Jealous of all the publicity the privatised power and water industries this week, Avanti North West have done its bit to put the railways back on the front page. Last night passengers got of a late-running train at Oxenholme to find the station locked. Some tried scaling the seven-foot palisade fencing to gain their freedom: others looked for somewhere to sleep. And one person had the best idea of all: ring Tim Farron. The Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale got Network Rail to come and unlock the station exit. BBC News reports: Mr Farron has demanded an investigation ...
Inflation figures: People will never forgive this Government for abandoning them Thames Water hosepipe ban: slap in the face for millions of people "Nasty party": Kwarteng must clarify Truss's shameful 'graft' comments 75,000 A-Level grades set to be deflated under Government's exam plans Councillor Sykes welcomes change in law barring sex offenders from standing for or holding elected office Inflation figures: People will never forgive this Government for abandoning them Responding to inflation reaching 10.1% this morning, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Sarah Olney MP said: Britain is heading for the worst economic crisis in a generation, yet the Prime Minister ...
"A bullet fired through the head can have an adverse effect on brain function". This is the sort of language in which the risks from climate change are sometimes discussed. In other circles the language of catastrophe is preferred, with the possibility of human extinction sometimes thrown in. Those of us who are concerned about global warming and other environmental threats have various motivations. For some, the injustice of what rich-world carbon emissions have inflicted on other countries is paramount. For some, a deep love of the natural world and a perception of environmental vandalism comes top. I feel both ...
I have just returned from a very happy two week visit to Ontario with my husband Ian, staying with my brother and attending our niece's wedding. I have loved Canada ever since my first visit nearly 50 years ago, and have been back many times. Indeed, it is the one country outside the UK where I would be happy to live. The Americans joke about the Canadians – always calm, punctual and highly efficient (and with strong gun laws) – not realising that it is indeed good to live in a liberal democracy ruled by common sense. The country is ...
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I have written today to the Lead Commissioner for Liverpool, Mike Cunningham, to urge him to review his team membership as I believe that one of the team, Deborah McLaughlin, has failed to observe the Nolan principles of public standards. ... Continue reading →
Witing in yesterday's i newspaper, Layla Moran said we must help Afghans in the UK by moving them out of hotels and into homes. The UK Government promised that our doors would be open to Afghans at risk - including women, LGBTQ+ people and minority groups - but it has shut them as soon as they thought nobody was looking. What about those who did make it to the UK?... Ten thousand Afghans remain stuck in hotels up and down the country... A significant proportion of these people put their lives on the line to help UK forces during the ...
We are all used to the hypocrisy of government minister brexiteers by now, but the latest intervention by the Foreign Secretary suggests that the government has been living in its own self-contained bubble for some considerable time. To be fair, in trying to rescue Horizon grants to UK academics, Liz Truss is only doing her job, but given that many of us were warning that Brexit would leave our academic community isolated and unfunded back in 2016, one has to ask why ministers didn't anticipate this latest issue when they broke the Brexit agreement over Northern Ireland. Instead we are ...
Residents contacted us to say that the siting of recycling bins in front of the mural at St Peter Street was inappropriate as these could be easily sited away from the mural. We raised this with environment management at the City Council and received the following helpful response : "I've arranged for the two recycling eurobins to be relocated directly across the road from where they are currently situated. The food waste unit will also be moved east of its current location, leaving the mural wall clear from bins."
