It may be a late arrival but nevertheless, it's still funny! Yes, Labour have produced a leaflet in Low Fell for the local elections. For Labour, Low Fell is a place where they fly tip their failed candidates and rejects from elsewhere in Gateshead. Their current candidate is Robert Waugh who, until May last year was councillor for the neighbouring Saltwell ward. Saltwell had been
A short film on the two cliff railways of Hastings. When I was in the town the other week, I went up to the clifftops on the West Hill Railway but didn't get to travel on the East Hill Railway. The latter enjoys some great sea views because it doesn't run through a tunnel.
Isabel Oakeshott published an article in the Telegraph this morning under the headline: Get benefits claimants back to work - cleaning our filthy streets That article is behind the paper's paywall, but Vox Political has a few quotes. If they give a fair representation of the piece, it is designed to evoke disgust, not just of dirty streets, but of the people who live in them. But Oakeshott's partner Richard Tice was in no doubt of its quality, retweeting it with the words: Let's make Welfare work..... Let's get Benefits claimant's cleaning Britain.... Let's ignore the howls of woke lefties.... ...
If leaflets had a smell, this one would come with a whiff of desperation I reckon (with overtones of sewage, of course).
Nation Cymru reports that the Development Bank of Wales - which is wholly owned by the Welsh Government - made a loss of more than £62m, according to its latest accounts: Launched in 2017, when it succeeded its predecessor Finance Wales, the bank's remit is to invest in companies that, despite having a good business model, can find it difficult to secure credit from the commercial banking sector. DBW has been in the news recently because of its role in the "dodgy donations" scandal involving Mr Gething. Nation.Cymru revealed how Mr Gething had received donations totalling £200k for his successful ...
As part of our tributes to Lord (Andrew) Stunell, who has died, here is the text of his last speech, made in the House of Lords on March 27th this year, in the debate on the Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill: My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the noble Lord, and I am sorry that his speech was somewhat interrupted by technological problems. I declare an interest as a vice-president of the LGA simply because it is one of many organisations which have contributed evidence and views on the Bill. I also want to declare that I am ...
Ed Davey puts it well in his reaction to the sad news about the death of former MP turned peer Andrew Stunell...
Embed from Getty ImagesNews from the BBC Media Centre: BBC Factual today announces an exciting brand new Factual Entertainment competition format, Chess Masters, for BBC Two and iPlayer. Across eight episodes, passionate and highly-skilled players from all backgrounds will battle it out across a series of rapid chess games before one will be crowned the title of Chess Master. ... Catherine Catton, Head of Commissioning, Factual Entertainment and Live Events, says: "In a market of competitions that celebrate physical feats we're really excited to back an idea that foregrounds strategy and smart-thinking. Curve has devised a format that makes chess ...
First of all, what a really weird mug. And what is he doing with a bottle of milk on his desk. Don't they use jugs or sachets? And why has his cup of coffee got a price of £900 on it? Is this his way of telling us that inflation will soon hit Weimar Republic levels? The text tells us that this is to do with national insurance change. But, as X pointed out in a "community note", such a decrease is more or less wiped out by a "fiscal drag" so large that one wit called Jeremy Hunt the ...
Responding to the resignation of Humza Yousaf as First Minister, Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP said: (Yesterday was) a difficult day for Humza Yousaf. I thank him for his service and I wish him and his family well for the future. Humza Yousaf's resignation hurls the SNP another step closer towards the end. This is a stale government that has been in power too long. Scotland needs a new government- one that won't make empty promises but will get the basics right. For 17 years, the SNP have been ignoring the people who do most of the heavy ...
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.
