Saturday, May 13, 2017

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"Ever since she took over from David Cameron last summer, she has spoken as if Britain is a nation harmoniously united, aside from ...

The evidence behind the Lib Dem call to legalise cannabis

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The Liberal Democrat call for a regulated market in cannabis this week has attracted more media interest than out policies normally do. ...
Friday, May 12, 2017

St Pancras Old Church on St Pancras's Day

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Having begun the day by wishing you a happy St Pancras's Day, there was only one place to go. St Pancras Old Church stands just to ...

Happy St Pancras Day

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As John Betjeman wrote: Saint Pancras was a fourteen-year old Christian boy who was martyred in Rome in AD 304 by the Emperor Dio...
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Thursday, May 11, 2017

Arts Council grant for the Richard Jefferies Museum

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Good news from Swindon Link . The Richard Jefferies Museum at Coate has receive a donation of £55,000 from the Arts Council towards a pro...

Tensions between May and Hammond mean the government is neither strong nor stable

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Embed from Getty Images What makes a government weak and unstable? Tensions between the prime minister and the chancellor that...
Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Darlington to Middleton in Teesdale in 1963

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More evocative footage of a lost branch line, This one closed to passengers the year after the film was shot.

Now a Market Harborough school imposes 'hands behind back' rule

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It's reached Market Harborough. It's reached a Market Harborough school where, in an earlier life, I was a governor. The Daily M...
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Six of the Best 690

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Conservative member Peter Reynolds says Theresa May is not strong and stable but cowardly, evasive and weak. "This divorce is not ...

More titbits on Dr Teck Khong, the Ukip candidate for Harborough

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Last night I introduced you to Dr Teck Khong , Ukip's candidate for Harborough on 8 June, He has featured on this blog a couple of t...
Tuesday, May 09, 2017

Viewing the remains of Roman Leicester

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The excavations of Roman remains off Great Central Street in the centre of Leicester were opened to the public on Saturday and Sunday. ...
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The sheer bloody uselessness of Jeremy Corbyn

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Embed from Getty Images The problem with Jeremy Corbyn is not his left-wing politics, The problem is that he is no good as a leade...
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Introducting Dr Teck Khong, Ukip's candidate for Harborough

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On Sunday Ukip announced they would be standing a candidate in the Harborough constituency as the new Conservative candidate, Neil O'...
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Tim Farron's hovercraft ride keeps up a Liberal tradition

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Exciting times at Burnham-on-Sea today as Tim Farron and Tessa Munt visited the Hovercraft Search and Rescue Centre. Tim spoke to the wo...
Monday, May 08, 2017

Nottingham to Lincoln by water

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The British Waterways hotel boat Water Wanderer makes its way from Nottingham to Lincoln via the River Trent and the Roman canal the Fossd...

The old Hippodrome in Brighton

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After my flirtation with restoration at Embassy Court, let's return to derelict Brighton. The old Hippodrome is tucked in, rather u...

Ten thoughts on the prospects for a progressive alliance

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1. In Scotland, Yes lost the referendum, but the 45 per cent who backed it united behind the SNP and became an unstoppable force in first...

Llamas delay trains between Hildenborough and Sevenoaks on Southeastern line

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Kent Online wins our Headline of the Day Award. Liberal England adds: Did I ever tell you that I was derailed by cows in Kent? ...

Six of the Best 689

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"In my first general election the Liberal Party’s policy was that employees and shareholders should have equal rights to share the pr...

David Steel bigs up Tim Farron

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Embed from Getty Images On the New Statesman website, the former Liberal Party leaders praises the current Liberal Democrat leade...
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