11-12 April 2026 - the weekend's press releasesScot Lib Dems set out plans to improve childcare for working families Scottish Lib Dems will fix NHS staffing as almost all GPs retiring early Scot Lib Dems set out plans to improve childcare for working families Scottish Liberal Democrat leader Alex Cole-Hamilton has today used a visit to a sports club in the Lothians to set out how his party will give parents more choice and help juggling work and family through funded early learning and childcare. Scottish Liberal Democrats would ensure families can access flexible, affordable and fair early learning and childcare (ELC). As well as protecting the ... (more) |
Ed Davey on Hillary Clinton, restive Lib Dem MPs and chessEd Davey has been talking to Hillary Clinton: "We talked about how we need to fight Reform in the way they need to fight Donald Trump, and she gave me some choice advice, which I'm not going to repeat because that would be unfair on her." He's also been talking to PoliticsHome- that's a quote from an interview they've posted this evening. "Pressed" (as if he needed pressing) to say more his meeting with Hillary Clinton, he added: "She said you have to be very strong and stand up to bullies and don't cave in and cosy up to them. ... (more) |
Roz Savage talks about the first of her solo transoceanic rowsRoz Savage, the Liberal Democrat MP for South Cotswolds, is the only woman to row solo across the the Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian Oceans. She has spoken about the first of those feats to Gloucestershire Live: "When I got up in the morning, I saw Antigua on the horizon. I was just like, I'm going to make it there today if it kills me. "So I just like rowed flat out for the whole day. "I was determined I was not going to spend another day on the ocean." She said arriving on land was just fantastic after such a ... (more) |
"But I walked home through the rain crying..."On Sunday 12 April 1908 David Lloyd George was appointed Chancellor of the Exchequer. It was less than five months after the death of Mair, his eldest daughter and best-beloved child. Her death, aged 17, was probably the worst personal loss of his life. He cursed god, when not denying him altogether. For months he was liable to burst into tears at the unexpected sight of a picture of her in a friend's house, and he refused to return to live at the home they had shared, sleeping instead in his office at the Board of Trade where Willie Clark, ... (more) |
Dogs pushing dogs racing dogs pushing dogsWatch two Australian Cattle Dogs, Ruger and Rogue, go racing: And more: This is surely a dead cert for the next Olympics. (more) |
Wendy Chamberlain to run London MarathonIt says something about Wendy Chamberlain's capacity for hard work that in amongst being Chief Whip, an energetic constituency MP, and running the Scottish elections that she's going to be running the London Marathon two weeks today. Here she is talking to Radio 5 Live about it this week: Obviously we wish Wendy all the best in her endeavour, but we should all really put our money where our mouths are too. Wendy is using her run as an opportunity to raise money for two charities very close to her heart. Wendy has been raising the issue of PANS PANDAS ... (more) |
Dementia is a terrible wasting condition. How do people cope?If we think of death at all we all roughly have the same hope. To die peacefully in one's bed at the age of 90 or so, having been healthy until 3 days before we go. For many people that is not what happens. As we live longer, we do not necessarily live healthier. Not only is there a clear gap in life expectancy based on poverty with wealthier people living eight years longer in parts of our City but poverty also leads to more unhealthy lives so poor people live shorter lives with a much larger portion of those ... (more) |
Ed Davey on Kuennsberg to talk about "Trump's idiotic war" and need to act on food securityEd Davey was interviewed by Victoria Derbyshire who was sitting in for Laura Kuennsberg this morning. He wanted to talk about our plan to ensure food security by giving a billion to England's farmers and introduce a Good Food Bill in next month's King's Speech. Unsurprisingly, though, the first question was about whether we supported the UK sending military help to keep the Strait of Hormuz open. Ed said: I think we should work with our international partners, particularly at the UN if possible but certainly with our allies in NATO and elsewhere and in the Gulf Region in particular ... (more) |
Bill Oddie: On Ilkla Moor Baht'atGraeme Garden was singing the praises of Bill Oddie's music for I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again and The Goodies on the Through the Square Window podcast the other day. And this is a good example of how funny and accomplished it was. The Dandelion Records label, says Dandies in the Underworld, was a labour of love run by John Peel and record company Clive Selworthy. The latter explains how the record came about:One of the label's most collectable singles is Bill Oddie's On Ilkley Moor Baht'at. I think I was behind that. It was another one of our jokes ... (more) |
Tom Arms' World ReviewUK and Russia UK-Russian tensions have been ratcheted up several notches this week. It started when Vladimir Putin sent a Russian frigate to escort two shadow fleet oil tankers through the English Channel. The move was a response to Sir Keir Starmer's threat to board and impound any of the sanctioned tankers moving through British waters. Result: stand- off. The tankers issue was followed by a press conference at which Defence Secretary John Healey announced that British forces—in cooperation with Norway—had foiled a Russian attempt to cut a key undersea cable north of the UK. Not revealed at the press ... (more) |