Embed from Getty ImagesNot a bad Trivial Fact of the Day, I think you'll agree. Here's Nesta Guinness-Walker being interviewed by London News Online three years ago, when he was an AFC Wimbledon player: The 19-year-old is the great-grandson of the Star Wars actor Sir Alec Guinness, who played Obi Wan-Kenobi in the original trilogy series. Guinness's son Matthew has also featured in films and in theatre. Sally Guinness - Nesta's mother - has appeared in three dramas since 2015. "He [Alec Guinness] died when I was almost one so I don't remember much, but a lot of people know ...
It's Blue Wall Monday and families are paying the price PC David Carrick: Lib Dems call for immediate investigation It's Blue Wall Monday and families are paying the price Today marks Blue Monday when Brits are left counting up their Christmas bills. For families in the Blue Wall, there is an additional hit to their finances: The Conservative Government. New analysis by the Liberal Democrats reveals the typical family in the South East will be £760 worse off this January compared to last year - including paying an extra £620 more a month in mortgage bills after the Conservative party's ...
Secretary of State for Scotland, Alister Jack (Photo: Daily Record) The UK government has made a significant and unprecedented intervention this evening to undermine the independence of the Scottish Parliament. Secretary of State for Scotland Alister Jack made a statement defending Westminster's decision to block the Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) bill: "The bill would have a significant impact on, amongst other things, GB-wide equalities matters in Scotland, England and Wales. I have concluded, therefore, that this is the necessary and correct course of action. If the Scottish government chooses to bring an amended bill back for reconsideration in the Scottish ...
The full name of the party that is in Government in Westminster is the Conservative and Unionist Party. However, today that took a shocking step that may well rock or even split up that union. It is being announced that the Scottish Secretary will this evening inform the Scottish First Minister that tomorrow he will take the legal steps to invoke a Section 35 which allows Westminster to overturn a piece of legislation passed by the Scottish Parliament. This is something that has never been done in the 25 years of the Socttish Parliament. The piece of legislation that it ...
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Wind-battered and unique, Alistair Carmichael talks about the challenges of representing Orkney and ...
Alistair Carmichael, the Liberal Democrat MP for Orkney and Shetland, talks about the challenge of balancing the needs of family, party and his unique constituency in an interview with The House magazine. In a typical week he travels some 500 miles, leaving his Orkney home on Monday for London, where he stays until Thursday afternoon. Friday and Saturday he spends on Orkney or Shetland, hopping between islands via flight or ferry depending on what the weather is doing. Many of his fellow MPs simply do not understand how geographically broad his beat is. Lerwick, the main town on Shetland, is ...
The Guardian has today covered reports that the Liberal Democrats will be attempting to squeeze the Labour vote in key target seats. Now, whilst this may not come as a huge surprise to Liberal Democrat activists, the article does offer some useful quotes from the likes of Zoe Franklin, our PPC in Guildford, noting the issues that arise from younger voters moving out of London; We're really aware of this shift of people moving from London," Franklin said. "They would normally vote for Labour, but now found themselves in Surrey, and one of the things we really need to get ...
Don't feel sorry for Joe Anderson. We will be paying for Joe's period in control for years to come. Over the weekend the online Liverpool journal, the Post, published a lengthy article based on even lengthier interviews with former Liverpool ... Continue reading →
Sun, 12:56: Glorious bit of trivia. Yates lost a leg at the Battle of El Alamein. As a Tory MP he fell out with the party leadership over Suez. Yates' seat in Australia was later held by my future boss Gareth Evans (politically on the opposite side). All that, and beekeeping too. https://t.co/JMjbzAKJ5H Sun, 16:26: RT @AmIRightSir: Dame Margaret Beckett, 80 today, holds a number of records: - Longest total service of any woman MP - Longest span of s... Sun, 16:30: BSFA long-lists: Goodreads and LibraryThing stats It is interesting to note that some of these books have had ...
Thanks to ALDC for these infographics (NB: the net figures conceal a few Conservative gains from Labour.)
The slow but inexorable chipping away at our rights and freedoms by this Tory government is continuing this week with Ministers planning to lay an amendment to the public order bill to toughen its crackdown on "guerilla" tactics used mainly by environmental protesters. The Guardian says that the clause is intended to deal with protest groups' changing tactics, such as slowing traffic to a crawling pace by carrying out walking protests through big cities. Just Stop Oil protesters have used walking protests to draw attention to the climate emergency after the government introduced laws to stop other forms of pop-up ...
Last February I had an idea, which was to try to beat Vladimir Putin's censorship machine. Early in the invasion of Ukraine, it became clear that Vladimir Putin is very scared that the Russian people will find out the truth about the war. So he's censored for news very heavily. As well as arresting protestors, he brought in website censorship. So if you go to a news website in Russia, you would find that your internet service provider blocks it. I've fought dictatorships my whole life, from being a teenage Amnesty member, to getting arrested by Zimbabwean police and helping ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 16 JANUARY 2023 Glamis Drive - closed eastbound in 2 phases for 3 weeks for Scotland Gas Networks work. Phase 1: Hazel Avenue to Glamis Road. Phase 2: Invergowrie Drive to Hazel Avenue. Perth Road (at Pennycook Lane) - temporary traffic lights from Tuesday 10 January to Wednesday 18 January for bus shelter relocation. West Marketgait (Northbound) at Greenmarket (new BT development) - off‑peak (9.30am - 3.30pm) lane closure for 5 no water service connections commencing 16 January for 2 weeks. Blackness Road ...
