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Monthly Archives: March 2022
The ‘committee system’ is the Lib Dem choice for Liverpool’s governance
The starter’s gun has now been fired on the consultations by Liverpool City Council on the way that the Council will be run in future. For those with a short memory all this has come about because of the major … Continue reading
Come and join our global community of young community activists
I am writing this blog on the train going down to London to chair a Board meeting of QS World Merit. This is an organisation which was founded in Liverpool, and which engages young people all over the globe in … Continue reading
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Tagged QS, QS World Merit, SDGs, World Merit, World Merit Pakistan, World Merit South Africa
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Sunak ignored the poorest in his reaction to runaway inflation
“It’s the same the whole world over, Ain’t it all a blinking shame, It’s the rich wot gets the biscuit, It’s the poor wot gets the blame” The fact that this music hall song is almost two centuries old is … Continue reading
Liverpool has a mountain to climb to deal with complex educational, health and social issues
The depths of the problems that Liverpool faces has been laid bare in a report on Liverpool’s ‘city plan’ to go to the Mayoral and Performance Select Committee on Wednesday night. The report shows that Liverpool has worse indicators for … Continue reading
Questions for Liverpool and Everton fans to think about on sponsorship and investment issues
When Russia first invaded Ukraine in an act of war, I challenged the relationship between a Russian oligarch, Mr Usmanov, and both the sponsorship of and investment in the club. A few fans got very upset about this and claimed … Continue reading
One in four 11-year-olds struggled with reading pre-Covid as Lib Dem MP warns of ‘crisis’
The latest available figures could be the ‘tip of the iceberg’ after children suffered major disruption to their schooling during the pandemic. All children and young adults have missed out on elements of their education over the past two years … Continue reading
Tory Greed turns UK Parliament into a pig trough
Well done the Guardian who, in an exclusive today, has revealed that Ministers are saying that no action will be taken to limit the amount of time and money that MPs can earn from a second job. In some ways … Continue reading
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Tagged Green Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, Owen Paterson, The Guardian, Tory Government, Tory Party, Tory sleaze
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America’s democracy is a declining myth
I had been intending to write a story a blog about American democracy having seen several claims lately that the USA has the strongest democracy in the world. As the old saying goes, “there’s no delusion like self-delusion!” American democracy … Continue reading
We must reduce the rates of reoffending to solve crime
Our criminal justice system is failing. The police are understaffed as is our prison service. That means that many crimes go undetected and criminals, if caught, get little rehabilitation support within the prison service. Similar problems mean that an overstretched … Continue reading
But what does Richard Kemp think? 