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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><rss version="2.0"> <channel> <title>LibDemBlogs</title> <link>http://www.libdemblogs.co.uk</link> <description>Aggregated Stories from LibDem Blogs</description> <language>en-gb</language> <copyright>Copyright: (C) www.libdemblogs.co.uk</copyright> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:31:02 BST</lastBuildDate> <docs>http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss</docs> <generator>Artesea RSS Creator</generator> <image> <url>http://www.libdemblogs.co.uk/images/blog.png</url> <title>LibDemBlogs</title> <link>http://www.libdemblogs.co.uk</link> </image> <item> <title><![CDATA[Boris Johnson to speak at the model for Bonkers Hall - and opera singers are up in arms]]></title> <link>http://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/04/boris-johnson-to-speak-at-model-for.html</link> <description><![CDATA[Boris Johnson is to appear at the Nevill Holt Festival in conversation with Andrew Roberts on 14 June. And you will be aware that it's a rare scholar now who denies that Nevill Holt Hall is the inspiration for Bonkers Hall.* Thanks to the great Solar Pilchard on Bluesky, I find that this news has gone down badly with the nation's opera singers. A cutting from Van Magazine runs: Sudden Holt Opera professionals were already pretty angry with the country house opera company Nevill Holt, which a few years ago made the rather sudden switch from supporting opera to a ...]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 22:24:00 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Responsible Child: When the facts comes before the drama]]></title> <link>http://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/04/responsible-child-when-facts-comes.html</link> <description><![CDATA[The success of the Netflix series Adolescence, and my doubts as to how far it reflects reality, has put me in mind of the BBC television play Responsible Child from 2019. This showed how the legal system deals with a 12-year-boy who has helped his older brother murder their abusive stepfather. Responsible Child was the first play directed by the BAFTA-winning documentary maker Nick Holt, who was interviewed at the time by Deadline: Tell me how Responsible Child came about. I was up in Scotland making The Murder Trial, probably for about 18 months in total, looking at various cases, ...]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:30:00 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Prime minister's questions: Have the Tories given up?]]></title> <link>http://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/04/prime-ministers-questions-have-tories.html</link> <description><![CDATA[Kemi Badenoch has a problem at prime minister's questions. Every time she attacks Labour on the economy, Keir Starmer simply has to hang the record of the last Conservative government round her neck to win the exchange. But she has another, as the Guardian live politics blog pointed out. She lacks support from her own side of the House: Towards the end of the session Greg Smith asked a question that backed up the Badenoch "jobs tax" critique. ... On its own, a single question like this is unlikely to make much impression. But half a dozen of them might. ...]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 18:47:00 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Barnett formula short-changing Welsh public services on national insurance increase]]></title> <link>http://peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/04/barnett-formula-short-changing-welsh.html</link> <description><![CDATA[Welsh politicians have spent two and a half decades in the Senedd pointing out the inequities of the Barnett formula which is used to determine the level of funding for public services here, but the latest outrage around this outdated Treasury methodology is threatening to have a real impact on public services this side of Offa's Dyke. The BBC reports that Wales' public services face a shortfall of up to £65m as a result of the National Insurance increase because, although chancellor Rachel Reeves has committed to covering the public sector costs in England, here in Wales the UK Treasury ...]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 17:41:00 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[William Wallace writes..British Politics in a national and global emergency]]></title> <link>https://www.libdemvoice.org/william-wallace-writesbritish-politics-in-a-national-and-global-emergency-77311.html</link> <description><![CDATA[Martin Wolf, as so often, had it right in the Financial Times the other week. He argued that in the multi-headed crisis we now face, the proper response of government is to tell the voters that this is both a national and a global emergency and that national economic and fiscal policies will have to take these exceptional circumstances into account. The impact of Trump's tariffs on the global economy could plunge us all into a deep recession. Labour knew when they came into office that Russia's attack on Ukraine had raised difficult questions about replacing stocks of equipment and ...]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 13:55:43 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[We can win in Hull and East Yorkshire. But only with your help]]></title> <link>https://www.libdemvoice.org/we-can-win-in-hull-and-east-yorkshire-but-only-with-your-help-77307.html</link> <description><![CDATA[[IMG: Lib Dems in sunshine with Mike Ross, Mark Pack and Shaffaq Mohammed] If you were at our recent Spring conference, you will hopefully have heard all about my campaign to become the first Mayor of Hull and East Yorkshire. Last weekend, we were joined by Party President Mark Pack in Hessle, East Yorkshire, to formally launch our campaign for the mayoralty. It was an honour to be joined by Lord Pack and by so many activists, both from across the region and further afield, such as Lord Shaffaq Mohammed and a team from Sheffield. We've also had a visit ...]