Let there be light
http://douglasmccall.mycouncillor.org.uk/2013/10/30/street-lights-broken/dmcc-street-light-number/ Cllr Douglas McCall points out...
15 Mar 2016
National News
NHS depends on migrant workers
55,341 EU citizens work in NHS hospital and community health services in England, as do 73,681 non EU/non UK people. There's already a shortage in many areas, hence the use of agency staff. About half all Sierra Leone qualified doctors work in the NHS - a country recently ravaged by Ebola
15 Mar 2016
Help to Save is just ‘smoke and mirrors’ - Lib Dems Susan Kramer
The government's plan to make people save for an emergency through the proposed 'Help to Save' shows how out of touch the Conservatives are with the realities of those who are struggling.
15 Mar 2016
Help to Save is just ‘smoke and mirrors’ - Lib Dems Susan Kramer
The government's plan to make people save for an emergency through the proposed 'Help to Save' shows how out of touch the Conservatives are with the realities of those who are struggling.
15 Mar 2016
Shortlists and Privilege
On Sunday, Conference voted for all-women shortlists. As part of the debate, I gave a speech outlining how my experience showed that lots of men simply aren't aware of the privilege they have. I was surprised that this speech would immediately precede the rare event of a leader's speech in a debate. Tim - I hope I set them up all right for you! For the first 40 years of my life I lived as male. Transitioning to female in 2004, and starting my own software company at the same time, showed me what I had anticipated - that I had to work much harder to be treated as worth listening to. It didn't come as a shock to me, as I'd observed this since childhood - in fact, it was one of the reasons I used to delay transition. But I know other trans women who have been surprised by this side-effect. A few years ago, my sales director and I were discussing my experiences of gender transition. He was genuinely surprised when I explained how I felt I was now perceived in meetings, such as the one we had just left. However, i
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15 Mar 2016
All women shortlists
At Liberal Democrat Conference in York this weekend I have been told by a number of women that they would not want to be the candidate for a seat that selected from an all women shortlist. I have some news for them, most of them won't be. The motion passed means that of the around 580 seats that the Liberal Democrats will contend 8 must have all women shortlists. I will now issue a direct challenge to those women, don't walk away from the party but instead as there are up to 572 seats not selecting on all women shortlists so choose one of those seats and get selected as a Parliamentary Candidate. However, my challenge goes much further than that because right now we only have enough approved candidates who are women to fill a quarter of those seats so at the same time convince another woman who is capable of standing for parliament to do the same.
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15 Mar 2016