Breaking Britain returns, this time it’s the schools
Why is so much of Britain’s infrastructure literally falling apart?
13 Sep 2023
News
Press release on the Autumn Statement.
Lib Dems condemn “chaotic and incompetent” budget
17 Nov 2022
Sewage in our Rivers
The sheer quantity of raw sewage being dumped into Britain’s rivers and coastal areas is a scandal and a disgrace.
14 Sep 2022
Farron Challenges Health Secretary On Radiotherapy For Kendal
Tim Farron MP is determined to continue the campaign to bring radiotherapy services to Westmorland General Hospital, he announced today, as he called on the government to publish an overdue review so a decision can be made.
12 Nov 2015
New Café for Priory Country Park
Bedford Borough Council has invited tenders to develop and run a café in the visitors centre at Priory Country Park. The multiple award-winning country park, which was awarded Green Flag status for the fourteenth year running this summer, already provides wonderful facilities for families, dog walkers, water sports, fishing and nature fans. However, in order to go even further and provide refreshments for those who wish to enjoy the park, the Council has invited businesses to tender.
12 Nov 2015
More power to local government
The Prime Minister's recent letter to the Leader of Oxfordshire County Council is not only hypocritical. It also displays the ignorance of so many Westminster politicians of how local councils work. One could even add the word contempt in some cases! For over a century now central government has gradually emasculated local government whose foresight it was that gave our grandparents and great grandparents decent social housing, clean water, gas, electricity, proper sewerage, basic education and much, much more.
CJMLSNH
12 Nov 2015
News about Nick Clegg’s book
For the last few months I have had the privilege of helping Nick Clegg to prepare his upcoming book (hence the sporadic nature of these blogs), which has been formally announced by the publisher today. Politics: The Art of the Possible in an Age of Unreason will be published next year on The Bodley Head, an arm of Penguin Random House. Their press release making the announcement is below. Nick has been clear from the start that he didn't want to write a long-winded political memoir or a salacious kiss and tell. This is a serious book that uses his experience at the top and bottom of British politics, and his time in government in particular, to grapple with a big question: why has politics become so volatile and unpredictable? From Cleggmania and Corbynmania to the rise of Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders, the unlikely has become the commonplace. From the SNP and UKIP at home to Syriza and Podemos abroad, populism and the politics of identity is on the rise. In Politics, Nick explores why that is and what the
PR
12 Nov 2015
What your £34 a year EU membership gets you
So you're not interested in the arguments over farming subsidies or legal jurisdiction- but these upsides of the EU might get your attention.. Being in the European Union costs the average British tax-payer £34 a year. That's how much it boils down to if you split up the UK's EU contribution. If you earn £26,500 (the average salary) then your contribution works out as less than a quarter of a TV licence.
FG
12 Nov 2015
Agenda 2020 essay #11 - What it means to be a Liberal Democrat today
For me, being a Liberal Democrat today implies sympathy with and a willingness to work for the following beliefs. LIBERTY comes at the top of the list, with the John Stuart Mill constraint that we are free only to do what doesn't harm others. This means that we value variety, welcome people with different cultures and religions and believe that diversity enriches society. We resist unjustified and indiscriminate state surveillance into our private lives. Where the preservation of liberty clashes with our other beliefs, such as equality, then we try to put liberty first.
PW
12 Nov 2015