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:55:31 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[The Joy of Six 1342]]></title> <link>http://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-joy-of-six-1342.html</link> <description><![CDATA["Part of this is down to the increasing centralisation of politics. The prime minister's role has expanded dramatically over the decades, and cabinet government has been a fiction for a long time (Nigel Lawson claimed that cabinet meetings were the only time during the week that he got a rest). Even minor departmental decisions now have to be signed off by the centre and slotted into a communications grid."Sam Freedman on the rise and rise of political advisers. Luke McGee suspects Putin is up against his biggest opponent yet - Trump's ego: "Trump clearly wants something that looks like a ...]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 11:00:00 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Mark Pack's Monthly Report to members]]></title> <link>https://www.libdemvoice.org/mark-packs-monthly-report-to-members-3-77305.html</link> <description><![CDATA[Our electoral system cannot cope Securing 30% of the vote in a general election used to be a general election losing vote share for Labour or the Conservatives. But it is now quite possible that the winner of the next Westminster general election will not top 30%, and that we will have four political parties within 10-15 points of each other. First past the post is really not designed for that... This comes with two important implications for ourselves. One is the continuing importance of local elections, both in their own right and also as a way of establishing credibility ...]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:45:29 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Liberals and socialists - a response]]></title> <link>https://www.libdemvoice.org/liberals-and-socialists-a-response-77304.html</link> <description><![CDATA[Last week, I came across an article by Chris Whiting on Lib Dem Voice, which you can read here. Chris makes a compelling case for why liberals and socialists should collaborate, and I highly recommend it. Nevertheless, I would like to offer an alternative perspective. I want to focus on a line from Chris's article in which he states, "If you follow the principles of liberalism to their logical conclusion, you arrive at socialism." I disagree. Socialism aims to establish a society where private property has been abolished, and the working class owns the means of production. In contrast, liberalism ...]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 07:30:07 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Getting things done - Loganlee Terrace #dundeewestend]]></title> <link>http://www.dundeewestend.com/2025/04/getting-things-done-loganlee-terrace.html</link> <description><![CDATA[Residents recently contacted us to advise that part of a tree had fallen in Loganlee Terrace. We raised this with the council forestry team who advised : "A forestry officer has now gone to assess the tree and has written out the risk assessment for the removal to be done. It is now with the arborist to be done and he should get to it in the very near future."]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Boys and influencers part 2]]></title> <link>http://carlminns.blogspot.com/2025/04/boys-and-influencers-part-2.html</link> <description><![CDATA[So where was I.... Oh yes. #killallmen LOL Firstly you'll all be glad to know I found an alternative to my throw rocks at boys top ( £24 on redbubble) but i'm not sure my hate boys top (£24 on Etsy if you're interested) is any better for the topic.Influencers like Andrew Tate are the symptom not the cause.Boys are falling behind girls in every stage of education, from nursery to university. Boys are twice as likely to be expelled from school. 96% of prisoners are men. Suicide is now the biggest killer of men under 50. Young men earn ...]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 06:58:00 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[April is the cruellest month]]></title> <link>http://peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/04/april-is-cruellest-month.html</link> <description><![CDATA[My MP is boasting on Twitter and BlueSky that thousands of people in Swansea will have more money in their pockets because the state pension and National Living Wage are going up, but you get the impression that he isn't that convinced himself. As the Guardian says, millions of households are facing a raft of price increases across a range of bills - from energy and water to car tax and the TV licence - that took effect yesterday. The paper says that with so many costs rising at once - prompting some to label this month "awful April" - ...]]></description> <pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[It's not teenage boys who form corrosive opinions because of social media: it's Kemi Badenoch]]></title> <link>http://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/04/its-not-teenage-boys-who-form-corrosive.html</link> <description><![CDATA[Embed from Getty ImagesKemi Badenoch doesn't have time to watch television, she told, Nick Ferrari this morning, but she does know one thing about Adolescence: "The story which it is based on has been fundamentally changed, and so creating policy on a work of fiction rather than reality is the real issue." She's referring to a story that has been spread widely by right-wingers on social media, which maintains that the Netflix series Adolescence is based on a real case where a black boy stabbed a white girl. The race of the boy was changed, the story runs, because of ...]