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Matt Bunday, councillor for Swaythling ward and who was secretary of the Labour Party group on Southampton Council, has joined the Liberal Democrats. The Bitterne Park local website reports: Although he didn't stand himself, he expressed frustration about the process for electing the new Labour group leader, claiming it lacked "sufficient transparency, integrity and engagement". He said he is also a "big remainer, a big pro European" and he'd "given Labour seven or eight years to get sorted on this". "The Liberal Democrats are very clear about it, so there's a principled thing - there's a hard thing there". Bunday ...
Zac Polanski's pitch for the leadership of the Greens is centred on the idea of attracting the sort of urban, left-wing voters who were enthused by Jeremy Corbyn. Which makes this Buzzfeed news story from 2016 unexpected reading: The man who heckled Jeremy Corbyn at a Momentum rally on Wednesday evening is a Liberal Democrat activist who stood for the party in last month's London Assembly elections. Zack Polanski told BuzzFeed News he decided to interrupt the meeting of Corbyn supporters because the Labour leader's "passivity and ambivalence for Europe" had contributed to Britain voting to leave the EU in ...
Trump's bombing of Iran and the NATO summit mark the beginning of a new era in international relations. They were both a political success for the American president. They were also both a disaster for international law and the rules-based order that has underpinned the longest period of peace and prosperity in world history. We have now entered an age of strong man politics where laws and political outcomes are determined not by legal precedence and a sense of equality and justice, but by the strength of the political leader and the country they lead. In short, might is right. ...
BBC News wins our Headline of the Day Award. Lord Bonkers happened to look in just now. He remarked that from his long experience of the world of espionage, what worries him about Blaise Metreweli is that she went to Cambridge.
There's a host of fun activities for all children, young people and families during the summer school holidays. A full list of activities is available at https://t.co/OfRmq2zGSc
Spent a lovely day at the City of St David's yesterday and the magnificent cathedral. I haven't been there for about five years and, apart from some new housing estates on the outskirts. it hasn't changed one bit. On display was the first Welsh translation of the bible from 1588. I hadn't realised either that the tomb of Edmund Tudor was situated there either. The brass on top is a copy of that stripped off by Oliver Cromwell's men in the 1640s. The renovation work inside the cathedral is very impressive. There are also a number of poems displayed by ...
The first has been removed at some point in the film's history, but can still be seen in the trailer. The second is harder to spot, but it's there. Porfle Popnecker (crazy name, crazy guy!?!) is your guide in this video. While we're on Shane, the film's final line may not be what you think it is.
My great great grandmother Jane Clark Campbell died at the age of 22, having had a son with one Alexander Calder. We've seen plenty about one of her brothers, Sandy Campbell; now it's the turn of one of her sisters. Thanks to Don Fox and his blog, I can tell you about Johanna Campbell. (According to the article in The Sphere I blogged about earlier this year, Jane, Sandy and Johanna's father - my great great great grandfather - was a keeper rather than a labourer.) Johanna Campbell was born at Khantore, Crathie in 1852, the daughter of a labourer. ...
In Scotland, we won another council seat after ranked preferences were accounted for. Well done to Kevin McKay and the team for securing another Liberal Democrat councillor in Edinburgh. City of Edinburgh Council, Fountainbridge/Craiglockhart 1st Preferences: Labour: 1,293 (20.8%, -1.7) Liberal Democrats (Kevin McKay): 1,269 (20.4%, +13.3) Scottish Greens: 1,133 (18.2%, -1.7) SNP: 905 (14.5%, -8.2) Conservative: 857 (13.8%, -12.8) Reform UK: 489 (7.9%, new) Independent: 111 (0.6%, new) Independent: 99 (0.6%, new) SFP: 34 (0.5%, -0.2) LBT: 25 (0.4%, -0.1) Independent: 25 (0.4%, new) Independent: 9 (0.1%, new) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour We secured an overwhelming victory, with ...
I'm delighted to learn that Beamish Museum have been named Art Fund Museum of the Year 2025. The award brings with it a useful £120,000. Beamish, only a short distance from where I live, preserves the history of the North East and has recently added more to the 1950s and Georgian areas of the Museum. Well done to everyone who made the award possible.I filmed the video above on my last visit
Meet James Walker-Gurley, newly elected Councillor for Reform in Nottinghamshire and cabinet member for economic development and asset management. Now watch the above video, courtesy of Political Custard. This has to be one of the most stand-out car crash interviews in recent history. He giggled through most of a media interview, cluelessly admitted he could not answer some questions about
A bumper 10 principal authority council by-elections this week and let's kick off with a Liberal Democrat hold with a big swing from previously second-place Labour: Crediton Lawrence (Mid Devon) Council By-Election Result: [IMG: 🔶] LDM: 64.9% (+12.8) [IMG: âž¡] RFM: 27.2% (New) [IMG: 🌹] LAB: 7.9% (-18.3)No CON (-21.7) as previous.Liberal Democrat HOLD.Changes w/ 2023. — Election Maps UK (@electionmaps.uk) 2025-06-26T23:42:38.941Z For what all this means for the running total of council by-election results since the last May elections, see my council by-elections scorecard here. These by-election results round-ups cover principal authority by-elections as it's only those for which ...
All are welcome at an event at Riverside Nature Park a week on Saturday - 5th July - at which the lovely new signage for the park will be officially launched. The signs are designed by the wonderful Cara Rooney Illustration and the event will be fun for all the family!
Watchers of parliamentary controversies will be suffering a severe case of déjà vu today, after Keir Starmer offered his rebellious backbenchers "massive concessions" on the controversial welfare bill in the hope of securing their vote at second reading on Tuesday. It is long-standing tactic by governments through the ages when faced with serious rebellions, making changes without altering the thrust of the legislation. The Guardian reports that leading rebels told the paper that they had been promised significant changes to the planned cuts that could cost the government several billion pounds over the next few years but look set to ...
