Mortgage ticking time bomb: Homeowners facing biggest interest payment hike on record Jane Dodds Responds to FIFA's Decision to Force Team Wales not to wear LGBT+ One Love armbands Mortgage ticking time bomb: Homeowners facing biggest interest payment hike on record True cost of the mortgage ticking time bomb revealed by Liberal Democrat analysis of OBR figures Homeowners are paying the price for the Conservative Government crashing the economy British mortgage owners will face the biggest hike in interest payments on record, the Liberal Democrats can reveal. Buried in the OBR Budget documents is the stark forecast detailing that mortgage ...
In the Crown Court story Evil Liver, Joan Hickson had great fun playing an eccentric old lady accused of attempting to murder her neighbour. While she was in court, a guard played by Elizabeth Dawn kept a close eye on her. That's right: you can watch Miss Marple being guarded by Vera Duckworth. I can't embed the whole video here, but if you click on the still above you will be taken to YouTube to watch it. Be warned: the story takes an unexpected turn in the middle. Except, once you know that the screenplay was written by Ngaio Marsh, ...
"The UK government is acting like it is running a developing market economy in the late 1990s, the kind with an immature financial system and untrusted currency, ordered by the Washington institutions to tighten both monetary and fiscal policy at once." Freethinking Economist spells out the scale of the Conservative government's failure. Danny Shaw examines the crisis in our prisons: "The prison population has increased by about 2,500 in the past 12 months and is continuing to go up - 81,423 this week - but at the same time there has been a drop in the number of frontline staff." ...
The BBC reports: An MP breached Parliament's code of conduct over a £150,000 loan from a Russian-born businessman, a watchdog has ruled... He will avoid punishment after apologising for breaking the rules. Mr Warburton lost the Conservative party whip in April after he was accused of sexual misconduct... An investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards found Mr Warburton received the loan from a foundation based in the Seychelles linked to Mr Joukovski on August 2017... Ms Stone said she was satisfied the loan had "not influenced" Mr Warburton words or actions as an MP – but ruled that it ...
Thanks to Talking Pictures TV and its catch-up site Encore, last night I watched another film about children and bombsites. Innocent Sinners came out in 1958, which makes it later than any of the films discussed in the long post Children and bombsites in post-war British films I wrote for a blog carnival on British films in September. (It is, though, based on a Rumer Godden novel published in 1955.) The first thing to say is that it's a very good film. With their strong personalities and odd names - Lovejoy, Tip and Sparkey - its central characters are typical ...
Support LGBT+ fans may not be seeing this World Cup My first memory of World Cup was Argentina 1978 as the UK was on the March with Allie's Army. There was the first wall chart in Glenn family history hung on the cork tiles in the kitchen and one of the first games I may have watched involved Iran who played Scotland in the second of their group games. This year Iran are gain taking on some home nations today playing England and later will take on Wales. However, unlike 1978 and every World Cup since I don't care. You ...
Last week people joined up to Mastodon at the rate of 11,000 an hour. I am not, at this stage advocating that we withdraw from Twitter, although many have. However, we do need a Plan B if the situation continues ... Continue reading →
As most residents in the area will know by now, Sandpits Avenue will be closed to buses from this Thursday, 24 November 2022 to 24 February 2023. The 701 service, instead of turning onto Sandpits Road and travelling along the Avenue onto Housman Crescent and Sidney Road to join Sheet Road, will instead continue along Sandpits Road and turn onto Gravel Hill and then joining the existing route on Station Drive. This creates a problem for residents on Sandpits Avenue and Close, Housman Crescent and Sidney Road. Instead of 21 buses a day on their doorstep, they will have to ...
Treason. It's a word with connotations of vindictive kings putting potential rivals to death. But, with talk of potential revisions to the existing legislation, it's perhaps an interesting choice of subject for the new exhibition at the National Archives. I was lucky enough to take part last week in an in-depth exploration of the exhibition with Dr Neil Johnston, one of the team behind it, as we examined key pieces of original source material and discussed how accusations of treason were used to secure and maintain power over the centuries, from the passing of the Treason Act in 1352 to ...
Since the summer of 2016 the concept of economic growth has been less prominent in UK political discourse, until now. The objectives of the constitutional changes in 2016, involved a greater emphasis on nationalism, judicial independence, EU-independent trade policy and reductions in immigration - all at the expense of economic growth as a core aim. The Home Office became 'top dog' in the UK administrative system, displacing the Treasury. Although not expressly stated, 'managed decline' became an implicit civil service aim, not seen since the 1970s. Perversely, it was anti-EU factions in the Conservative Party that brought economic growth onto ...
There was a very telling article by Will Hutton in yesterday's Observer that nailed the dishonesty and self-denial that is prevalent in what little debate we are currently having about the UK economy. The article is worth reading in full, but these are some of the key conclusions: Government is a pantomime horse. Immigration is to come down, says the Home Office, but it is running at the same level as when we were in the EU single market and is welcomed by the chancellor as essential. Council tax is climbing to its highest levels for 20 years, based on ...
Cambridge Liberal Democrats have selected Cllr Cheney Payne, Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Cambridge City Council, as the Parliamentary Candidate for Cambridge.
Barclay interview: Jumble of jargon can't hide Conservative failures Responding to Health Secretary Steve Barclay's interview on the Laura Kuenssberg show this morning, Liberal Democrat Health spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said: This Conservative Government cannot continue to blame the coronavirus pandemic for years of neglect and mismanagement of our NHS. Patients are being failed as waiting times skyrocket and hospitals crumble. Health workers are on their knees struggling to keep up with growing pressures and shrinking budgets. Social care is in dire need of drastic reform and consecutive Conservative Governments have proved time and time again that they will not ...
Frustrated. Bored. Tired. Disengaged. I wondered quite a bit whether being involved in the Parliament Week, for the 9th year running, made any sense. As a Cllr, I've had countless conversations with residents about the UK Parliament and it is and was clear that many people still feel disillusioned and angry with the way our democratic institution works, but more importantly with the conduct and behaviour of some of our MP's and "Parliamentarian chaos" of the last 2-3 years. However, after a bit of "intellectual effort", I managed to convince myself that every step and every simple initiative can help ...
National Older Workers Week (NOWW) runs from Monday 21 to Friday 25 November in 2022. The spotlight is on us folks, for once, so let's seize the moment to speak up about what our concerns are and to educate ourselves by looking at the numerous resources available on the state of play. While at one ... The post What Issues Do Older People Face In The Workplace? appeared first on A Midlifer in London .
It's been an interesting week here at Liberal Democrat Voice. As readers may be aware, we rewrote our editorial policy to reflect what, I would acknowledge, has been the way that we've managed the site for some time. I first became involved in the editorial side of things about a decade or so ago and, as it turned out, it was harder than I had thought at the outset. I came back about five years ago because, well, the team were short-staffed and somebody needed to step up. I have, however, consistently spoken of my personal preference for a culture ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 21 NOVEMBER 2022 Miller's Wynd - closed until 26 December 2022 at its junction with Hawkhill for major construction works. Guthrie Street (Brown Street to West Marketgait) - closed for one week for Scottish and Southern Energy Network work. Brown Street (at Douglas Street) - temporary traffic lights from Tuesday 22 November for 2 weeks for Scottish Water work. Riverside Drive (approach to Tesco service roundabout) - nearside westbound lane closure on Friday 25 November for Scottish Water work.
