GDP Figures: Government must see sense and scrap jobs tax Liberal Democrats table motion forcing Government to release analysis of potential Trump trade war Badenoch speech: half-hearted apology does not absolve her from toxic legacy Triple lock: "bungling Badenoch's" first policy is to slash the state pension Carmichael welcomes RFA vertical launch licence McArthur calls for clarity over BP job losses GDP Figures: Government must see sense and scrap jobs tax Responding to GDP growing by 0.1% in November, Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson Daisy Cooper MP said: The Chancellor has put the handbrake on the economy with her misguided jobs ...
Gateshead Lib Dems (or at least the social media group) decided not to meet on-line last night. Instead, we met in person at the Tilley Stone pub on Jackson Street, Gateshead. I think my role there was to be the old guy who doesn't understand TikTok! But a useful meeting nonetheless! (Picture: Liam Bowering, Amanda Wintcher and me)
The billing on YouTube says of this film: These pieces of originally silent film appear to have been either outtakes, film made for atmosphere or just as a recce of the area. They were made for two British feature films made in the 1950s. Most of the clips are connected to the film Hunted which starred Dirk Bogarde, and was released in 1952. Some are connected with the later film Innocent Sinners starring Flora Robson and David Kossoff, and released in 1958. Both these films use extensive outside shots in and around the Pimlico area, and for lovers of this ...
"With Meta's recent speech policy changes regarding immigration, in which the company will allow people to call immigrants pieces of trash, Mark Zuckerberg is laying the narrative groundwork for President-elect Trump's planned mass deportations of people from the United States."Joseph Cox points to parallels between these changes and events in Myanmar in 2017, when Facebook was used to spread anti-Rohingya hate, and the military ultimately led a campaign of murder, torture and rape against the Muslim minority population. Eliza Mackintosh has better news from Finland, which is winning the war on fake news - a war it sees as crucial ...
As we reported earlier, Ed Davey gave a significant speech today, and here is the full text. This year, we will celebrate eighty years since the end of the Second World War. Eighty years since Britain and her allies defeated the Nazis. Ended the Holocaust and liberated the concentration camps. Brought peace to Europe. One of our country's finest hours. We led the world - not just in standing up to Hitler and winning the war, but in building what came next. Creating new forums to foster peace and uphold human rights: The United Nations, led at its birth by ...
You can read his speech in full on the Liberal Democrats' website: Let's not kid ourselves. The incoming Trump Administration is a threat to peace and prosperity in the UK, across Europe, and around the world. For the next four years, the UK cannot depend on the President of the United States to be a reliable partner on security, defence or the economy. So how do we deal with Donald Trump? We need to do it from a position of strength. And that means urgently strengthening our relationships with the UK's other partners - most importantly our European neighbours, whose ...
Every three years the Liberal Democrat embark on a series of elections to Federal (ie national) Committees. These include the Federal Board, Federal Council (which scrutinises the Board), Federal Policy Committee, Federal Conference Committee and Federal International relations Committee. In addition, the roles of President and Vice President are also up for election. The party is recruiting a voluntary Returning Officer to oversee all these elections later this year. Full details of the requirements can be seen here Volunteer role: Returning Officer (Federal Elections). In short, they are looking for "an organised, authoritative and impartial person" who can oversee the ...
You might find it peculiar for me to write a blog about my relationship or rather my company's relationship with a major utility provider but for the last year I have struggled to make sense of any of the people or the systems within SSE one of the UK's leading energy providers. I find this particularly galling as in fact I have a small number of shares in this company because I had some faith in it. The whole problem started about a year ago when the company which effectively, owns the Liberal Democrat HQ in Liverpool, moved into new ...
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Ed Davey speech: Negotiate a UK-EU Customs Union to "turbocharge economy" and strengthen hand agains...
Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey will today call on the Government to negotiate a new UK-EU Customs Union, to boost Britain's economy and ability to deal with the incoming Trump Presidency from a position of strength. In his first major speech of the year, Ed Davey will criticise the Labour Government for ruling out a Customs Union with the EU, saying it would be the best way to tear down trade barriers and "turbocharge our economy in the medium and long term." He will call on ministers to negotiate a new deal with the EU this year, with the goal ...
RCN survey: "Harrowing" corridor care testimony reveals a government leaving staff with "hands tied behind their backs" Cole-Hamilton comments on embargoed RCN report on overcrowding RCN survey: "Harrowing" corridor care testimony reveals a government leaving staff with "hands tied behind their backs" Responding to a Royal College of Nursing survey which shows that two-thirds of NHS nursing staff are saying they are delivering care in over-crowded or unsuitable places such as corridors, converted cupboards and even car parks on a daily basis, Liberal Democrat Health and Social Care spokesperson Helen Morgan MP said: This report is harrowing. To think that ...
Michael's ward surgeries take place today and every Thursday during school term time. They 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 UK government has already lost one anti-corruption minister, after Tulip Siddiq resigned after an investigation by Laurie Magnus, the adviser on ministerial standards, into her use of properties given to herself and family by allies of the regime of Sheikh Hasina, now it appears that there is controversy surrounding her successor. The Independent reports that the Treasury has become embroiled in a new row with questions mounting over the appointment of Emma Reynolds as minister, who previously lobbied on behalf of Chinese interests. The paper says that until last year's election, Reynolds served as managing director at banking trade ...
