Tulip Siddiq resignation: People expected better from this government Worst 8 hour A&E wait times in 2 years More than 2,000 people stuck in hospital Operations activity stagnating below pre-pandemic levels McArthur comments on assisted dying evidence session Carmichael welcomes protection of coastguard helicopter readiness Tulip Siddiq resignation: People expected better from this government Following Tulip Siddiq's resignation as Treasury Minister, Sarah Olney MP, Liberal Democrat Cabinet Office spokesperson, said: It's right Tulip Siddiq resigned, you can't have an anti-corruption minister mired in a corruption scandal. After years of Conservative sleaze and scandal, people rightly expected better from this government. ...
Remember the great video Trekking Exploration video in which he traced the route of Butterley Tunnel? That's the collapsed tunnel that's likely to prevent full restoration of the Cromford Canal. The good news is that he's gone back to this fascinating industrial and natural landscape for another look. The blurb on YouTube explains: In this video I explore the abandoned and drained Butterley Park Reservoir, out of use since the 1930s and once a lifeline of water for the Cromford Canal in Derbyshire. I then follow the routs of the Reservoir before meeting up with a disused railway bridge, Swanwick ...
Emma Burnell on the new Conservative leader's poor start: "Badenoch is going to have to do something reasonably soon to show that she has a grip on at least one of the three roles she has. Because the Tories may have made it harder to get rid of her but, as the manoeuvrings of Robert Jenrick show, not all of her party believes it is impossible to do so." "The coronarvirus outbreak showed the dangers of an inadequate sick pay system. Lots of frontline workers were forced to choose between falling into poverty because they got no or little sick ...
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There's nothing unique about the tradition that you don't reveal whodunnit in The Mousetrap
Much is made of Mousetrap omerta - the taboo against revealing the identity of the murderer in Agatha Christie's record-breaking play. But it never used to be a unique tradition. Whodunnits were one of the staples of weekly repertory theatre, and it was common for such plays to end with one of the cast saying something like: "We hope you enjoyed the play and will tell your neighbours about it - but please don't tell them who the killer is." An example of this comes in one of the funnier anecdotes in David Hemmings' memoirs. The summer of 1960 saw ...
Since billionaire Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter, the platform has become a stage for amplifying far-right views, sparking widespread concern across the political landscape. Musk is far from a free-speech absolutist. He frequently bans accounts because they criticise him and praises authoritarian leaders. Musk's interventions, both direct and through the accounts he boosts (and his alt-account he uses to praise himself), have elevated controversial far-right groups. The troubling trajectory Musk has steered Twitter, now X, is emblematic of the modern far-right's use of digital platforms to reshape public opinion. By retweeting content linked to neo-Nazi-aligned groups, Musk has inadvertently or ...
Luke O'Reilly has been looking at YouGov's first voting intention survey since the general election for Labour List: Only a slight majority of Labour's 2024 general election voters, at 54%, would still vote for the party if a general election was held tomorrow, the survey found. Former supporters are jumping ship to the Lib Dems, 7%, the Greens, 6%, Reform, 5%, and the Tories, 4%. A further 17% of the 2024 Labour voters say they don't know who they would vote for currently. The polling leaves Labour with a voting share of just 26%. The survey also shows that the ...
There are a number of theoretical debates about aging. One is the question of whether we are "programmed to die". Those who believe this think that at a point creatures get to a stage where the organism at a cellular level starts processes which deliberately set out to end the life of the multicellular organism. Another potentially contradictory view is simply that creatures accumulate damage
[IMG: House of Lords. Photo: Parliamentary copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament] The present government's plan to remove the remaining hereditary peers throws a spotlight on an awkward problem: might this inadvertently undermine the idea of political office as public service, at a time when that is already under threat from people who act as if lying to get elected is acceptable? On the one hand, it's hard to reconcile an unelected upper chamber with a modern democracy, which is why Lords reform has been Liberal Democrat policy for a long time. Within that, the hereditary peers ...
Social Care: Ministers need to "get their act together" and complete review by end of the year Responding to social sector leaders saying that social care can "ill afford" to wait three years for final decisions on reform, Liberal Democrat Care and Carers spokesperson Alison Bennett MP said: It is blindingly obvious that social care has been in crisis for years and is now on the brink of collapse. It is having unbearable consequences for patients, unpaid family carers and for the NHS as a whole as without a functioning social care sector the health service cannot function. After years ...
Fraser's weekly ward surgeries take place later today and are as follows : Tuesdays at 5pm prompt - Blackness Library Tuesdays at 5.45pm prompt - Ancrum Road Primary School All residents welcome - no appointment necessary.
The Mirror reports that Dominic Cummings and Elon Musk, who are both fiercely anti-establishment, are said to be scheming on WhatsApp to derail politics and the government in the UK. The paper claims that Cummings is helping Musk in his aggressive attacks on Keir Starmer and the Labour government: The pair, who are both fiercely anti-establishment, are said to be scheming on WhatsApp to derail politics in the UK, according to unconfirmed reports in the Mail on Sunday. Sources told the newspaper that Mr Cummings has been fuelling Mr Musks's attacks calling for Mr Starmer to be removed as PM ...
