Zahawi: Raab must bring in law to stop baseless legal threats Sunak holding "Hideaway Day" at Chequers with scandal-hit Cabinet New sewage target passed in Parliament which allows 15 more years of harmful waste in rivers Conservative MPs vote to cover up the truth about golden visas Zahawi: Raab must bring in law to stop baseless legal threats The Liberal Democrats have written to Dominic Raab, calling on him to "urgently" bring in a new law to stop journalists and campaigners being silenced through legal threats. It comes following numerous reports that Conservative Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi used the threat ...
Zahawi: What more will it take for Sunak to do the right thing Govt lags behind key 20,000 police officer pledge by over 3,400 Powys Patients Waits in English Hospitals Raised in the Senedd Wagner Group: Rishi Sunak must order an immediate inquiry Zahawi: What more will it take for Sunak to do the right thing Responding to the growing calls for Rishi Sunak to suspend Nadhim Zahawi as Conservative Party Chairman, including among his own party, Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said: Every day that Nadhim Zahawi clings on does more damage to Rishi Sunak's credibility. The Conservative ...
Detectorists has the good-people-doing-good-things-in-the countryside vibe of Time Team and Go With Noakes, with a touch of eeriness and earth mystery thrown in. This is an engaging report on life behind the scenes of the show.
A press release from the Liberal Democrats brings the news: The Liberal Democrats have written to Dominic Raab, calling on him to "urgently" bring in a new law to stop journalists and campaigners being silenced through legal threats. It comes following numerous reports that Conservative Party Chairman Nadhim Zahawi used the threat of legal action against campaigners and journalists who raised questions about his tax affairs. The government has previously promised new legislation to tackle the use of Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs). Last year in response to a consultation on the issue, Dominic Raab warned these sorts of ...
I have in front of me an extraordinary book - The Years of Opportunity: 1939 -1945 by Barbara Cartland. To someone who remembers Cartland only as a figure of fun, it's a revelation. Informed by Cartland's wartime voluntary service, it's full of interesting observations on the role of women and the needs of children. Perhaps Cartland's liberal Conservatism should not be such a surprise. One of her brothers was the Conservative MP Ronald Cartland. (Like her other brother, he died in France in 1940.) Barbara Cartland was to become a councillor in Bedfordshire and was notable for her support of ...
Two in a row for the Leicester Mercury as the local insurance firm DeadHappy courts controversy.
By the end of last year, the authorities had recovered only £18m of the money lost over fraudulent PPE contracts.
Tue, 12:56: The curious carefulness of Nadhim Zahawi's 'carelessness' https://t.co/awaMAeIPP9 The Spectator puts the boot in. (The Spectator!) Tue, 16:05: RT @SuzyJourno: Four days ago, I wrote a story about an electricity company allegedly over-charging Alex Easton's elderly parents. He was a... Tue, 18:21: Fugue for a Darkening Island, by Christopher�Priest https://t.co/r7fddgAOPv Wed, 10:45: RT @EURACTIV: UK government lost 176 Albanian child asylum seekers, didn't notify Tirana https://t.co/mxs0LXDGK7 </ul
Canvassing in South London, I am often asked by residents what Liberal Democrats stand for today. After all, they say, Brexit is no longer a battlefield (although for many it still is), and most of today's pressing issues are claimed by other opposition parties. Who are we and what do we want to do that is not just anti-Tory? What is our offer, our 'USP' to voters that no other political party will prioritise? And why is our message relevant, perhaps more relevant than ever, in today's world? Maybe the answer can be found in the history of liberalism: from ...
Boris Johnson's attempt to reinforce the red wall seats his party won in 2019 through a 'levelling up' agenda was always going to fail, simply because the people who matter in his party, people like Rishi Sunak, are more interested in keeping the Tory heartlands on side. There was never enough money to do both. The extent to which this levelling up agenda has failed is starkly illustrated by this article in the Guardian, which reveals the findings of researchers at the thinktank, IPPR North that if the north of England were a country, it would be second bottom of ...
From the City Council : THE ROAD TRAFFIC REGULATION ACT 1984 - SECTION 14(1) THE DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL AS TRAFFIC AUTHORITY being satisfied that traffic on the road should be prohibited by reason of Network Rail bridge safety inspection works being carried out HEREBY PROHIBIT the driving of any vehicle in Riverside Drive (between Tesco Roundabout and Barnetts garage), Dundee. This notice comes into effect on Saturday 28 January 2023 for 2 nights (10pm to 6am). Pedestrian thoroughfare will be maintained. Alternative routes for vehicles are available via Riverside Drive / South Union Street / Nethergate / Perth Road / ...
