This week saw 4 by-elections with 3 Liberal Democrat candidates – an improvement on last time these wards were up for election. These were two Labour defences, with one each defended by the ...

Thought for the Day: "We know that at night-time someone goes by amongst the trees, but we never speak of it" "Come back, Shane!" are not the last words spoken in the film Order of Service ...

In 2025, the world marks 80 years since Victory in Europe (VE) Day. But the war in Ukraine rages on – a stark reminder that peace and freedom can never be taken for granted. While we celebrate ...

None of this policy is coherent at all. Can someone explain how a Carers Minimum wage will actually work and not have a knock of effect. So lets say the wage is lifted to £15an hour, that means ...

A lively debate is going on in our local borough party about how the Lib Dems should deal with the Tories and Nigel Farage, following Reform UK’s big advances in the Elections held on 1 May.

An appeal: if you’re discussing what someone has said, please quote the words or give a link to them. I assume it’s this disappointing statement from Lisa Smart, which is to be found among the ...

Thank you, Tom, for another great piece. I wrote in ‘Hitchhiking to India in 1962’: Mahatma Gandhi was born in Porbandar, Gujarat on October 2nd, 1869. On January 30th, 1948, he was ...

Well said Caron! Aa the husband, son, & great-grandchild of immigrants over hundreds of year, the contribution of immigrants to Britsh society has been immense. It is ahicking to hear a Labour PM ...

This week, MPs and MSPs could take big steps towards passing legislation to pass assisted dying. In Westminster, the first of three days discussing amendments to Kim Leadbetter’s Private Members ...

“British leadership offered real hope for the world, and … has remained a powerful force for good.” Really ? Currently our government keeps its head down over the atrocities being committed ...

What’s in a name? If you’re the Pope, quite a lot. With 2,000-years of history, the incoming Bishop of Rome is able to choose a name from among his 266 predecessors whose career best reflects ...

Following the 95 local by-elections we saw on the undercard for the 1 st May elections, we returned this week to a rather more sedentary two. On Thursday 8 th May, there was a Labour defence in ...