These sanctions were urgently needed - but while Ukrainians are massacred, we cannot stop there. "It's time to treat Putin's armies and mercenaries as the terrorists they are, using UK proscription orders. We should be leading calls for the ICC to issue an international arrest warrant for Putin. "In the UK, too many of Putin's cronies are still getting away with it. The Conservative Government has sat on the golden visas review for ...
Rishi Sunak may well argue that his wife's activities shuld have no bearing on people's opinion of him, but unfortunately in the world of politics, especially at his level, it is the full package that matters. That is especially so when the Chancellor's partner is such a controversial figure in her own right. The Tory leadership contest is in full-swing and Sunak's rivals will use everything they can to undermine his credibility as a future Prime Minister, and it certainly looks like they have succeeded. With everybody struggling to make ends meet in the face of rising prices, soaring energy ...
There has not been much good news of late. Household costs are going through the roof and some people will struggle to afford a roof. Shropshire is best by health crisis. Long waits for ambulances. Long waits to hand over patients when they get to A&E. The country's worst maternity scandal. Our bus services are threatened more than ever before. Parking charges are going up. Before you wipe your eyes and blow your nose, there is good news just around the corner. The Mayfair is back! After being cancelled for two years due to Covid-19, all the fun of the ...
