Lib Dems demand GP rescue plan as one in six left waiting two weeks for appointment Rhodes Fires: Call to protect holidaymakers by adding to no travel list Lib Dems demand GP rescue plan as one in six left waiting two weeks for appointment One in six (16.5%) GP appointments had waits of two weeks or more over past year The South West was the worst-affected region with one in five (20%) Liberal Democrats call for GP rescue plan over summer including campaign to urge retired GPs to return back to work One in six GP appointments over the past ...

Posted by Mark Valladares on Liberal Democrat Voice

Playing herself at the Borsetshire Fashion Show on The Archers in 1984, she sounded curiously flat and uninvolved, almost as though she couldn't get to grips with her own character. After the first run-through, the producer, William Smethurst said: "That's very good, Ma'am, but do you think you could sound as if you were enjoying yourself a little more?" "Well, I wouldn't be, would I?" replied the princess. Craig Brown noticed Princess Margaret's ubiquity when researching an earlier book of his. Open the biography of any public figure from the second half of the 20th century and she will be ...

Posted by Jonathan Calder on Liberal England

Elon Musk, in his finite wisdom, is axing the Twitter bird logo in favour of the letter X. This follows his recent decision to rebadge the company as X Corp. 'What's this got to do with me?' I hear you say. 'I'm a Lib Dem and I've got leaflets to deliver.' Yes, you do have leaflets to deliver, but stay with me - this could be a golden opportunity for the Lib Dems, but only if we have the courage to seize it. In the infinite reaches of his multidimensional consciousness, Musk has realised the truth about birds: they're boring. ...

Posted by Tom Reeve on Liberal Democrat Voice

I am pleased to see such a clear condemnation of what happened at Lord's. As to the widely publicised reason for the closure of the Bonkers Hall Safari Park, Lord Bonkers has suggested on more than one occasion that "those nuns were the authors of their own misfortune". Sunday To St Asquith's for Divine Service, with the happy consequence that I am not at Lord's to witness the appalling scenes in the Long Room. Reports are still coming in, but it seems the Australians' physiotherapist and reserve wicket keeper were lynched during the lunch interval. By all means let us ...

Posted by Jonathan Calder on Liberal England

One of the advantages of following an election count from the west coast of Canada is that you don't lose any sleep, as the declaration tends to come around the time of evening dinner. Nevertheless, the result in Uxbridge and South Ruislip was unexpected, especially in light of the huge Tory majorities being overturned elsewhere. On reflection, it looks like Labour really screwed up their campaign in Uxbridge, allowing themselves to be skewered on the single issue of the expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone being implemented by the London Labour Mayor. This was despite the fact that the ...

Posted by Peter Black on Peter Black

DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 24 JULY 2023 Brown Street (south of Douglas Street) - closed for 13 months until May 2024 for construction works. Paton's Lane - give and take traffic control from Thursday 27 July to Monday 31 July for BT works. Nethergate (West Marketgait to South Tay Street) - closed westbound from 9:00am on Sunday 30 July until 6:00am on Monday 31 July for Scottish Water remedial works. Scott Street - footway works from Sunday 30 July to Thursday 3 August for Scottish Water works. ...

Posted by Bailie Fraser Macpherson & Cllr Michael Crichton on Councillors Fraser Macpherson & Michael Crichton - working for the West End