Showing posts with label Manchester. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Manchester. Show all posts
Friday, October 09, 2026

Reform councillor breaches rules by being leader of his own political party

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Embed from Getty Images It sometimes seems the judges never sleep, but you have to hand it to them. In making our Headline of the Day Award ...
Wednesday, September 30, 2026

The Joy of Six 1584

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"The judge told him he did not qualify for asylum and asked the 13-year-old to make a choice: a promise of a $3,000 stipend from the De...
Monday, September 14, 2026

The Joy of Six 1576

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Anna Sabine , Liberal Democrat MP for Frome and East Somerset, has discovered what happens when a politician loses her voice: "There’s ...
Tuesday, September 08, 2026

Geoff Marshall asks: What are Britain's least served stations?

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Geoff Marshall says in his YouTube blurb: So we quite often talk about Least Used Stations ... but what about the Least SERVED - the station...
Monday, August 24, 2026

The Joy of Six 1566

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"Our promise should be: We don’t want power so we can run your life. We want power in order to give it back to you."  Roz Savage ...
Tuesday, August 18, 2026

Right to Roam plans mass trespass in Andy Burnham's Makerfield

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The Right to Roam campaign is panning a mass trespass in the prime minister's Makerfield constituency to publicise its call for a public...
Monday, August 17, 2026

GUEST POST Why has the HS2 project been such a disaster?

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Peter Chambers goes in search of enlightenment about the ironic low-speed train crash that is HS2. Most people I meet have an opinion on HS...
Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Eddie Waring's "Dark Satanic Mills End" was at Hilton Park, Leigh

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Embed from Getty Images I've a memory of Eddie Waring , the BBC's rugby league commentator between 1949 and 1981, referring to the ...
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Saturday, August 01, 2026

Under the Influence? A new report on alcohol at Westminster

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When the newly elected Hannah Spencer  – the Green victor in this year's Gorton and Denton by-election – voiced her shock at the role al...
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Wednesday, July 29, 2026

The Joy of Six 1554

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"The idea that England has always been governed from a single political centre is surprisingly recent. Westminster may now appear almos...
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Thursday, July 09, 2026

The Joy of Six 1545

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"Progressive politicians must see social media as a means to an end. If they’re swallowed by social media, they’ll lose their moral cor...
Saturday, July 04, 2026

Violent drunk banned from booze after throwing flapjack at police officer's genitals having missed with Pot Noodle

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It wasn't a long judges' meeting: the Manchester Evening News  has won our Headline of the Day Award. Incidentally, when I worked at...
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Wednesday, July 01, 2026

The Joy of Six 1541

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"Former MI6, counterterror, and police officials expressed disbelief at the refusal by the British authorities to countenance a full mu...
Tuesday, June 23, 2026

The Joy of Six 1537

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David Howarth reminds us that both Tony Blair and Keir Starmer said pluralist things in opposition, only to go back on them in power: ...
Saturday, June 20, 2026

GUEST POST Why have the Lib Dems given up fighting most parliamentary by-elections?

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Lib Dem HQ has decided to stop making an effort in unpromising Westminster by-elections. Regular guest poster Augustus Carp argues that the...
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Wednesday, June 03, 2026

The Joy of Six 1527

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"In the Wigan constituency, which has always been Labour-held but where Reform picked up 24 out of 25 seats in last month’s local elect...
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Monday, May 25, 2026

The Joy of Six 1523

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Niamh McIntyre had been investigating the spike in racist AI videos aimed at British surfers: "It is often young, entrepreneurial men ...
Friday, May 22, 2026

The Joy of Six 1522

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"Why, if the homes are unregistered and therefore illegal, are English councils still placing children in them? And how can the system ...
Thursday, May 21, 2026

The Reform councillor who wants to turn Eccles into the "UK's Dubai"

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The Manchester Evening News wins our Headline of the Day Award. "Ambition? I had ambition once," remarked one of the judges.
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Monday, May 11, 2026

Frank reaction today to the Lib Dem election performance

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"Am I alone in thinking our response to the local election results is a little too self-congratulatory?" asked David Vigar on Lib...
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