Tonight Somerton and Frome MP David Warburton announced his intention to resign from Parliament and cause the 4th pending by-election of this Summer Somerton and Frome was, of course, held by Lib Dem David Heath from 1997-2015. Speaking after David Warburton's announcement this evening our Deputy Leader Daisy Cooper said: The Conservatives have dragged our country through the gutter and taken people for granted. There is no better example of that than in Somerton and Frome. Time after time the Conservatives have mired themselves in sleaze and scandal neglecting the issues that really matter to people. Then they decided it ...
What a way to celebrate the second anniversary of the Chesham & Amersham by-election! https://t.co/U4mSeyuZ3U — Helen Morgan MP [IMG: 🔶] (@HelenMorganMP) June 17, 2023
Delivering Focus leaflets in my ward of Whickham South and Sunniside over the past week has reminded me how leaflets were delivered in Greek general elections some decades ago. It was my first trip abroad and David and I were in Crete for 2 week. There was a general election on at the same time so we went along to one of the centre/centre left rallies and watched as people sang the campaign
It is always good to see new businesses setting up on Sunniside Front Street. So welcome Clinic 12 who recently took over the former Sunniside Post Office.
Congratulations to a pair of councillors, Prue Bray and Heather Kidd, who feature in King Charles's first birthday honours list: I am so thrilled that @PrueBray is to be awarded an MBE. Prue has always gone above and beyond for the Liberal Democrats and for her community in Winnersh. She has dedicated herself to voluntary service with little recognition or personal benefit herself. — Ed Davey (@EdwardJDavey) June 17, 2023
It has been a bad week for populists. Boris Johnson out of Parliament. Donald Trump arraigned on espionage charges and Italy's Silvio Berlusconi buried. But it has also been a bad 21st century for the anti-populists. Trump elected and threatening to return. Brexit, Johnson and Truss in the UK. Viktor Orban in Hungary. Putin in Russia. Bolsonaro in Brazil. Modi in India.... Electorate after electorate has fallen victim to a string of self-serving narcissists prepared to exploit irrational fears, issue empty promises and bend, ignore or break the law in blatant pursuit of power and self-interest. Silvio Bunga Bunga Berlusconi ...
Honestly, you think you know someone, and then you find out they were on Fifteen to One back in the 90s! I found this out from Wokingham Today's profile of my friend and Lib Dem Deputy Leader of Wokingham Borough Council Prue Bray who has been awarded an MBE for political and public service. The Winnersh politician has been active in politics since the 1990s. She moved to Winnersh in May 1989, and was elected to Winnersh Parish Council in May 1995, and served as the Wokingham Liberal Democrat chair between 1997 and 2000. She was elected to Wokingham District ...
Parliament mustn't waste time debating Johnson report when families facing mortgage crisis Hosepipe ban: Water bills should be discounted Parliament mustn't waste time debating Johnson report when families facing mortgage crisis The Liberal Democrats are calling on the Government not to waste parliamentary time on Monday with a long debate on the Privileges Committee report on Boris Johnson, but to pass emergency support for families struggling with soaring mortgage rates. Leader of the House Penny Mordaunt has announced that the motion on Johnson will be debated on Monday for up to six and a half hours. However, the Liberal Democrats ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 19 JUNE 2023 Brown Street (south of Douglas Street) - closed for 13 months until May 2024 for construction works. Lower Pleasance (Lower Pleasance Court to Brook Street) - closed from Monday 19 June for 5 days for gully replacement work. Perth Road between Ninewells Avenue roundabout and Clovis Duveau Drive - rolling temporary traffic lights from Tuesday 13 June for 2 weeks for CityFibre works. Forthcoming Roadworks West Port - lane closure for one week from Monday 26 June for street lighting ...
North of Leicester the River Soar is joined by the River Wreake. The Wreake used to be navigable as far as Melton Mowbray, where there was a basin beside the railway station. From there a canal ran to another basin close to the centre of Oakham. The Queen Elizabeth Theatre of Oakham School is housed in an old warehouse that stood beside that basin. I managed to get a couple of photographs of it on Saturday, though the theatre is now surrounded by other school buildings. That was five years ago. Today I was in Oakham again, hunting for the ...
