Southwell Minster is at once one of England's least known cathedrals and one of its finest. Its glory is the wonderful medieval stone carving of leaves, green men and more in the chapter house. This video by Allan Barton gives a brief introduction to both the building and its carvings.
In this long election campaign, we've had Rishi Sunak deliver a never-ending stream of negativity and misery, Keir Starmer being so nervous about screwing things up that he's coming across as walking on eggshells and Nigel Farage being as objectionable as ever. Ed Davey's bright and happy photo opportunities have provided a welcome contrast and attracted lots of positive comment. Today, he decided to throw himself off a platform from a great height by way of inviting people to vote Liberal Democrat. Watch, courtesy of Sky News: The rationale for this: To get the change our country needs this week ...
If there is a seat where anything could happen on Thursday, it's Leicester East. There, two former Labour MPs for the patch (Keith Vaz and Claudia Webbe) are taking on the party's official candidate, while the Conservatives, after recent promising local election results, seem to have blown things by selecting an unimpressive candidate at the last minute. But, quoted in a comprehensive feature about the contest on the Great Central Gazette site, Alistair Jones, associate professor in politics at De Montfort University, says: This constituency will be tight. There are ten candidates, including two ex-Labour MPs for Leicester East, the ...
A quick update on some of the flowers in the garden this summer. A few might seem to be weeds to some, but I find them to be useful as pollinator foods and very pretty as well. (A lawn with white clover smells gorgeous and is good for common blue butterflies and bees.) I admit, due to the very wet spring, the bindweed is ferocious this year but autumn pulling and digging will get it back under control for next year and for now, the white flowers are appealing. The very wet Spring seems to have triggered a profusion of ...
* Welcome to the second part of my report of the weekend's ALDE Party Council. Part 1 can be found here... Having retired relatively early, I was bright-eyed and bushy-tailed for an early start the next morning. In truth, as I've noted before, Council is often a bit of a bureaucracy session, offering Council delegates an opportunity to scrutinise the work of the Bureau. I tend to the view that Council isn't very good at that, unless something upsets them. After all, most Council delegates are there to debate ideas, not assess the value of adding €50,000 to one budget ...
"The ABC shared its findings with disinformation experts, who said the network's activity had the hallmarks of a Russian influence operation." Michael Workman and Kevin Nguyen reveal the Australian broadcaster's research into Russian interference in the general election and how - suddenly - the Tories are concerned about it. "Starmer has picked his battles well and, for the most part, won them. For instance, the Labour leader has pledged to restore the UK's net zero targets to their more ambitious former selves - prior to Sunak's tinkering. Meanwhile, he continues to rubbish the government's Rwanda deportation plan as an expensive, ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 1 JULY 2024 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 no more than 20 metres in an easterly direction to facilitate a site access for a new ...
With far right parties topping the polls in France, if exit polls are to be believed, our thoughts must turn to how we can prevent the same thing happening in the UK. This is not just a Nigel Farage-related question, though his party is certainly benefiting from the disillusion that curently exists with politics and politicians in this country. The Guardian references a report from the Fairness Foundation which concludes that the next government must take decisive action to reduce inequality or risk unprecedented far-right gains. The paper says that the Foundation has concluded Britain will become more unfair and ...
