Swalwell action dayAnother Saturday and therefore another Gateshead Lib Dem action day. This time it was in Swalwell. I took a patch with 211 doors and delivered them in 40 minutes. While this sounds impressive, it should be pointed out that the patch I did was predominantly terraces with no front gardens. A bit of a doddle!I then used the opportunity to go to Birtley North and finish a patch I had started (more) |
Cutting cake at the TynesiderThe cake that Gateshead Lib Dems had made as a replica of the derelict but still standing Flyover was moved to the Tynesider pub last night where Lib Dem Leader in Gateshead, Ron Beadle, gave Labour a lesson on how to demolish a structure! Cake was handed out to the pub's customers and Ron was called to the DJ's box to give an impromptu speech along the lines of Labour being unable to (more) |
What does "Putting Christ back into Christmas" mean?This isn't a political question - or, at least, it shouldn't be. However, it has recently become one, especially in the way that certain people seem to be asking it to make political points. Various people have seemed determined to claim there is a "war on Christmas" in order to justify their own cultural attacks on those they claim to be responsible for it. One of these individuals is Tommy Robinson / Stephen Yaxley-Lennon who has pledged to put "Christ back into Christmas" and this afternoon held a "carol service" outside Downing Street. So concerned is it by these developments ... (more) |
Richard Dimbleby, David Dimbleby, Henry Dimbleby and the hereditary principleDavid Dimbleby's current television series is questioning Britain's hereditary monarchy. So it's time for a thumping ad hominem argument and some fun with the Dimblebys and the hereditary principle. Here's his father Richard Dimbleby in 1956. Because of his work as the BBC's war correspondent during World War II, including reports from newly liberated the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, he was Britain's most celebrated broadcaster and a significant public figure. And here's David's son Henry Dimbleby, at the age of 13, in one of the two BBC adaptions of Arthur Ransome books - Coot Club and The Bix Six - in ... (more) |
The Joy of Six 1448David Howarth says Liberal Democrats should attack Brexit, not just "the Tories' botched Brexit deal". "Many have had to take extensive measures to protect their staff and service users. They've hired security guards, put trackers on phones, removed company listings and names from websites. In some cases, they've even installed safe rooms."Nicola Kelly describes how far-right attacks against refugee charities are causing workers to leave the sector to protect themselves. "Unable to defeat Ukraine quickly or force political capitulation in Kyiv, Russia has expanded the battlefield into the daily life of European societies. Moscow's objective is clear: weaken Western unity ... (more) |
ScrapAntics Winter GatheringThe ScrapAntics Winter Gathering is tomorrow - Sunday 14th December - from 12 noon to 3pm in its Community Hub in the Wellgate Shopping Centre. All welcome! (more) |
Swansea's link to the development of radarSwansea council's website tells us about Edward George 'Taffy' Bowen, who is honoured by a blue plaque on his former residence in Cockett, Swansea for his role in the early development of radar in both the UK and USA; particularly airborne radar and its applications in air to surface detection of ships and submarines (ASV), and air interception (AI). Near the end of the war, he moved to Australia, where he used this knowledge to carry out research that he headed as Chief of the Radiophysics Division of CSIRO: These programs, which included his enduring personal interest in cloud physics, ... (more) |