Six principal authority council by-elections this week, and all with a Liberal Democrat candidate. That's good news, and one up on the last time these seats were up. First up, a successful Lib Dem defence in The Cotswolds – where they build houses: Lechlade, Kempsford & Fairford South (Cotswold) Council By-Election Result: [IMG: 🔶] LDM: 48.5% (-7.2) [IMG: 🌳] CON: 42.9% (+4.9) [IMG: 🌹] LAB: 5.0% (-1.3) [IMG: 🙋] IND: 3.6% (New) Liberal Democrat HOLD. Changes w/ 2023. — Election Maps UK (@ElectionMapsUK) December 14, 2023
Alexandra Hall Hall reminds us that the European Court of Human Rights is there to safeguard us against our own worst impulses, and that calls to leave its jurisdiction are deeply troubling. "The Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, comprising MPs and peers from both Houses of Parliament, is alarmed that attempts to interfere may be made in the next general election - with no proper protection for politicians and political parties - and have sought an urgent meeting with the National Cyber Security Centre to discuss the matter." David Hencke on new confirmation of Russian attempts to interfere ...
For The Times podcast What I Wish I'd Known, Alice Thomson and Rachel Sylvester talk to: extraordinary people living astonishing lives to learn from those who excel in sport, politics, the arts, business and more, despite real adversity. We hear their secrets and their inspirations, and learn how you too can thrive after life's setbacks. Well, maybe you can, though it should be mentioned that many people never make a full recovery from early adversity. The podcast's latest guest is Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats: He was just four years old when his father John George died ...
This is the stark choice facing half a million British pensioners abroad (outside Europe and the US) whose UK state pensions are currently frozen due to a flawed policy decision taken just after the Second World War and which no government has since had the courage to address. On 4th December the Home Secretary announced a five-point plan to attempt to reduce immigration into the UK. As a result, from 24th April 2024, the minimum salary requirement for people who want to bring a foreign family member or partner to the UK will more than double from £18,600 to £38,700. ...
Labour's control freakery has plumbed new depths in the Kingdom of Fife. judging by this report from the Guardian: A veteran Scottish Labour councillor in Fife has quit the contest to be his party's local candidate in next year's general election after concerns were raised about his "sexy and satanic" novel writing. Altany Craik told the Guardian that he had withdrawn from the selection process to represent Scottish Labour in the Glenrothes constituency "for family reasons". But sources close to Craik, who was first elected as a councillor in 2012 and is now the second most senior councillor in Fife's ...
Is it me or is Kemi Badenoch turning into a rent-a-quote MP? The so-called Equalities Minister has launched into an attack on a perfectly valid historical study into the black death, purely on the grounds that it is examining whether ethnicity was a risk factor in its spread. The Guardian says that Badenoch has condemned the study after an MP described it as "woke archaeology". It is not clear what qualifications either the MP or Badenoch have to pass judgement in this way or how they are qualified to propose the dumbing down of academia which is suggested by their ...
Michael's surgeries take place today and every Thursday during school term time. They are as follows : Thursdays at 5.45pm prompt - West End Campus (come to reception area of St Joseph's RC and Victoria Park Primary Schools) Thursdays at 6.30pm prompt - Harris Academy reception area All welcome - no appointment necessary!
