Welcome to the 1950 general election and the Bury St Edmunds constituency. The Conservative candidate, William Aitken (nephew of Lord Beaverbrook and father of disgraced Conservative MP Jonathan Aitken), gathered 18,107 signatures on his nomination papers. Only 10 were required. When it came to polling day, he secured 22,559 votes – a healthy margin of victory and also only a small margin beyond the nomination signature tally. This is an extreme example of something that used to be common: having a large number of nomination signatures as a show of strength and making a fuss over their submission. With political ...
Here's another treat from the archive of Mavis Nicholson interviews on YouTube: Glenda Jackson in her prime.
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Green Party deputy is former hypnotherapist who said he could help women increase their breast size
The Telegraph wins our Headline of the Day Award, though the judges did feel the paper should have made it clear that it was the Green Party's deputy leader who once made the claim. You can see the story that follows it elsewhere online.
In case you missed it, here is all the fun of the manifesto launch. The text of Ed's highly personal speech about his experience of caring for both his mum and his son is below. "I am so proud that the Liberal Democrats have put health and care at the heart of our campaign in this general election - and at the heart of our manifesto. There is no doubt that both the NHS and care are in crisis. "People are waiting hours in pain for an ambulance to arrive, or weeks to see a GP or an NHS dentist ...
Here it is: It is all fully costed: After years of Conservative chaos and neglect, there is no doubt that our NHS, social care, schools and other public services desperately need more investment. GPs are overstretched, hospitals are overcrowded and school buildings are crumbling. At the same time, families and pensioners are struggling in the face of a cost-of-living crisis. The Conservatives have already put up their taxes by freezing income tax thresholds. It would be wrong to ask them to pay more to clear up the Conservatives' mess. That's why we will fund our fair deal without raising income ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 10 JUNE 2024 South Marketgait/Greenmarket - road closure for 5 nights from 9 June (7.00pm to 6.00am) for carriageway resurfacing. Blinshall Street (Douglas Street to 50 metres south) - closed until December 2024 for construction works. Douglas Street (Blinshall Street to Brown Street) - temporary traffic lights until December 2024 for construction works. Brown Street (south of Douglas Street) - closed until December 2024 for construction works. Seafield Road, Dundee - closed from its westmost end (in cul-de-sac) extending for a distance of ...
Surely Rishi Sunak has committed enough faux pas during this general election without walking straight into a charge of hypocrisy over traffic regulations. but no, it seems that he actually enjoys the humiliation. The Independent reports that the Tories are embroiled in a hypocrisy row over Sunak's "backing drivers bill" to scale back Ulez, ban pay-per-mile road taxes and crack down on Low Traffic Neighbourhoods (LTNs). The paper says that having promised that the bill would be part of his first King's Speech if he is re-elected on 4 July, ending Labour's "war on drivers" in London and Wales, the ...
