Snowing in BathWe have received this email from the council's highways department With regards to today, due to the cold temperatures during this week the road surfaces are very cold and overnight the road temperature could be as low as -9c. Air temperatures are due to fall to -5c A few key pieces of information in the event of any enquiries. Our crews have salted the network regularly during the (more) |
Pennyquick to be 50 mph ?Bath and North East Somerset Council proposes to make an order under section 84 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 as amended, the effect of which will be that it is prohibited to drive a motor vehicle at a speed exceeding 50 miles per hour on that length of Pennyquick Hill, Bath which extends from a point 37 metres northwest of its junction with Poolemead Road in a north westerly direction (more) |
Waiting for the barbariansThe last time there was an English Defence League march in Leicester, many of their supporters stopped off in Market Harborough on the way. I was out searching for a lost Medieval village that day (I have an image to keep up), but I am told that they took over the town centre with their chanting for a while. This morning all was quiet. There were a lot of police around and the Wethersoon's pub where the EDL congregated had not opended. I saw only about a dozen EDL types in the town. They were clustered around another pub, which ... (more) |
Why do people think bullying on the internet is ok?The internet is largely anonymous. It is easy to make judgements on people we know and it is even easier to make snap judgements on people on the television. In this age where celebrity is a concept that has been diluted because of reality TV it has coincided with the explosion of social media. Therefore people on the TV and in the papers are more regular than before. Newspapers will run stories and photos of reality TV stars causing people to have more vocal opinions on said people. A few months ago Jesy Nelson was getting bullied over her looks ... (more) |
Caption Competition - ResultsAnd the winner is...George Potter "Oh my god, I think he's trying to grow a mohican." George, DM me an address via @richardmorrisuk and I'll send you some sort of prize. I have no idea what. :-) And by the way - brilliant blogging this week George too. Thanks for all the entries (more) |
Is Climate Change really happening?We seem to have ended up in odd place regarding the debate about Climate Change. It appears that the majority of scientists that work in the field of climate say that the climate is changing and that there is a large anthropogenic component to this change caused by greenhouse gases emitted by human activity. There are however a significant minority of scientists and others who think that either the whole thing is overblown and/or that there is either no, or very little evidence that humans have contributed to this. Both sides have lots and lots of data to back up ... (more) |
How Lib Dem members rated Chris Huhne and Ed Davey before the reshuffleLibDemVoice is currently conducting one of our regular surveys of party members to find out views on a range of issues. One of the questions we always ask is how satisfied Lib Dems are with key figures in the party. Though the survey is still open, a couple are now out-of-date — specifically, what members' opinions were of Chris Huhne and Ed Davey in the jobs they occupied until Friday. So here are their results... Chris Huhne: How would you rate the performances of Chris Huhne, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change? Very satisfied 15% Satisfied 40% Total ... (more) |
Going GlobalThough my blogging musings have been lighter over the past month or so, this blog has nevertheless made some international strides in recent weeks. America Firstly around Christmas, I was contacted by a business from across the pond in America asking for an opportunity to advertise with selected links in blog posts that matched their product. You probably won't have seen then, but they are there and in the last few days, the $40 (£25) payment reached my bank account via PayPal. It's only a small amount but after just over a year, it's a pleasant bonus to find that ... (more) |
Clegg's worst nightmare: Chris HuhneChris Huhne resigned, I believed it to be somewhat inevitable whether or not he was charged by the CPS, obviously the court case is live, so little can be said on the case itself, but the political impacts are huge on Clegg, and no matter what happens now he's in a corner, let me explain. The Huhne case can go one of two ways, and both will be bad for Clegg. if Huhne is convicted and found guilty, Clegg is faced with the double charge of leading a corrupt party, losing a seat in parliament (which from my knowledge of ... (more) |
Beliefs, Counselling & HomosexualityThe New York Times reports of a law case where a trainee counsellor, Julea Ward, asked for referral of clients seeking same-sex relationship advice on account of her Christian beliefs. Ms Ward claims that she doesn't want to change her clients' minds and behaviour, nor does she want to discriminate against homosexual clients. Indeed, she would ask for clients to be reassigned if there were (more) |