Food prices set to rise: news will be hammer blow for millions already choosing between heating and eating NHS stats: winter "one of the most brutal on record" as Lib Dems call on Streeting to bring forward emergency plan to protect patients 'Bed blocking' has already cost NHS £165 million this winter as Davey calls on govt to finish social care review this year Market turmoil: Chancellor should cancel China trip for emergency growth statement Oxford Farming Conference: Reed's "regret" not good enough – Starmer must reverse family farm tax More than 440,000 police officer and staff days lost to ...
There has long been talk of reopening the railway from March to Wisbech, but what was it like when it was open? It closed to passengers in 1968, but goods trains ran until the year 2000. So here from 1996 is a train running from the Purina factory in Wisbech to March. Expect wonky track and, this being Fenland, level crossings. The fact that the person filming this train was able to overtake it so often suggests that line speeds were very low by then. Still, who can resist an unexpected halt at a level crossing in a bleak setting? ...
Cymdeithas Lloyd George, the Lloyd George Society is a loose combination of like minds that meets in Wales for a weekend school on topical subjects, historical issues (particularly those relating to David Lloyd George) or interesting questions affecting Welsh life and culture, all from a liberal perspective. You can book now for 2025's Lloyd George Weekend School in Llandrindod Wells Our venue this year is the Hotel Commodore. February 22 & 23 2025 - Limited Spaces Left. Full details on how to book and Programme for the School: on our website Speakers include: Adam Price MS - Former Plaid Cymru ...
At First Minister's Questions today, Alex Cole-Hamilton implored John Swinney to do more to prevent babies being born addicted to drugs and to ensure that pregnant women had access to support to help them recover from addiction. He said: Before politics I was a youth worker, and I vividly remember the first time I saw a medical device known as a 'tummy tub'. They are essentially buckets filled with body temperature water which simulate the womb in order to comfort babies going through withdrawal. It is needed because they are born addicted to drugs. Since 2017, at least 1,500 babies ...
I love publishing guest posts here on Liberal England, whether they're on politics or wider culture. And I'm happy to entertain a wide range of views. But I'd hate you to spend time writing something I really wouldn't want to publish, so do get in touch first. These are the last 10 guest posts on Liberal England:The Lib Dems must meet the challenge of the Greens in the new political landscape - Anselm AnonThis blog is not suitable for kids - Laurence WarnerThe future's bright, the future's orange - Stuart WhomsleyAn Oasis reunion? Have we not suffered enough? - Stuart ...
I dislike the term "playing politics." "Playing" normally refers to games. A good move or result in chess, football, rounders or whatever can produce a rush of pleasurable adrenaline and a bad one, or outcome, periods of disappointment. But nothing serious or life changing. That is not true of a bad outcome in politics. Hence I would describe the present shenanigans surrounding the Tories' call for a yet another enquiry into the abuse of children as "abusing politics." The facts are simple. There have been several enquires into child abuse. The major one was headed by a Professor Alexis Jay ...
I've written a post for Lion & Unicorn about the 1948 film No Room at the Inn, which starred this blog's hero Freda Jackson. The poet Dylan Thomas was partly responsible for the screenplay. No Room at the Inn was based on a 1945 play of the same name by Joan Temple. Like Agatha Christie's The Mousetrap, that play was inspired by the death of the foster child Dennis O'Neill on a farm in Shropshire. And Dennis O'Neill died 80 years ago today. Read the post on Lion & Unicorn.
Following the recent school holidays, Michael's surgeries start again today and are as follows : Thursdays at 5.45pm prompt - West End Campus (come to reception area of St Joseph's RC and Victoria Park Primary Schools) Thursdays at 6.30pm prompt - Harris Academy reception area All welcome - no appointment necessary!
The Guardian reports on Facebook's abandonment of factchecking by suggesting that its parent company, Meta is shifting to the right, following the prevailing political winds blowing through the United States. The paper says that on Tuesday morning, Meta disbanded Facebook and Instagram's third-party factchecking program and will recommend more political content across its social networks, as its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg attempts to curry favor with Donald Trump's incoming administration: "Recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech," he said in a video posted on Instagram. "Factcheckers have just been too politically biased." Notes from ...