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 17:10:00 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[It's a mystery why boys seek out online male influencers?]]></title> <link>http://carlminns.blogspot.com/2025/04/its-mystery-why-boys-seek-out-online.html</link> <description><![CDATA[Now that public policy is being driven by fictional TV shows (rumour has it the government is next going to ask Daniel Craig on his views on reforming MI6) I thought I'd have my two penny's worth about boys disengagement. So forgive me if I'm manterupting or mansplaining but whilst I sit down and drink from my #maletears mug I'll try not to manspread. Before I start I' d probably best take off my "boys are stupid throw rocks at them T shirt" (£23 on red bubble if you're interested) Anyway where was I . Oh yes. Boys being disengaged. ...]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 16:10:00 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[It's just gone 12 noon - were you fooled?]]></title> <link>https://www.libdemvoice.org/its-just-gone-12-noon-were-you-fooled-77302.html</link> <description><![CDATA[We enjoy preparing articles for April 1st each year. Our "LDV and AI – a new venture" was, as usual, near the knuckle. The AI tool's name of "Packed" had our esteemed Party President wondering out loud as to whether he should trade mark his name. In an example of reality reflecting farce, our team editor Mark has now revealed that the article he wrote on Monday morning was in fact AI generated. This went unnoticed by all. Well, it did seem a bit verbose! In other April 1st news, Christine Jardine MP circulated a draft early day motion as ...]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 12:01:02 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[The Nicotines: Mary Wana]]></title> <link>http://liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/04/the-nicotines-mary-wana.html</link> <description><![CDATA[This was on a Q Magazine sampler disc back in 1997 and I still think of it.]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 11:20:00 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[No ward surgeries tonight #dundeewestend]]></title> <link>http://www.dundeewestend.com/2025/04/no-ward-surgeries-tonight-dundeewestend.html</link> <description><![CDATA[As the school Easter holidays are currently taking place, please note that our ward surgeries do not take place today. Surgeries return after the holidays are over but we can be contacted at any time at westend@dundeelibdems.org.uk]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 07:00:00 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[LDV and AI - a new venture]]></title> <link>https://www.libdemvoice.org/ldv-and-ai-a-new-venture-77296.html</link> <description><![CDATA[Last week, Conference in Harrogate passed a wide ranging science and technology paper, Victoria Collins MP contrasted our approach with that of Labour and Conservatives. Liberal Democrats take a different approach, one grounded in our values of internationalism, respect for individual rights, and challenging concentrations of power. One issue the policy paper looked at was how we should deal with AI. In accordance with those values, our new policy calls for us to develop a legally binding code of ethics and a "Lovelace Oath" which would be similar to the Hippocratic Oath taken by doctors. Recently an author friend of ...]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 06:55:44 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Quaker arrests foreshadow police state]]></title> <link>http://peterblack.blogspot.com/2025/04/quaker-arrests-foreshadow-police-state.html</link> <description><![CDATA[The Guardian reports that more than 20 uniformed police, some equipped with Tasers, forced their way into a Westminster Quaker meeting house and arrested six women attending a gathering of the protest group Youth Demand at 7.15pm on Thursday. "No one has been arrested in a Quaker meeting house in living memory," said Paul Parker, the recording clerk for Quakers in Britain. "This aggressive violation of our place of worship and the forceful removal of young people holding a protest group meeting clearly shows what happens when a society criminalises protest. "Freedom of speech, assembly, and fair trials are an ...]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate> </item> <item> <title><![CDATA[Exclusive: Ed Davey starts training for 2028 election stunt]]></title> <link>https://www.markpack.org.uk/174468/exclusive-ed-davey-starts-training-for-2028-election-stunt/</link> <description><![CDATA[[IMG: Ed Davey campaign tour 2024] Ed Davey confuses fighting an election with going on a summer holiday. 'How on earth do you follow that?' That is the question that has been bugging Ed Davey's team after his spectacular stunts stole the show at the 2024 general election. However, with the next general election now expected by Westminster insiders to be in autumn 2028, his team have hit on the answer drawing on one of the less well known aspects of Ed Davey's youth. It is also an answer that will flip on its head the party's usual complaints about ...]]></description> <pubDate>Tue, 01 Apr 2025 06:00:00 +0100</pubDate> </item> </channel></rss>
