Wiltshire Council wants to introduce charges for using the county's tips in the 2017/18 financial year. Before that, in September this year, there will be a permit system for people bringing in waste in vans or large trailers. There will be no charge for the permits at this stage, but there will be a limit of 12 visits per year.
Former Liberal Democrat leader Lord Ashdown has called for a progressive platform to bring together politicians from different parties… The peer said he was not proposing a new party but, like current Lib Dem leader Tim Farron, he refused to close the door on the idea.
Once again, an awful election result for Liberal Democrats has been followed by a huge increase in party membership. The referendum result itself only directly triggered a small boom in party membership in the immediate aftermath. Then came Tim Farron's public comments about continuing to fight the pro-European cause. It was those which which triggered the big volumes of new members. The distribution of the new members matches that of the Remain vote around the country. That means, for example, a huge surge in membership in London and much less of one down in the south west. The surge is happening not in areas of traditional party strength but in areas with a strongly small l liberal outlook.
The government has backtracked a little on its plans to academise all schools in the UK - but they have not given up the idea...
So. Today is voting day for the Referendum which means I have had to get up. I don't do getting up every day but today is too important not to so I am now sitting in my wheelchair and I'm not entirely happy about it.
can't believe it's nearly over.