Well, some did, but the arguments used to win the referendum were so varied and so contradictory that it's impossible to satisfy everyone who voted Leave. O'Brien, for instance, is concerned that immigration from the EU had been replaced by immigration from further afield. But this is what many people arguing for Leave said they wanted. I can remember being told that it was racist to favour immigrants from the EU. Bangladeshi restaurant owners were targeted by the Leave side and told that if Britain voted Leave then they would find it easier to obtain visas for chefs trained in ...
34 hospital buildings revealed to have dangerous roofs at risk of collapsing Lib Dems call for "double bill freeze" this winter to save families £2,000 34 hospital buildings revealed to have dangerous roofs at risk of collapsing The poor quality roofs described as "chocolate aero bars" by fearful hospital bosses NHS chiefs are emergency planning for the roofs to collapse at 16 different hospitals One of the hospitals affected is in Liz Truss's Norfolk constituency A new Parliamentary Question tabled by the Liberal Democrats has revealed 34 hospital buildings across 16 different NHS trusts are fitted with roofs which NHS ...
The journalist's trade website Hold the Front Page has an article on Red Williams, whose ability to inject drama into the Harborough Mail's reporting will be familiar to readers, as he retires. What he says reveals something sad about the Harborough Mail and about local newspapers in general: Via the Stamford Mercury, I jumped in to become the Harborough Mail's reporter in August 2019. Owner Johnston Press - now National World - had shut the historic weekly's much-loved town centre HQ in 2012. And the paper, founded in 1854, had seen better days after being effectively run remotely for eight ...
This post first appeared on the Radix UK blog... I have been away in Spain and Portugal for nearly a fortnight and I can't say that the news on the BBC was particularly welcoming as we made our way laboriously back from Plymouth where the ferry docked. Thanks to lockdown, which has limited holidays abroad, I had forgotten the phenomenon that - whenever you go abroad, it doesn't matter how long for - the headlines seem almost identical when you get home to what they were when you left. So drought and inflation greeted us, plus the interminable clash between ...
With Boris Johnson finally ejected from office, the next task is to rid Britain of this appalling government altogether. First, it seems, we must endure two years of a Liz Truss administration: unthinking, uncaring, populist, and damaging. But then, there is a real opportunity for renewal, for rebuilding, for a progressive, liberal, decade. We must not blow this opportunity. Electoral success will only come through cooperation among progressive parties and that means facilitating a Kier Starmer led government. To win, Labour needs Liberal Democrat success but recent events suggest a much bigger mission. Starmer is a 'safety first' candidate who ...
On Monday 15th August, a new Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) will come into force in Birmingham, banning all busking from two of the most profitable locations in the city. There are a number of councils around the country who have introduced restrictions on busking using PSPOs, but Birmingham City Council's decision to introduce a blanket ban on busking in these areas, whether or not they are acting reasonably and considerately, is unusual. Despite assurances from Shirley Williams during the introduction of the PSPO as a tool to clamp down on anti-social behaviour that "they (PSPOs) should not use the ...
On 11 August, in celebration of ASEAN Day (8 August), the Libdems Overseas (LDO) group based in Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia held a virtual meet-up with guest speaker, Lord Wallace of Saltaire. On the agenda was the very important topic of how to prepare Brits living abroad to register and vote in future general elections and national referendums. The Act received the Royal Assent in April this year but is riddled with problems, and has yet to be brought into force by statutory instrument. It introduces amongst other things votes for life (including for those who have lived overseas ...
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At the end of July I went with David to Kent to celebrate various family birthdays and a wedding anniversary. We had planned to go by train but the rail strike saw our having to drive there instead. Sally's house (where the celebration was taking place and where we were staying in a tent!) is a converted oast house with a large garden. The large pond there is exactly what I want to put on our
Finally some rain and cooler air today after the baking heat of the weekend! Looking forward to the cooler days and warm colours of Autumn and Winter with some new products in my Etsy shop. As the cost of living rises, I've tried to keep my prices as low as possible for original, one-off items and paintings so it's easy to refresh a room scheme, find a handmade gift or top your Christmas decorations. A pair of mini-cushion Christmas decorations with silvery deer. Matching crochet pots in heather tones with daisy print cotton lining. Small framed oil painting with moonlit ...
The road safety scheme installed by Shropshire Council outside Ludlow Primary School on Sandpits Road a year ago doesn't work. If anything, it speeds up traffic approaching the school gates because it has a low profile and a smooth surface. Discussions have been taking place since the installation of the raised table between Shropshire Council's highways team, the council's engineers WSP and councillor Tracey Huffer, Shropshire Councillor for Ludlow East, which includes the Sandpits area. The result is a scheme to install three new speed humps east of the raised table and two groups of two humps to its west. ...
I've been compiling this list for a while. I am amazed by the number of famous (and not-so famous) people I have met – mainly in a very small way. Jonathan Aitken – when he came to preach at St Nicolas Church, Newbury Sue Lawley – when she opened a fete at Ebbingford Manor, Bude ... Continue reading Famous people I have met
The Independent reports that Plaid Cymru leader Adam Price has called for Jonathan Edwards, the MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr, who was cautioned by police for assaulting his wife, to "immediately" stand down. Edwards had been suspended since July 2020, but on Thursday the party said he was being readmitted to its Westminster group. His estranged wife Emma Edwards said she was "appalled" by the move - saying that it sent out the message "that survivors of domestic abuse don't matter": On Saturday Mr Edwards said he would not be re-joining his party's group at Westminster in order to ...
The contest for the leadership of the Conservative Party and, thus, Prime Minister, took more turns for the worse this week. Whilst Rishi Sunak desperately tries to convince ageing members of his party that he can be as reactionary as the next (wo)man, Liz Truss is demonstrating that, at heart, she has the instincts of a robotic magpie programmed by the denizens of Tufton Street. Having suggested last week that most of the Civil Service should be sacked and the rest moved out of London, whilst the rest of the public sector should expect pay cuts, it didn't get any ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 15 AUGUST 2022 Miller's Wynd - closed at its junction with Hawkhill for major construction works. Start date Monday 27 June for 6 months. South Tay Street - 2-way temporary traffic lights from Monday for 2 weeks for footway resurfacing. Hillcrest Road - closed at No 23 for one month for redevelopment works on existing house. Closures will be intermittent and each should last no more than several days. Greenmarket (Greenmarket MSCP to South Marketgait) - prohibition of turns into Greenmarket and South ...
