#kirsty cleverly

[wankerwatch]

Commons Vote

On: Great British Energy Bill Report Stage: Amendment 6

Ayes: 124 (82.1% Con, 7.3% SNP, 4.1% DUP, 4.1% RUK, 1.6% Ind, 0.8% UUP) Noes: 361 (96.9% Lab, 2.3% Ind, 0.8% Green) Absent: ~165

Day's business papers: 2024-10-29

Likely Referenced Bill: Great British Energy Bill

Description: A Bill to make provision about Great British Energy.

Originating house: Commons Current house: Commons Bill Stage: 3rd reading

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (101 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alec Shelbrooke Alex Burghart Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Griffith Andrew Mitchell Andrew Murrison Andrew Rosindell Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Ben Spencer Bernard Jenkin Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Charlie Dewhirst Chris Philp Christopher Chope Claire Coutinho Damian Hinds Danny Kruger David Mundell David Reed David Simmonds Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Edward Leigh Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Geoffrey Clifton-Brown Geoffrey Cox George Freeman Graham Stuart Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Helen Grant Helen Whately Iain Duncan Smith Jack Rankin James Cartlidge James Cleverly James Wild Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Wright Jesse Norman Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Lamont John Whittingdale Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Julian Smith Karen Bradley Katie Lam Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Laura Trott Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Louie French Luke Evans Mark Francois Mark Garnier Martin Vickers Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mike Wood Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil O'Brien Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Nigel Huddleston Patrick Spencer Paul Holmes Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Rebecca Harris Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Fuller Robbie Moore Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Shivani Raja Simon Hoare Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Suella Braverman Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton

Scottish National Party (9 votes)

Brendan O'Hara Chris Law Dave Doogan Graham Leadbitter Kirsty Blackman Pete Wishart Seamus Logan Stephen Flynn Stephen Gethins

Democratic Unionist Party (5 votes)

Carla Lockhart Gavin Robinson Gregory Campbell Jim Shannon Sammy Wilson

Reform UK (5 votes)

James McMurdock Lee Anderson Nigel Farage Richard Tice Rupert Lowe

Independent (2 votes)

Alex Easton Ayoub Khan

Ulster Unionist Party (1 vote)

Robin Swann

Noes

Labour (343 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Norris Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison McGovern Alison Taylor Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Amanda Martin Andrew Cooper Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy McDonald Andy Slaughter Angela Eagle Anna Dixon Anna McMorrin Anna Turley Anneliese Midgley Antonia Bance Ashley Dalton Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Beccy Cooper Becky Gittins Bell Ribeiro-Addy Ben Coleman Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Cat Eccles Catherine Atkinson Catherine Fookes Charlotte Nichols Chi Onwurah Chris Bloore Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Evans Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Ward Chris Webb Christian Wakeford Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Clive Efford Clive Lewis Connor Naismith Connor Rand Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Carden Dan Jarvis Dan Norris Daniel Francis Daniel Zeichner Danny Beales Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Baines David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Smith David Taylor David Williams Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Diana Johnson Douglas McAllister Ed Miliband Elaine Stewart Ellie Reeves Elsie Blundell Emily Darlington Emily Thornberry Emma Foody Emma Hardy Emma Lewell-Buck Euan Stainbank Fabian Hamilton Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Fred Thomas Gareth Snell Gareth Thomas Gen Kitchen Georgia Gould Gerald Jones Gill Furniss Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Grahame Morris Gregor Poynton Gurinder Singh Josan Hamish Falconer Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Hilary Benn Ian Lavery Ian Murray Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Frith James Naish Janet Daby Jas Athwal Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jen Craft Jenny Riddell-Carpenter Jess Phillips Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jon Trickett Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Jonathan Reynolds Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Josh Simons Julia Buckley Julie Minns Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Kanishka Narayan Karin Smyth Kate Osamor Kate Osborne Katie White Katrina Murray Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kim Johnson Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Leigh Ingham Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Linsey Farnsworth Lisa Nandy Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lola McEvoy Lorraine Beavers Louise Haigh Louise Jones Lucy Powell Lucy Rigby Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Margaret Mullane Maria Eagle Marie Rimmer Marie Tidball Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Marsha De Cordova Martin McCluskey Martin Rhodes Mary Glindon Mary Kelly Foy Matt Bishop Matt Rodda Matt Turmaine Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Maya Ellis Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Miatta Fahnbulleh Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Kane Mike Reader Mike Tapp Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Naushabah Khan Navendu Mishra Naz Shah Neil Duncan-Jordan Nesil Caliskan Nia Griffith Oliver Ryan Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patricia Ferguson Patrick Hurley Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Paula Barker Paulette Hamilton Perran Moon Peter Kyle Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Peter Swallow Phil Brickell Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachael Maskell Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Rachel Taylor Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosie Wrighting Rushanara Ali Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth

