I say 'adult' because, perhaps helped by having the actress Jill Balcon for his mother and the boss of Ealing Studios Michael Balcon for a grandfather, Daniel Day-Lewis had a small, uncredited part as a child in the 1971 film Sunday Bloody Sunday. So here he is, in his very first adult screen role. playing a self-satisfied local radio DJ in a 1980 episode of Shoestring alongside the stars of the series, Trevor Eve and Michael Medwin. If you watch the whole thing on YouTube, rather than the short section I have picked out for you hear, you'll also find ...
Embed from Getty ImagesSuella Braverman has made £60,000 on the international speaking circuit, says the Guardian. Reading between the lines of its report, this money was made over the last parliamentary year. Braverman is not taking part in the current Conservative leadership election, but for most of that year she will have been intending to do so. And she will certainly have her eye on the contest after this one. And if such a lacklustre figure can earn this figure, think how much must be on offer to the few remaining big beasts of her party. If you're not sure, ...
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The August 2024 riots: an opportunity to turn a page in Britain's flawed immigration debate
The beginning of August was a heated period in the UK (on this occasion not attributable to climate change). A weekend-long spree of violence across several towns and cities, mainly in the North of England, saw rioters attempt to set fire to hotels housing asylum-seekers and to a mosque, attack police with bricks, set up 'checkpoints' where non-white drivers were stopped, and abuse Muslim women by stripping off their hijabs. The pretext for these riots was misinformation about the identity of the perpetrator of a horrendous knife attack in the city of Southport which killed three young girls. As it ...
The Bridges by-election in Gateshead will be held on 12th September. There are 5 candidates in the running. The Lib Dem candidate is Jonathan Aibi (pictured above). He is 23 years old and my guess is that he is the youngest of the candidates. Labour are defending the seat and their candidate is Robert Waugh. He has been a Labour candidate in 4 wards. Only 18 more to go to get the full set!
The Guardian reports that a Foreign Office official has resigned over the UK's refusal to ban arms exports to Israel because of alleged breaches of international law. The paper says that Mark Smith, a counter-terrorism official based at the British embassy in Dublin, said he had resigned after making numerous internal complaints, including through an official whistleblowing mechanism, but receiving nothing but pro-forma responses: Smith said he had previously worked in Middle East arms export licensing assessment for the government and "each day" colleagues were witnessing "clear and unquestionable examples" of war crimes and breaches of international humanitarian law by ...
DUNDEE CITY COUNCIL - WEEKLY ROAD REPORT REPORT FOR THE WEST END WARD - WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY 19 AUGUST 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 ...
