Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"Key events that make elections possible are set out in legislation and must be followed by returning officers, who are responsible for the conduct of elections in their constituencies."
https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/timetable-for-the-2024-general-elec...
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The Wide Awake Club
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"The UK is split into constituencies, and each constituency votes for an MP to represent them, using the first past the post system."
https://www.northyorks.gov.uk/your-council/elections-and-voting/parliame...
"A briefing is being held for prospective candidates and election agents wanting to stand in those constituencies above on Wednesday 29 May at 5pm via MS Teams. This will give more information about this election and the election process, how to obtain and submit nomination papers, and how to pay the required £500 deposit."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WbfK4wX6UZI
https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/30/happy-94th-birthday...
'Same Old Song''
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"D:Ream’s founding members Peter Cunnah and Alan Mackenzie said they were dismayed to hear their song play through a loudspeaker as the prime minister, Rishi Sunak, called a 4 July general election on a wet afternoon in Downing Street. The pair told LBC their first thought was: “Not again.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/article/2024/jun/01/things-can-only...
“You question, are we just some sort of protest song on a speaker down at the end of a street? It’s like some very odd piece of gravity that you just can’t escape.”
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clee3445w0lo
"“I’ve learned the hard way. No, no, no. This is a change of guard, I don’t see this as an election. It’s just a change of guard, someone handing the baton on.”"
https://www.theguardian.com/film/article/2024/may/31/robert-de-niro-deni...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IUMCyAR6U0
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/01/space-warfare-mi...
Apparently, I won't fit up the stairs... ;-0
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c722n1x8lndo
'Fit for a Familiar'
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"A cross between a film set, a theatre show and a party, the 70-minute experience presents a rose-tinted world spun from Michael Bond’s beloved stories about the bear from darkest Peru, slightly heightened and slightly magical."
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/jun/04/liberal-c...
"“We want people to feel they’re at the heart of the story,” Maller says. Having secured the lease for 15 years, everything is being built to last. They’ve even created their own marmalade, for sale at the end."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6bjW9OwSQc
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/article/2024/jun/03/hide-the-marmalade...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNdq_fUDyKo
https://www.theguardian.com/stage/article/2024/jun/03/dracula-centenary-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEfIRWf6Zlc
'Refocused'
Submitted by Captain Qalypso on
"It will come as a surprise to many that telegraph poles do not need planning permission, and councils and residents are, indeed, powerless to stop them."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cgrr159z7pyo
"Not all residents appreciate its valour. The model village of Bournville was outraged when 100 poles sprouted in its strictly preserved streets."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEPTlhBmwRg
https://www.theguardian.com/money/article/2024/jun/04/internet-provider-...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJOTlE1K90k
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/article/2024/jun/05/the-acolyte...
'Frozen Wilderness'
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"There are a few theories as to why a baker’s dozen became 13, but the most widely accepted one has to do with avoiding a beating."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/clll8d2vd8yo
"Only by growing the economy can Labour generate the funds needed for public services, he argued."
"If we could grow the economy at anything like the level the last Labour government did, that’s an extra £70bn worth of investment for our public services," he added... "The manifesto is around 23,000 words long, we are told – that is shorter than their doomed offering in 2019."
"There may be fluctuations in rising and baking and air content, and many of these bakers didn’t even have scales to weigh their dough."
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/jun/12/election-p...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckM51xoTC2U
""Afterwards, it was what you would call the scientific age. In the pantheon of polar ships, Quest is definitely an icon.""
https://www.theguardian.com/science/article/2024/jun/12/victoria-t-rex-f...
Hmmm ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ln7Vn_WKkWU