Truss must block Chris Chope from joining partygate inquiry Action needed now to address cladding concerns Truss must block Chris Chope from joining Partygate inquiry The Liberal Democrats have called on Liz Truss to block Conservative MP Christopher Chope from being appointed to the privileges committee leading the Partygate inquiry, after reports he is being nominated by Boris Johnson's government. Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse, who brought in the Private Members' Bill to ban upskirting which Chris Chope initially blocked, said: Chris Chope's lack of respect for MPs trying to protect women from upskirting shows the contempt he has for ...
Corporate resources scrutiny committee this morning in Gateshead and I was pleased to see my colleague Cllr Ron Beadle was back in the Civic Centre for the meeting. Ron had been diagnosed in May with bowel cancer and had successfully undergone a major operation. He is having chemotherapy but by all accounts he is making a strong recovery and all traces of the cancer have gone. As usual, Ron made
Like many I have been quietly hoping that the opinion polls were wrong and that Rishi Sunak would emerge as Tory leader and our next prime minister. His record as Chancellor was deeply flawed but he does at least look and sound respectable. M/s Truss has campaigned in slogans rather than policies, and, of the two policies with which she has hectored party members, one is nonsense and the other positively dangerous The nonsense is that tax cuts will release entrepreneurial vigour and stimulate growth, (though not necessarily sustainable grown). But Britain is not a high tax country, (though the ...
There has been yet more bad news for the beleaguered team of officers and the Commissioners trying to put right Liverpool Council's flawed processes and dire finances. Yet more losses have crystallised literally under their noses in the Ground Floor ... Continue reading →
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So, the former Liberal Democrat beats the former Chancellor to be the new Leader of the Conservative Party and, thus, Prime Minister. But it was rather closer than had been previously suggested, with only 57% of those Conservative Party members who voted backing her. And, given the polling data which suggests that members would rather have kept her predecessor than either of the choices put before them, she might have hoped for a better mandate. Ed Davey had an immediate demand for Liz Truss; Under Liz Truss, we're set to see more of the same as under Boris Johnson. From ...
We have one Liberal Democrat victory to report this week - on Brackley Town Council - as Lib Dem Jeremy Gladwin gain the ward of Brackley South that was previously held by an Independent. Congratulations to Cllr Gladwin and the team in Brackley! If you have any Town or Parish council elections coming up in your area please let ALDC know by emailing info@aldc.org so we can report on them. Brackley Town Council, Brackley South ward Liberal Democrat (Jeremy Gladwin): 357 Independent: 126 Independent: 49 There were two principal authority by-elections on Thursday. Both of which had Lib Dem candidates ...
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The latest edition of my weekly political polling round-up, The Week in Polls, is now out. As it says: There's an easy and a hard question about what the polls are telling us about our next Prime Minister. (Please delete and forget this email if Rishi Sunak wins.) The easy question is whether she's currently polling well with either Conservative supporters or the public as a whole. The answer to the easy question is... Find out the answers by reading The Week in Polls in full here, and you can sign up below to receive future editions direct to your ...
We might be expecting to see Liz Truss or Rishi Sunak installed as the next Prime Minister-elect this afternoon, but some people have other ideas. The Guardian reports that twitter users were delighted to see billboards across London announcing that Larry the cat, No 10's "chief mouser", has thrown his collar into the ring to become the country's next prime minister. The paper says that a tweet from Larry's Twitter account with a picture of the billboard, featuring the cat in a union flag tie below his slogan, quickly accrued more than 14,000 likes on Saturday: "Dream come true," it ...
I wanted to share with you one of the briefings that Merseyside Police have been issuing on a daily basis for the past two weeks. It is sent to a range of people including all councillors so that we can ... Continue reading →
For those of you amongst our readers who don't know, I'm a Parish councillor in my small, but perfectly formed, village in Suffolk's Gipping Valley. For a variety of reasons, we've recently laboured without either a Chair or a Parish Clerk, and I am reminded how fragile our democracy is. You see, democracy requires not only politicians but administrators and these are increasingly in short supply. Politicians, as a species, are seldom popular, but the hostility shown to the more high profile ones puts off potential candidates at our tier too, and we need 100,000 councillors at the first tier ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2022 Miller's Wynd - closed at its junction with Hawkhill for major construction works. Start date Monday 27 June for 6 months. Hillcrest Road - closed at No 23 until 20 September for redevelopment works on existing house. Closures will be intermittent and each should last no more than several days. City Road (Tullideph Place to Logie Street) - closed for up to one week for Scottish Water emergency works. Cleghorn Street at junction of Rosebery Street - 4 way temporary ...
