Jago Hazzard explains.
I will get back to the Shropshire hills soon - if not this summer, then next. And when I do I shall use my favourite buses - the Shropshire Hills Shuttle. They used to be called the Secret Hills Shuttle, but I guess the hills are better known these days. If they are not, it's no fault of mine. I can remember when three different routes were timed to coincide at The Bridges pub at Ratlinghope, giving visitors a wonderful choice of destinations. In 2012 it was possible to reach Much Wenlock, which has some claim to be the cradle ...
Chiselled on the wall of the entrance lobby of the National Rifle Association are the words: "The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." This, claims the gun lobby is the Second Amendment of the US constitution. It is not. The oft-quoted right to bear arms clause is preceded by the words "A well-regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state, the right...." Should the amendment be read in its entirety with the second half contingent on the first? Or has the need for a citizens' militia become redundant in the ...
Once posed as pound-shop Churchill; now reveals himself as a cheap liar
Partygate. We are all fed up with it. Yet the events and the aftermath shredded have any bit of credibility that Boris Johnson had left. Faced with continual calls for his resignation, Boris Johnson has today watered down the ministerial code to ensure that ministers can avoid resigning if they break the ministerial code. Ludlow MP Philip Dunne has not been a challenging critic of the Conservative government or Boris Johnson. But in an email sent to several constituents, he makes it clear that he believes that Boris Johnson is no longer fit to prime minister. "I am sorry to ...
In my Lib Dem Voice article of 4th March 2022, I argued that Putin should be stopped in Ukraine for good. Now that Putin has narrowed his war aims to take over the rest of Donbas, Luhansk, including the industrial and food producing heartland of Ukraine, having had created a land corridor to Crimea and brought Ukraine's economy to its knees, he may well accede to calls for a ceasefire to consolidate his gains, erect strong defences in his recently-captured territories and rebuild his army into a new more effective force to recommence war whenever it suits him. A ceasefire ...
In just two days we hear of two further huge problems for the council. One is historic and relates to the leadership of the past Mayor Anderson and its managerial team one is current and has arisen under the leadership ... Continue reading →
Writing in The House yesterday, Tim Farron said: British farming communities are a crucial cog in the cost of living fighting machine. But farming families themselves are facing an even more acute cost of living emergency. He said input costs are spiralling making crops and livestock more expensive to produce. In 12 months, the price of animal feed has shot up by 60 per cent. In some cases, fertiliser prices have quadrupled because production uses gas. Twelve months ago, a tonne of ammonium nitrate fertiliser cost £280 - it now costs £1,000. The government needs to do everything it can ...
Thu, 12:56: RT @criticalthreats: The first 90 days of the war in #Ukraine mapped by @criticalthreats and @TheStudyofWar. https://t.co/YlThNROHru Thu, 16:05: Michigan election bureau says 2 leading Republican candidates for governor filed fraudulent signatures, disqualifying them | PBS NewsHour https://t.co/GRO9cmlK9m Brazen! Thu, 17:01: A Norman Legacy, by Sally Harpur O'Dowd https://t.co/B4MOIAkPCf Thu, 17:11: RT @phu4ng: This isn't normally what I post but I had to get this out. If you didn't know already, I'm a 9th grade English teacher in Texas... Thu, 17:43: A Norman Legacy, by Sally Harpur O'Dowd https://t.co/oxtR8vUx5e https://t.co/JpmPEz2Ar1 Thu, 20:48: RT @DW_Infostamp: Russell T. Davies avoided ...
I have been asked how we consistently manage to elect a diverse group of Lib Dem councillors in Kingston, reflecting the local community in terms of gender and ethnicity. I want to focus specifically on gender in this post, and that got me thinking about quotas and targets. Quotas Amongst the many strategies to get a better gender balance in education, employment and political representation, quotas have had their day. There is one simple problem with quotas - they are perceived as unfair all round. Quotas in general carry the implication that those in the under-represented group are not able ...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer may have finally relented and decided to hand out the proceeds of a windfall tax to poorer households but, as the Independent reports, earlier decisions by the Tory Government could have saved us all a lot of money, and done so on an annual basis. The paper says that a new analysis has found that households could have saved more than £500 a year on energy bills during the cost-of-living crisis if the government had not scrapped a green policy for homes: UK parliamentary research - seen by The Independent - increased previous estimates to ...
This week's principal authority council by-elections started off with a Wednesday contest: Laleham and Shepperton Green (Spelthorne) council by-election result: GRN: 51.7% (+29.4) CON: 44.4% (+4.2) TUSC: 3.9% (+3.9) No LDem (-18.4), UKIP (-16.5) and Lab (-2.7) as prev. Votes cast: 1,747 Green GAIN from Conservative. — Britain Elects (@BritainElects) May 26, 2022
Yesterday evening, we had the pleasure, along with our Liberal Democrat Group colleague Councillor Daniel Coleman, to meet with David Phillips, the new Director and General Manager and Marc Winsland, Commercial Manager, at Xplore Dundee to discuss bus services in the city. We had a really productive and useful discussion and it is clear that the positive relationship we have had with Xplore Dundee over a long period will continue and grow in the years ahead.
