US trade tariffs: Trump doesn't listen to "please" A&E deaths: "Sickening" new analysis reveals deadly consequences of broken NHS as Lib Dems call for inquiry Wendy Chamberlain MP's Bill bids to remove charity lottery fundraising cap US trade tariffs: Trump doesn't listen to "please" Responding to the the Business Secretary's comments about Trump trade tariffs this morning, Daisy Cooper MP, Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson, said: Government ministers going cap in hand to Trump, pleading with him not to tax our goods, simply won't work. Trump doesn't listen to "please". He's an unpredictable trading partner who's shown he'll slap massive tariffs ...
As far as I can make out, this interview was screened on 3 September 1977. This other guests on the programme were James Stewart and Elkie Brooks, though she may just have sung. That summer Boycott had ended his self-imposed exile from test cricket, played three tests for England, scored 442 runs in 5 innings (at an average of 147.33, and helped us win back the Ashes. The man could play. Here he is very serious, with no sticks of rhubarb or mothers' pinafores. This is the Boycott who was sought as a batting coach by teams all around the ...
This week saw five principal council by-elections for six seats across the UK. Labour and Lib Dems loss a net of one seat this week, with the former gaining one but losing two to SNP and an independent, and the latter placing a close third in the only double vacancy of the week. SNP also lost their only defence in the same ward but gained a seat from Labour in other parts of Scotland. For the good news, the Lib Dems defended the seat in Liverpool City Council handsomely over the second place Labour candidate. In the Much Woolton & ...
Tom Forth asks why the North of England is so poor, and suggests a variety of reasons, including the historical lack of universities there and the way Westminster has deprived local government of its powers. "If George's world view, and his work, were shaped by the second world war and the postwar international order ... Alex's has been most influenced by the struggle for civil rights and equality. His father's philanthropy started in South Africa and the struggle against apartheid, and Alex met Nelson Mandela at a young age." Roula Khalaf meets Alex Soros, the son of George Soros and ...
Lord Bonkers was in and out of Savoy Hill all the time in the early years of the BBC, though he has asked me to make clear he was never subject to an arse-booting himself. Such methods may not be appropriate in the world of today, but the old boy's right: something does need to be done about BBC News. Friday It's high time we had a proper BBC arse-booting; those Tory placemen (one of them is a former member of the Bee Gees, if you please) have been there long enough. I don't suppose you've had the pleasure of ...
Liberal Democrat Newswire #192 came out at the start of the week and you can now also read it in full below. But if you'd like to get future editions emailed direct to you as soon as they are published, just sign up now: Welcome to Lib Dem Newswire #192 and the big party news since last time is the publication of our general election review. It is a happier document than the post-2019 one but still one that includes important recommendations to boost our prospects. Many thanks to the review team for producing so promptly such a thorough and ...
I think our present predicament is aptly summarised by this letter, from a Patrick Owen of Powys, in the Guardian on Wednesday (22nd January.) "The US has inaugurated a president who has been charged with multiple crimes and is unfit in every respect to hold public office. The UK prime minister has warmly congratulated him with the hope of renewing the US/UK special relationship and working together to defend the world from tyranny. It is unsurprising that the worst of British public life flocked to [the Inauguration.] Trump can be judged by the company he keeps. They are birds of ...
Wishing all our contributors and readers a safe day, especially those in Scotland and Northern Ireland. Storm Éowyn will undoubtedly leave a mess to be cleared up by local Councils. If you can, do tell us how your Council is coping. * Mary Reid is a contributing editor on Lib Dem Voice. She was a councillor in Kingston upon Thames, where she is still very active with the local party, and is the Hon President of Kingston Lib Dems.
Five principal authority council by-elections this week and let us start with a successful Liberal Democrat defence that was more dramatic than you might guess from the simple result: [IMG: Carl Cashman and Josie Mullen] Much Woolton & Hunts Cross (Liverpool) Council By-Election Result: [IMG: 🔶] LDM: 51.1% (-2.4) [IMG: 🌹] LAB: 27.1% (-4.2) [IMG: ➡] RFM: 11.0% (New) [IMG: 🌍] GRN: 8.6% (-2.0) [IMG: 🌳] CON: 2.1% (-2.3)Liberal Democrat HOLD.Changes w/ 2023. — Election Maps UK (@electionmaps.uk) 2025-01-23T23:50:43.346Z
'Little Wonders' is the playgroup at St Peter's Free Church for 0-5 year olds and their parents/carers. It meets on Friday mornings during term time from 9.30am and 11am. There are lots of toys and free tea, coffee, cake and toddler snacks are provided. All are welcome but please note that, due to Storm Éowyn, it will not take place today, but returns next Friday - 31st January.
The Guardian reports that a landmark bill that would make the UK's climate and environment targets legally binding seems doomed after government whips ordered Labour MPs to oppose it following a breakdown in negotiations. The paper says that supporters of the climate and nature bill, introduced by the Liberal Democrat MP Roz Savage, say Labour have insisted on the removal of clauses that would require the UK to meet the targets it agreed to at Cop and other international summits: Although it is a private member's bill, more than 80 Labour MPs, including several ministers, had publicly signed up to ...
