Davey on Houthi strikes: Vital Parliament has its say Simon Clarke and Sunak soap opera: A fourth PM without an election would be "ludicrous" Operation Onyx One Year On – 1,400 Met Officers Still Under Investigation for Sexual Abuse Welsh Lib Dems urge Welsh Government to make good on promise to "prioritise care not profit" Mid and West Wales MS Jane Dodds calls on Welsh Government to protect businesses from floods Davey on Houthi strikes: Vital Parliament has its say Responding to the latest set of strikes on the Houthi rebels, Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey said: Liberal Democrats are ...
Tue 23rd
22:28
Merry Tom Crossing to Spratton: The Northampton & Lamport Railway's proposed northern extension
On 30 March the Northampton & Lamport Railway will open its half-mile southern extension from Pitsford and Brampton to a new station at Boughton. After that, eyes will turn northwards to the line's proposed mile-and-a-half extension from Merry Tom Crossing to Spratton. This enthusiastic video shows us the route, starting from Spratton and walking south towards Merry Tom Crossing, which is currently the northern end of the line.
Tue 23rd
21:44English Tory politicians run Facebook groups opposing 20mph speed limit in Wales while supporting it...
Wales Online had a terrific story last week: A Conservative councillor from Sunderland with no apparent links to Wales is running multiple Facebook groups opposing the 20mph limit here despite apparently supporting the limit in his hometown. A Wales Online investigation has shown that the administrators of these social media groups have direct links to the Conservative Party. Do read the whole story, which is by the site's Welsh affairs editor Will Hayward. It does confirm my impression that the average Tory activist is now less likely to be a pillar of the local business community than a keyboard warrior ...
This week marked a bleak precedent for the UK. On Wednesday, the government passed a bill that begins the erosion of the independence of our courts, goes against the European Convention of Human Rights and puts the civil service in an impossible position, not to mention the £400 million of potential money to be sent to Rwanda, when 320 Tory MPs voted in favour of the 'Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill'. One problem with the bill, among many, is how it essentially overrules UK judges by declaring Rwanda a safe country without any evidence for the case. Essentially, ...
Fraser's weekly ward surgeries take place later today and every Tuesday during school term time. They are as follows : Tuesdays at 5pm prompt - Blackness Library Tuesdays at 5.45pm prompt - Ancrum Road Primary School All residents welcome - no appointment necessary.
There is something comical about Nigel Farage calling for the sacking of members of the House of Lords because they voted through an unprecedented move seeking to delay the PM's treaty with Rwanda. Following the vote, the man who has reportedly hankered after a peerage himself tweeted: "We must sack all current members of the House of Lords. It is beyond parody." Farage himself, has been beyond parody for some time which makes it all the more disturbing that some UK ministers take him so seriously. In fact, the House of Lords has done us all a service by voting ...