Samantha Dixon Samantha Niblett Sarah Champion Sarah Coombes Sarah Hall Sarah Owen Sarah Sackman Sarah Smith Satvir Kaur Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Sharon Hodgson Simon Lightwood Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephanie Peacock Stephen Kinnock Stephen Morgan Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Tahir Ali Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Terry Jermy Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tonia Antoniazzi Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Vicky Foxcroft Warinder Juss Will Stone Yasmin Qureshi Yuan Yang Yvette Cooper Zubir Ahmed

Independent (8 votes)

Ian Byrne Iqbal Mohamed John McDonnell Rebecca Long Bailey Richard Burgon Rosie Duffield Shockat Adam Zarah Sultana

Green Party (3 votes)

Carla Denyer Ellie Chowns Siân Berry

[messyturtlequilts]

The Plus Side, pattern by Kirstie Cleverly at Bonjour Quilts.

So nice to use up fabrics I already had on hand! Only thing I had to buy was the purple FQ and the flannel for the backing.

[galacticlamps]

One more (accidentally long) post about The Highlanders for tonight, bc there were lots of little things I wanted to mention but some of them tie together anyway & I got interrupted while trying to watch it, too:

I really like how the story starts out with the perspective of the McLaren clan remnants fleeing the battlefield. It sucks a bit in reconstruction because they hardly have any dialogue, but they even get into a censor-cut-clip of Alexander killing a redcoat chasing them, all before we even see the Tardis team. I think it was a good choice just because it’s such a strange idea for an episode in some ways - it’s really a pretty comical historical, as things go, and it takes place directly after the battle of Culloden, with the narrative focused on sympathizing with the defeated Highlanders, and those aren’t two things I would’ve thought could be brought together very well, even in a time travel show that also once had a comedic episode about Nero burning down Rome.

Granted, I’m writing this as someone who knows that the next installments feature scenes like beating lawyers over the head and locking them in cupboards, the Doctor playing dress-up, and Houdini tricks saving people’s lives, but even in the course of the first episode, the flow from an atmosphere of seriousness to one of comedy is already underway, and for the most part I think the two are merged pretty cleverly (as soon as they’re in danger of being hanged, the Dr von Wer stuff starts up, for example)

But mostly, I was thinking about that juxtaposition today in relation to Kirsty, who I kinda don’t think I’ve ever paid enough attention to before, honestly, and I think that’s why this post turned out so long. A couple of lines that’ve always stuck out to me are when she & Polly see the troops getting ready to hang their friends, and Kirsty says “we can but mourn” causing Polly to go “well crying’s no good” before she suggests they try leading the troops off - and they stuck out to me not because they’re particularly representative of each of their characters, even, but because I think that might be the simplest example of where The Highlanders gets its drive from, as a story.

Like, Kirsty’s sensible - she’s the one who notices they captured a doctor, and begs Alexander to let him treat their father, she’s even willing to bargain that they can kill him and his friends later, if it’s any help. After that, she’s reluctant to leave him, but when the Doctor points out they need water and says he’ll send Polly with her to even out the numbers, she agrees. It’s framed as a cliffhanger right now, but at the end of the episode she decided that this weird, oddly-dressed, and woefully ignorant woman (who’s just insulted her) is going to get lost and injured in the dark so she warns her against it, and then tries to help her when that fails. She’s really quite capable of being level-headed. She also isn’t squeamish, or cowardly, and when Polly balks at her way of doing things - in this episode, the cattle raids specifically, she isn’t - well, cowed, if I’m allowed the pun - she (quite correctly) looks at Polly as the one who’s strange and out-of-place here. Polly’s supposed to be written as a ‘modern woman’ who can inspire action in a historical ‘traditional’ one, but Kirsty’s too busy being a highlander in the wake of culloden to be all impressed by that, so we’re spared any of those “aw gee you’re awfully outspoken for a woman, I wish I could be brave like you” -type moments you get in some other cases where the show uses that dynamic, even to a good end - like when Sarah Jane tells the queen of Peladon about women’s lib, for instance.

