When I was at a loss for something to photograph in my early days with a digital camera, I used to turn to the Leicester Mercury to see what the city council was proposing to pull down or allow to be pulled down. Then I would go and record it before it was too late. In recent weeks the newspaper has been concerned with the future of the massive and largely derelict Corah site. As a Mercury article explains: The slogan "Leicester clothes the world" reflected the civic pride and confidence in the economic strength of our city's manufacturing industry. ...
"We do things better than the West," is the oft-chanted mantra of the Chinese leadership. And since Covid emerged from Wuhan the authorities have proudly pointed to their handling of the pandemic as proof of the superiority of the Chinese system as infections and deaths soared in Europe and America while China's Zero Covid Policy seemed to be keeping a lid on the virus. That is changing, and the change is threatening President Xi Jinping's hold on power. Xi's problem is that his Zero Covid Policy is making Chinese people think that his cure is worse than the disease. The ...
In 2016, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove claimed that Brexit would allow us to cut VAT on energy bills. On Wednesday 18th May, the Tories voted against the Liberal Democrat motion to cut VAT on energy bills, highlighting yet again, the lies that Brexit was built upon. The claim by Johnson and Gove that Brexit would allow us to cut VAT on energy bills implies that being an EU member didn't allow us to do so previously; despite Belgium cutting VAT on electricity bills while being a member of the EU. Another Brexit lie propagated at the time of the ...
Congratulations to Richard Foord who has been selected as our candidate in the Tiverton and Honiton by-election on 23rd June! Richard lives in the constituency and is a former Army Major who served as a UN peacekeeper in Kosovo. He currently works for a University and volunteers for the Scout movement. He has also run the London marathon for the Royal British Legion. You can read more about him on his personal website here and on the Liberal Democrat website here. Ed Davey said: Richard is an incredible candidate, whose dedication to others has shone not only through his career, ...
Ed Davey declares by-election a two-horse race between "Boris Johnson's Conservatives and hard-working Liberal Democrat local champion"Lib Dem candidate will campaign on the need to slash taxes, cut GP waiting times and secure a fairer deal for Devon farmersThe Liberal Democrats have announced that Richard Foord will be their candidate for the upcoming Tiverton & Honiton by-election. Richard lives in Uffculme with his wife and family. He grew up in the West Country and served for ten years in the Army after Commissioning from Sandhurst, reaching the rank of Major and receiving three campaign medals for service in Iraq and ...
While everyone is focused on the very real and acute cost of living crisis and the war in Ukraine the NHS is quietly imploding, more staff leaving than joining and therefore services collapsing. It's not simply a matter of throwing more money at it, we are way past that stage, and as we learned from the Nightingale hospital fiasco, you can build all the hospitals you like but if there is no workforce to staff them, they are just so many white elephants. The workforce is on its knees and many who stayed on or returned during the Covid crisis ...
Customers of Barclays have received a letter today stating that Barclays on King St Ludlow is to close on August 26 at 12:00pm. This bank doesn't just serve Ludlow. It caters for a very broad hinterland. Having banks is one of the things that makes Ludlow town centre tick. People come to bank and then they shop. We have already seen the loss of HSBC, which is being converted into Specsavers. With the loss of Barclays, we will be down to three banks. Lloyds, Nationwide and NatWest. How long will those survive? Banks that close their branches say people should ...
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The judges didn't need to send out for more coffee today. Well done, BBC News.
As predicted, the legislation proposed by the Foreign Secretary, Liz Truss, is already making waves abroad. The Guardian reports that the US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, has warned that unilateral UK legislation affecting the Northern Ireland protocol could endanger British prospects for a free trade deal with the US. The paper says that Pelosi's bluntly worded intervention came two days after Truss, confirmed that the government was planning to table legislation that would nullify parts of the protocol by exempting some goods moving between Great Britain and Ireland from EU customs checks: Pelosi made clear that she viewed the protocol ...
Only one principal authority council by-election this week, in Lancaster: Ellel (Lancaster) council by-election result: GRN: 39.7% (+19.5) LAB: 30.4% (-1.2) CON: 27.4% (-14.4) LDEM: 2.5% (-4.0) Votes cast: 1,377 Green GAIN from Conservative. — Britain Elects (@BritainElects) May 19, 2022
Richard Foord lives in the constituency and served for ten years in the army, receiving three campaign medals for service in Iraq and the Balkans.
This is an independent view from Compass which is a centre-left pressure group, aligned with the Labour Party. At the local elections, the Lib Dem vote rose by 14.1% in England where the party was the only progressive challenger to the Tories. Neal Lawson, Director of Compass said: "When progressives cooperate they win, when they compete they lose. Despite the party machines insisting on unilaterally standing candidates that can only benefit the right, progressives locally are cooperating to win under the radar. Progressives should only stand where they can win." An unprecedented number of contests saw only one progressive candidate ...
Many thanks to the residents who recently highlighted the graffiti on the pavilion - some unfortunately offensive - and the worn state of the entrance signage to the pavilion area on Riverside Drive. See photos of the pavilion below : We raised this with the council's environment management and our local environment manager has responded positively as follows : "Thank you for your email ... concerning the offensive graffiti. We will make arrangements to inspect and include the removal of graffiti from this property. We will also include the removal of the graffiti from the sign at Magdalen Green sign." ...
