Mr Craig’s parents split up when he was four; Mr Blond’s parents’ marriage ended when he was a teenager. His father married Mr Craig’s mother 15 years ago.
"He would have been great in the upcoming EU referendum - he won't be known just for [his problems]. He was so much more than that."
Why would he have been so good in the EU referendum?
"He was always pushing for the party to be an internationalist voice.
"He believed that in an increasingly globalised world, having Britain in Europe was the only way forward.
"And I think that's the message the party needs pushing. And he was one of the first people to get out there and voice that."An unremarkable, loyal Liberal Democrat view you might think.
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"He is committed to working hard for the community and brings with him many talents that will complement the Lib Dem group on Harborough District Council perfectly."Note that I have avoided using the word "defected," which usually appears in such stories. We are talking about local government here, not the Cold War.
With the film, I wanted to try and surmise two things that seem inherent to Garner’s work. The first is the special relationship Garner has with the landscape of his native Cheshire, of Alderley Edge and the surrounding rural locations. Tying into this was the second aspect, of how this landscape allows the questioning of the role of time, its effect on space and the philosophy behind it
"The objection was to do with the bill not being given enough time to be heard and debated properly.
"There are concerns surrounding the details of this bill and these need to be debated properly.
"If the government want this bill then there is nothing to stop them giving more time to it and I would welcome that. The objection is not to the bill in principle.
"Any concerns that we do have could be addressed if we are given more time.
"I’ve got broad shoulders so I can cope with the criticism, but I do feel I have been made a scapegoat in this."No, he's not talking about his decision to block Wera Hobhouse's bill to criminalise upskirting.
The public will be able to use most libraries seven days a week from between 8am and 10pm under new plans to double the number of visitors over the next five years.
Nearly 200 of the State’s 330 public libraries will open for longer, while the public will be able to take and return books when the libraries are unmanned using scanners.
The extended hours will give members more opportunities to study, use wifi, hold meetings and, in some cases, use libraries’ free "hot-desking" facilities to work remotely from offices.It is hard to resist the conclusion that Britain is becoming a more backward country and that Brexit will make this process worse.
A vintage train operator that normally runs journeys for enthusiasts has stepped in to provide rail services to the Lake District after the operator Northern cancelled all of its trains following a timetabling fiasco.
West Coast Railways, which runs charter trains along some of the UK’s most scenic routes, formally launched its first service on the Lakes line on Monday, two weeks after Northern suspended all journeys and introduced a replacement bus service.
A 40-year-old diesel engine and carriages will carry passengers free of charge along the 10-mile route from Oxenholme to Windermere six times a day, from 9.25am to 7pm. It is understood that the Department for Transport will meet the £5,500 daily cost of running the service.And there's more:
Tim Farron, the MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale, worked with a local passenger group to arrange for West Coast Railways to run services on the line. “We’re nine hours into the service and we’ve been on time throughout the day,” he said.
“It’s a victory for the can-do over the can’t-do. We’ve shamed the Department for Transport and Northern rail by making something happen. We are doing them reputational damage every time we run a train and they don’t.”
He added: “Let’s be honest, Northern rail run trains that are a bit less old, but a lot less nice. Northern rail run Pacers, which are a bit less elderly but without the charm.”Well done to Tim and the local campaigners. If privatisation had allowed more such local initiatives I would find it easier to support it.
When they came up to the gap in the walls which once had been a gateway they saw that nothing but the central tower remained inside, Sheep were nibbling on the very ground where Henry VIII's garrison may have sat down to eat, ivy climbed the walls from which armoured sentinels had watched the Channel, and from the crumbling mortar of the keep lusty wallflowers were swaying in the wind.
They stood for a moment in the big, grassy space. The sun beat down upon them, and they were sheltered, too, from the breeze which was rustling the leaves above them. The only sound was the monotonous baaing of the sheep and the ceaseless song of the larks overhead.
Malcolm Saville, The Gay Dolphin Adventure, 1945
Yes that triggers a vague memory. I remember I talked my then girlfriend into coming along.— rawliberal (@rawliberal) June 17, 2018
By the time we got to KnebworthI think that may have been where it ended too.
We were half a carload strong.
Former Liberal Democrat MPs Lembit Öpik and Parmjit Singh Gill join Conservative MP Nigel Evans as newly elected Members of Parliament for Asgardia, the first space nation. Asgardia recently closed its Parliamentary elections and appointed 147 members to its Parliament, tasked with representing the best interests of over 200,000 Asgardian citizens from all over the world.But where, I hear you ask, is Asgardia?
Asgardia will be a fully fledged, independent nation inhabited on a low Earth orbit. It began with a satellite, Asgardia-1, that was launched in 2017, to be followed by an orbital satellite constellation launch in 2019-2020, and later by other satellite constellations and Space Arks, as well as by settlements on the Moon.I think they have chosen their representatives wisely.
