The best bowling figures ever recorded across the two innings of a test match are Jim Laker's 19 for 90 for England against Australia at Old Trafford in 1956. This short film tells the story of the match and includes interviews with some of the players who took part. I've heard other accounts of the match that say the more desperate England's other spinner Tony Lock became to get among the wickets, the faster he bowled and the less he turned the ball. England were so strong in the 1950s that, earlier in the decade, they could have fielded another ...
It was off to Tunbridge Wells earlier this week, somewhere with an iconic place in British culture and a long tradition of voting Conservative, particularly at Parliamentary elections. But since last year it has a Lib Dem council leader and it now has a new Lib Dem office too, which I officially opened along with Mike Martin (known widely outside politics for his 'artful' maps of the war in Ukraine). So exciting to officially open the Lib Dem Hub in Chapel Place and honoured that @markpack came down to cut the ribbon for us! Tunbridge Wells People: Pop in and ...
The Independent reports that the government is under pressure to explain its plans for new Brexit border checks, amid confusion about when they will be introduced. The paper says that businesses have warned that ministers were giving them "no clarity" and "causing confusion" over the new bureaucracy - which is officially supposed to start from October but which is now expected to be delayed for a fifth time: The new controls are to affect businesses moving products from the EU to the UK, with food importers predicting shortages and more price rises. But ministers are yet to finalise the specifics ...
From West End Community Council :
On the Sunday morning of conference, the Liberal Democrats will present our plan for education, ahead of the next General Election, with an exciting array of new announcements, today, I want to focus on the most important one, reducing inequality of outcome in education, a policy problem that has only been exacerbated by covid. Since the 1800's, people have been tirelessly campaigning for a fair education settlement, for liberals this comes down to our core principles that no one should be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity. Nothing encapsulates this more than our very real change we achieved in government, ...
I have another speaking engagement, this time in September. I will be speaking about what history taught me about self-sufficiency to Sunniside History Society. A combination of two interests close to my heart - history and sustainable living, Come along if you are interested.
