Agatha Christie's record-breaking play The Mousetrap, as a moving BBC Radio documentary reveals, has its roots in the death of the foster child Dennis O'Neill on a farm in the Shropshire hills in 1945. I once suggested that a play that was a scandalous success the same year and later made into film, No Room at the Inn, was inspired by the same sad incident. And a look at the theatre newspaper, The Stage, shows I was right. Its 5 July 1945 edition reported: Anthony Hawtrey is to present a new play, "No Room at the Inn," by Joan Temple, ...
A Lib Dem press release brings the news: Responding to the news that Neil Parish has resigned as Conservative MP after making tractor-based excuses for watching porn in Parliament, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said: It is appalling that Neil Parish had to be pushed to resign after those in charge of the Conservative Party spent days dragging their feet. This still leaves unanswered questions about Boris Johnson's leadership and his failure to trust the word of his female MPs. The Conservative party must now swiftly call a by-election, so the people of Tiverton and Honiton can finally get ...
In what is possibility the most honest resignation in recent times, Neil Parish MP for Tiverton and Honiton has taken the Chiltern Hundreds. In a government led by Boris Johnson, who has been widely accused of lying, his resignation has been honest and frank. Although Parish was initially was looking for tractors while on the Conservative benches, he found something that entertained him more. Then he went back again. He told the BBC: "I did get into another website that had a very similar name and I watched it for a bit, which I shouldn't have done. "But my crime ...
"Partygate" has gone off the boii in the last few days, replaced in the media by indignation (and salacious fascination) at the misbehavours of several MPs. However, until this diversion (another "dead cat?") came to their rescue assorted ministers were trundling round the studios cravenly explaining that, compared with the "Big Calls" which their super-leader Johnson had "got right," a few patries were a relatively trivial affair that shouldn't worry us too much. Here's an examination of the"big calls." 1. PPE equipment. It has been a constant theme by government apologists throughout the pandemic that this is an unprecedented situation ...
No change! The 722 service is continuing to serve passengers on Tollgate Road and Parys Road every hour as it has done for a long while. However, an article in the Local Ludlow magazine which has been dropped off at homes in the area during the last few days states: "Minsterley Motors have changed the route of the 701 and 722 without consulting anyone. They now drive straight into town without going down Pary's [sic] Road without a bus service." I need to put the record straight. The route hasn't changed without "consulting anyone". The timetable and routing remains as ...
Neil Parish, the Conservative MP for Tiverton and Honiton, has resigned from the Commons following his admission that he watched pornography there on his phone. The Independent reports: The Tiverton and Honiton MP, who is a farmer, said he first watched adult content by mistake after looking at tractors on his mobile phone. However, he admitted the second time was deliberate. "I was not proud of what I was doing," he told BBC South West, in an interview which saw him tear up. "I'm not going to defend what I did ... it was absolutely wrong." But he denied watching ...
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Lib Dem Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper has called on Boris Johnson to tell Neil Parish, the Conservative MP alleged to have watched adult content on his phone in the Commons Chamber, to resign as MP for Tiverton and Honiton in Devon. While Parish himself has said that he will do so if an enquiry into his behaviour finds against him, Daisy says that in any other workplace, an issue like this would be resolved speedily. If Boris Johnson had any shred of decency left, he would tell Neil Parish to resign immediately. "In any other workplace this would count as ...
The Independent reports that MPs have accused the government of "substandard" handling of the freedom of information system and called for an independent audit of in order to restore public trust. The paper says that a new report from the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee found evidence of "poor FoI administration" in the Cabinet Office, which appeared "inconsistent with the spirit and principles" of the FoI Act - introduced in 2000 to allow members of the public to request information held by public bodies: They said ministers had dragged their feet over opening up a controversial "Clearing House" — ...
From the City Council : THE ROADTRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) THE DUNDEE CITYCOUNCIL AS TRAFFIC AUTHORITY being satisfied that traffic on the road should be prohibited by reason of carriageway resurfacing works being carried out HEREBY PROHIBIT the driving of any vehicle in Osborne Place, Dundee. This notice comes into effect on Tuesday 3rd May 2022 for four working days. Pedestrian thoroughfare will be maintained. Alternative routes for vehicles are available Shepherds Loan and Magdalen Yard Road. For further information contact 433168. Executive Director City Development Department, Dundee City Council
Responding to the news that [Tiverton MP] Neil Parish has had the Conservative whip withdrawn after two female MPs said he had watched pornography in the Commons, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper MP said: "If Boris Johnson had any shred of decency left, he would tell Neil Parish to resign immediately. "In any other workplace this would count as gross misconduct and the person responsible would lose their job. Parliament should be no different. "We don't need to insult the women MPs who witnessed this with a lengthy investigation. All his bosses need to do is ask for his ...
