John Rogers's blurb on YouTube: A Walk following the Mardyke Way from Purfleet, Essex through the countryside on the edge of Greater London to the village of Bulphan. The Mardyke is an ancient river that has been following its course for over 30 million years. The route I took from Purfleet was around 11-miles followed by around another 3 miles to West Horndon Station. This is great walk through fields, meadows and fens. John has a Patreon account to support his videos and blogs at The Lost Byway.
We thought you might like to find out a little bit about our new MPs. We didn't think we'd have quite so many, but this is a lovely problem to have. All details come from the party website or the MPs' social media. We'll get to know them more over the next wee while, but here's a taster. Our editor sleepily compiled a Twitter list of all our MPs' accounts she could find. You can follow it here. David Chadwick MP: Brecon, Radnor and Cym Tawe David lives in Brecon with his wife Gemma and young son William. David works ...
And this story's from Leicester too! No wonder it's our Headline of the Day. Well done, BBC News.
Alex Folkes looks at the performance of Labour, the Lib Dems and the Greens in last week's general election. The main attack line being levelled at Labour following their success on Thursday is that their majority is broad but shallow. Corbynites point to the larger number of votes the party achieved under the former leader, whilst Tories highlight the lower share of the vote that the new government won. Both of these are to ignore the key fact that Labour won just about the largest majority it could. And it did so through rigorous targeting. In the last few days ...
We thought you might like to find out a little bit about our new MPs. We didn't think we'd have quite so many, but this is a lovely problem to have. All details come from the party website or the MPs' social media. We'll get to know them more over the next wee while, but here's a taster. Our editor sleepily compiled a Twitter list of all our MPs' accounts she could find. You can follow it here. Steve Darling MP: Torbay Steve was brought up in a B&B on Lymington Road and has raised his family with wife Mandy ...
During these marvelous times for the Liberal Democrats we must capitalize on our success! Having always been the party with creative and effective ideas we must push the new government for the following: Question: Reforming the NHS with no extra cash? Answer: Reduce the need for preventable and expensive care in the first place by making people healthier. How: Introduce a supermarket-like loyalty card with healthy food discounts. Cloud Cuckoo Land? No – effecting change using the stick rarely works, but nudging or incentivizing does. Supermarkets get us to remain with them instead of switching, by offering discounts on their products ...
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Our new MPs: Andrew George, Gideon Amos, Cameron Thomas, Claire Young and Rachel Gilmour
We thought you might like to find out a little bit about our new MPs. We didn't think we'd have quite so many, but this is a lovely problem to have. All details come from the party website or the MPs' social media. We'll get to know them more over the next wee while, but here's a taster. Our editor sleepily compiled a Twitter list of all our MPs' accounts she could find. You can follow it here. Andrew George MP: St Ives Andrew George is a renowned local and national campaigner. He was the Liberal Democrat MP for the ...
We are, of course, delighted to have a Home Secretary that has humanity and is a decent human being, unlike her predecessors who "shall not be named". We are, of course, delighted that the wicked Rwanda Bill is going to be scrapped, and the remaining detainees threatened with being sent to Rwanda released and on bail for now. However it is all very well to concentrate on Stop the Boats, but what about those who then are stuck in Northern France? "New border security command" sounds good, securing our borders. But exactly who from? There are thousands of people (yes ...
For the first time, the number of women elected to Parliament has topped 40%. As Lyanne Nicholl, the Chief of 50:50 Parliament wrote on the Huffington Post, This truly is a historic day - a 50:50 Parliament is now no longer a dot on the horizon, it is beaming into view and - with a fair wind - we can even dare to hope to reach equal representation in the next election. We are not there yet, 40% is not 50%, but to potentially have a government with more women MPs than ever before and the potential of a gender ...
Oli and Joe's Italian Restaurant took over the former Rising Sun pub in Sunniside, a stone's throw from my house, some years ago. They have recently gone through a refurbishment and the building is looking fantastic. Well done to all concerned. I have a particular fondness for Oli and Joe's in Sunniside. It was where I proposed to David two years ago!
Ten years ago, in 2014, I joined the Liberal Democrats. Shortly after, I witnessed the political collapse of the party. It was a sobering time, and I recall a few weeks later when Tim Farron took over and revitalized the party with the message of a Liberal Democrat fightback. The directive was clear: our party must survive, and we must fight to become a competent force once again. Thus, the Liberal Democrat fightback began. Unfortunately, these were dark years. Despite our best efforts, we lost several key battles, including Brexit, and suffered significant setbacks in 2017 and 2019. By 2019, ...
Good heavens, wasn't Thursday night fun? It's been nearly twenty years since I enjoyed an election night that much, given that even 2010 was bittersweet as a series of seats slipped out of our grasp just when we thought that a massive surge was on. Watching Conservative MP after Conservative MP lose their seats was reassurance that the British public can't be fooled all of the time, taking the opportunity to find imaginative ways to defeat a discredited and disgraced administration. And to see so many new faces, many of whom will be new even to our own membership, can ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 8 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 ...
At various party anniversaries and after general elections I have written blogs about the growing number of Liberal Democrat MPs. This is an updated version for the 2024 general election. The House of Commons parliamentary party grew steadily from 1988 until 2005, fell slightly in 2010 (despite reaching its peak in absolute votes and percentage [...]
