The language was coded, but Ed Davey appeared to call on Jane Dodds to stand down as leader of the Welsh Liberal Democrats when he appeared on Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg this morning' . Dodds' position was called into question when criticism of her in a 2021 report on the way the Church of England dealt with an abusive bishop was given new prominence by the resignation of Justin Welby. The Guardian reprints the relevant passage of the interview: Asked about the case, Davey told BBC One's Sunday with Laura Kuennsberg show: "I've spoken to Jane about this. She has ...
The latest edition of my weekly political polling round-up, The Week in Polls, is out. As it says: There is a graph of economic sentiment in the US doing the rounds, often accompanied by sneering comments about partisanship and political views trumping reality. But I dissent. I think it shows the American public reacting in a sensible, informed and rational way. Find out more by reading this edition of The Week in Polls here, and you can sign up below to receive future editions direct to your email inbox:
Published in 1965, the year before she died, The Mind Readers was the last complete novel by Margery Allingham. And she, along with Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers and Ngaio Marsh, was considered one of the for 'Queens of Crime' for detective fiction's golden age. So whatever I expected when I opened The Mind Readers, it wasn't this celebration of the London of the Sixties:: The Great City of London was once more her splendid self; mysterious as ever but bursting with new life. In the tightly packed clusters of villagers with the ancient names - Hackney, Holborn, Shoreditch, Putney, ...
The Beautiful Game are a British rock band from London whose self-declared influences include The Jam, The Clash and Oasis. I came across them via a recent Chelsea Fancast podcast. OK so we're talking dad rock here, but I like the song and Alexei Sayle once said something wise about not trying to please the imaginary cool people in your head.
To paraphrase and misquote Talleyrand on the Bourbons, Labour are showing signs that they have learned nothing and forgotten everything when it comes to financial regulation in the light of the 2008 crash. The Mirror reports that our new Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rachel Reeves believes that the financial crisis era curbs have "gone too far2, and is seeking a lighter touch regulation of the City and the banks: The Chancellor, delivering her first Mansion House speech, signalled lighter touch regulation of financial firms following restrictions imposed after the 2008 banking meltdown. Ms Reeves has written to the UK's City ...
We have received concerns that access to Corso Street sheltered lounge is proving difficult for the elderly tenants due to a mass of fallen slippy leaves - see photo : Other sheltered lounge accesses - such as Tullideph - have been swept so we have asked the council's environment management to remove the leaves in the path to the Corso Street complex as soon as possible.
