There has been a lot of concern in recent days about the building of a construction depot on the green at the bottom of Sydney Road. This is not for development of the green. It is agreed that the green will never be built on. The storage containers and other facilities are for the refurbishment of houses on Sandpits Avenue. That is fine as far as it goes but it will mean that construction traffic will travel up Sidney Road and Houseman Crescent for around 18 months. Tracey and I think that is unacceptable. Normally developers must submit a construction ...
I was informed today by the Crown Prosecution Service that charges have been brought against four people in connection with Operation Sheridan. First let me remind you of two things: Although charges have now been laid no-one has been found ... Continue reading →
Imagine if, in the wake of the shocking murder of a woman Police went door to door in the area telling men that they could only go out in pairs, telling them that we know that one of you is murdering women, but we don't know who. It would be utterly absurd, wouldn't it? And the outrage in the Daily Mail would probably melt the polar ice caps in seconds. After Sabina Nessa was killed last year, Police went round telling women in Camden not to go out alone. Why should women constantly have our lives restricted because of the ...
The 2014 campaign for Scottish independence was grim in so many ways. One of the most awful was the febrile atmosphere and the friendships and families torn apart. Some of those rifts have never been healed. A few weeks out from the poll, I wrote about how worrying and awful it was at the time. This is what happened when I put up a pretty benign Facebook post: A friendly and thoughtful discussion ensued on it and then a real life friend who isn't a party political activist but who supports independence commented that the "names of the traitors have ...
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Suddenly, sewage discharges are back in the news. As the Mirror explains thousands were angry after heavy rain last week led to dozens of popular coastal spots having sewage pumped into their waters. They say that the stink grew when people re-shared details of a Commons vote on the issue from October 2021, with many sharing Twitter messages shaming their local MP, saying they "voted to allow raw sewage to be dumped in our rivers". It's also been pointed out a quarter of sewage overflow sites went unwatched. Now, the Independent reports that Tory leadership frontrunner, Liz Truss presided over ...
The BBC reports that UK intelligence services have been accused of tipping off Indian authorities about a British national, leading to his abduction and alleged torture. Jagtar Singh Johal was detained on a visit to India in 2017 and says that he has been tortured. But how did the Indian authorities catch up with him? The BBC cites a claim from human rights organisation Reprieve that the information may have come from UK intelligence: Reprieve says it has matched several details relating to his case to a specific claim of mistreatment documented in a report by the watchdog that oversees ...
Our party has elections to 67 positions on 6 different committees and two directly elected positions coming up. Conference will be awash with the people vying for our votes. But we can't lose focus of the need for experience, good governance and forward planning. The committees up for election are admittedly an odd mix, from the fairly obvious Federal Board (to provide strategic overview to our party), to the opaque Federal International Relations Committee. However, a running theme throughout these elections must be a steadfast focus on what we want to achieve as a party and how we achieve it. ...
So, Mayor Joanne Anderson appears to believe that Liverpool Council should be left to sort out its own problems and that we should not pay Commissioners fees and other improvement costs. In the case of Liverpool today she could not ... Continue reading →
The community notice board at the junction of Tullideph Road and City Road is in a sorry state. Michael is pictured at it and it needs repaired. We raised this some weeks ago and are now pleased to advise that the City Council has confirmed that an Order for repairs has now been raised.
