Lord Bonkers is still bereft at the death of the Queen. "I can't start a new week of diaries on the day of her funeral," he sobbed to me this evening, "It wouldn't be right." The he brightened. "Tell you what, put it up before midnight and no one will be able to say a word against me." Monday "What we need is a mole," said Paddy Ashdown one day. "Awkward blighters, moles," I replied, "you should hear Meadowcroft on the subject." "No," he persisted, "we need to place a deep-cover Liberal Democrat agent at the very top of the ...
Embed from Getty ImagesHere is the Queen, with the young Prince Charles and Princess Anne, in the churchyard of All Saints Church, Lubenham, a village a couple of miles west of Market Harborough, in 1956. With them is Lt-Col. Philips from Thorpe Lubenham Hall, where the royal party had been staying. (The Getty Images caption has these details muddled). In the background, some people have climbed the embankment of the Market Harborough to Rugby railway line for a better view. You can see a signal by the line; this will have been controlled from Lubenham signal box. You can read ...
When I was a student, my Summer job was as a youth hostel warden in Braemar. In July, I wandered round the gardens of Balmoral when they were open to the public. In August, if I was off on a Sunday morning, I'd take the bus to Crathie Kirk to see the Royal Family go to Church and was actually able to attend the service myself. I was used to seeing members of the Royal Family in the village. Locals were keen to give them privacy on their much needed break. Martin writes of his own love of Royal Deeside. ...
Next in our series of tributes to the Queen from Lib Dem parliamentarians is from William Wallace. He has a unique perspective. Like Mary Reid, he remembers the death of her father and as a Westminster Abbey sang when his coffin arrived in Westminster Hall and at the Queen's coronation. He talks about the social change that the Queen helped along during her reign. My Lords, I am conscious that admitting that I can remember the monarchy before Queen Elizabeth is to admit that I am well over the average age, even in this House. My first image of the ...
Last month the then Chancellor of the Exchequer made the chilling statement that anyone earning less than £45,000 would 'feel the pinch this winter'. Well, there is one statement I can agree with a Tory on, although I would not ... Continue reading →
The next in our series of tributes to the Queen from our parliamentarians comes from Joan Walmsley. My Lords, I shall say a few words from these Benches on behalf of myself and my co-deputy leader, my noble friend Lord Dholakia, who is unable to be with us today. Her late Majesty, like many women, was thrown into a difficult role at a time when she least expected it, yet, like many women, she pulled herself together despite her grief and got on with her job—or her calling, as she saw it. She did it in her own way, as ...
Released in 1987, Ashley Hutchings' By Gloucester Docks I Sat Down and Wept is the story of a doomed love affair, which I suppose makes it a folk-rock concept album. As well as a great title, it boasts the cream of this genre of music as collaborators. As Folking.com says:As one would expect, Hutchings has a Who's Who of great musicians on this album including Albion Band veterans Phil Beer, Graeme Taylor, Dave Whetstone, and John Shepherd, Steve Ashley who was in the Albion Country Band, and the much-celebrated drummers Dave Mattacks who was with Fairport Convention.Best of all, the ...
The third decade of HM The Queen's reign. The events below were those discussed at the Sunniside History Society last week when we looked at key events in the UK during the 70 years The Queen was on the throne.1970 Martin Peters becomes the nation's first £200,000 footballer in his transfer from West Ham to Tottenham HotspurThe Beatles break up British Leyland announce Morris Minor to cease
We are publishing tributes to the Queen from Liberal Democrat parliamentarians across the UK in the run-up to her funeral tomorrow. This is from Brian Paddick. My Lords, I have been trying to make sense of all this, as someone who never met Her late Majesty. My mother was seven years older than Her Royal Highness Queen Elizabeth II, but when I lost my own personal life anchor, when my mother died, I felt that I still had Her Majesty the Queen. Her late Majesty was the safest of a safe pair of hands. She was the most reliable of ...
Jane Dodds paid tribute to the Queen in the Senedd. The text is below: Diolch yn fawr iawn. On behalf of my party, the Welsh Liberal Democrats, we extend our deepest sympathies on the loss of Elizabeth II. Elizabeth II has been one of the very few constants in all our lives in the 70 years of her reign. As the world around us changed, Elizabeth II was ever-present throughout; she provided stability and certainty for many. The passing of Elizabeth II without a doubt marks the end of a very long and indeed seminal chapter in the history of ...
Our parliamentarians paid tribute to The Queen in debates held last weekend. Here is Christine Jardine's speech: The text, from Hansard, is below: It is with a very sad sense of pride that I rise to speak on behalf of my constituents in Edinburgh West, many of whom have already visited the Palace of Holyroodhouse to lay flowers and pay their respects to Her Majesty in Edinburgh, a city she loved. She was at one of my very first events as an MP when she opened our magnificent Queensferry crossing. Most recently, she was celebrated at jubilee parties across the ...
As a mark of respect, there will be no social media posts from us tomorrow, the day of the state funeral of Her Majesty The Queen. A National Moment of Reflection for Her Majesty will take place at 8pm this evening, which will be marked by a one-minute silence.
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 19 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 4 weeks for Scottish Water emergency works. Cleghorn Street at junction of Rosebery Street - 4 way temporary ...
