"This sense that they are stuck with Johnson, whose personal approval ratings have been sinking since the start of the scandal last year, is freaking out Conservatives. They worry that Johnson has done irreversible damage to his own image in the eyes of most voters, who have finally seen 'what he's really like,' as one senior Conservative put it. The only thing left is for his reputation to now tarnish the rest of the party - something that opinion polls and recent election results suggest has started already." Luke McGee explains British politics for CNN. The civil service needs to ...
You sometimes hear the claim that Market Harborough was the first town in England (or Britain or possibly the world) to install cat's eyes in its roads. When I looked into this I found that a book that said the urban district council had laid "Follsain Gloworm studs, patented by Jesse Neuhaus" in 1934. (Percy Illingworth's cat's eyes were not patented until the following year. Their USP was that they were self cleaning.) I've now found a bit more evidence. The Market Harborough Advertiser and Midland Mail for Friday 11 May 1934 carried this paragraph: Mrs. Dare, who is a ...
In a podcast interview for Politics Home, Ed Davey said there is no formal pact with Labour but it was simply rational behaviour for both parties to put their resources where they have the best chance of winning. He said the Lib Dems intend to take on Labour in areas where we can think we can beat them. The interview also covered Partygate, the economy and the cost of living crisis, Tiverton and Honiton, and Lib Dem values. The discussion began with Partygate. All quotes from Ed Davey: MPs seemed to be in sort of no man's land where they ...
As readers of this blog site will recall, I quite often check in on what Jim Hancock says via his 'Hancock's Half Page' blog site as I share his views sometimes but respect them even when I don't. The piece below on the complete and utter shambles surrounding the Northern Ireland Protocol is Jim Hancock at his best:- 'The Northern Ireland protocol is an international treaty. Tearing it up would further damage our international reputation, already harmed by Brexit. Johnson should be facing down the Democratic Unionists with a threat to change the Good Friday agreement to allow parties that ...
Popular Lib Dem Councillor Robert Aldridge became Edinburgh's Lord Provost on Thursday. He was the only nomination and was proposed by the leader of the SNP Group Adam McVey and seconded by his ward colleague, new Lib Dem Councillor Ed Thornley. Watch here: The 258th Rt Hon Lord Provost of The City of Edinburgh is Cllr Robert Aldridge who is the longest serving councillor but also a very popular choice. pic.twitter.com/hBbDRuAdEm — Edinburgh Reporter (@EdinReporter) May 26, 2022 * Caron Lindsay is Editor of Liberal Democrat Voice and blogs at Caron's Musings
You would think, wouldn't you, that when the culture of your Government has been slammed in a report which outlined disgraceful behaviour, you would be absolutely mortified and would make sure that your actions showed that you were truly sorry. Especially when you had been saying so at length and you knew that nobody believed a word of your apology. Well, you could think that of virtually any other PM than Boris Johnson. But the current incumbent's capacity for brazen disregard for rules or accountability is second to none. We saw this when he tried to change the rules to ...
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With just 26 days to go before polling day, Lib Dems are heading to Devon this weekend to support Richard Foord's campaign to overturn a 24,000 Conservative majority. Activists have come from as far away as Fife, 600 miles away, to help. The Young Liberals are turning up in force to help, just as they did in Chesham and Amersham and North Shropshire. They also produced an excellent guide to campaigning in by-elections which you can find here in the Members' area of the ALDC website. It's looking busy and positive on the campaign trail and voters are well aware ...
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has accused Rishi Sunak of treating family carers with "disdain," after they were left out of the government's cost of living package. The Carer's Allowance was excluded from the list of benefits qualifying for additional support under the plans set out by the Chancellor. It comes as new analysis by the Liberal Democrats shows unpaid carers are facing a cut to the Carer's Allowance of £207 each this year once soaring inflation is factored in. It means the country's one million unpaid carers receiving the Carer's Allowance are facing a combined hit of £193 million ...
Responding to Lord Geidt's powers being published which show that the ministerial code has been watered down, Liberal Democrat Chief Whip Wendy Chamberlain MP said: "This is an appalling attempt by Boris Johnson to rig the rules to get himself off the hook. "It seems the Conservatives have learnt nothing from the Owen Paterson scandal. "The Prime Minister shouldn't be allowed to decide on his own punishment - with zero accountability. This is making him judge and jury in his own case. "If the privileges committee finds Boris Johnson lied to Parliament, surely Conservative MPs will have no choice but ...
From the City Council : Dundee City Council proposes to make an Order under Section 14(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 for the purpose of facilitating cycle lane improvement works. The Order is expected to be in force for two weeks from 30 May 2022. Its maximum duration in terms of the Act is eighteen months. The effect of the Order is to prohibit temporarily all vehicular traffic in Ninewells Avenue between Perth Road and Ninewells Drive. An alternative route will be available via Perth Road, Glamis Road and Ninewells Avenue. If you have any queries please contact ...