And yet Polly’s ideas do help, but it’s not because she’s so much more progressive than Kirsty - she just happens to be exactly what Kirsty needs right now, and what the whole setting needs from the Tardis crew, if they’re gonna pull off the story they’re attempting to tell.

The Battle of Culloden isn’t exactly known for being a great, clean, easy fight, and while it might be famously on the short side (which is even referenced within this same episode) it was far from being one sudden horrible event that came out of the blue - historically, the lead-up over the last 24 hours would’ve been a pretty grueling and exhausting ordeal for those involved on the Jacobite side, and while I don’t recall The Highlanders ever making explicit reference to those particulars, it does convey an atmosphere of hopelessness and defeat pretty thoroughly. In this episode Colin has lines about ‘all the men’ of their clan lying dead in the mud, how he should be with them, and later on in the story he’ll talk about being content to die on the Anabel if only he could see his daughter one last time. When Alexander snaps at Jamie for making noise with his chanter, Jamie tells him the redcoats’ll be there soon enough to matter what they do, and on the scaffold he’s ready to be hanged with his Laird unless Grey agrees to take both of them. Even Alexander, who seems the most spirited of the highlanders we meet in this episode, doesn’t seem capable of setting his goals any higher than going down fighting, rather than being hanged, and since that’s exactly what kills him it doesn’t read as a particularly wise or noble hope to hold. None of them have given up, mind, but they’re in an incredibly defeated mindset, and in comparison Kirsty’s attempts to help her father really make her the more practical and proactive of the bunch. She’s well aware that “crying’s no good,” but at the point when Polly says that to her, she’s well past believing there’s any good left that she can accomplish.

In reality,  it’s Polly’s optimism that’s irrational - and while the Doctor’s not there to call her naive, he’s just done it with Ben (’you’ll have every english soldier within miles’ - ‘well what’s wrong with that?’ - ‘whats- you should’ve paid more attention to your history books ben’), and Polly’s similar faith in the English soldiers (would everyone in 1966 be so confident that the Hanoverian army wasn’t allowed to hang prisoners without the officer present? I’ve always wondered about that line, to me it makes her seem both oddly well-informed and at the same time more foolish) directly parallels Ben’s stance, and we know how quickly that comes back to bite him, since the soldiers proceed to go ahead and try hanging him too.

As a tv show, that’s where the Dr von Wer stuff needs to come in, to lighten the mood with a silly voice and some snappy one-liners, but in-universe, that’s also the reason that Kirsty needs somebody like Polly -  someone who doesn’t belong, and whose actions don’t really make sense. Someone who’s just been dropped here without the baggage and defeat of everything that came before, someone to whom this is a sudden bad turn of events and not the end of a long hard struggle (to say nothing of someone awake and alert) to whom giving up now would feel like not trying at all, rather than already having given it everything they’ve got. If Polly were actually in Kirsty’s position, she might not’ve been able to do much more than mourn either, but Polly standing next to Kirsty with a totally different (and frankly, flawed) perspective on things is able to make the suggestions that are past care or belief at that point, which is a character dynamic worth watching, and probably why having the Tardis team being comedic despite their dismal circumstances is the only way to coax action out of them that can drive a narrative forward.

It doesn’t land Polly in a particularly good light - a character nicknamed ‘the Dutchess’ yelling “you’re just a stupid peasant” at the woman who just brought her shelter and offered her food (which she scoffed at) and then marching out into the night claiming she’ll save the day only to immediately need rescuing from that same woman herself never will look all that good - but it does do a lot to show how out-of-her-element Polly is, and how it’s not a case of her Being From The Future making her better than Kirsty, but rather a case of her just being Something Different allowing her to suggest certain things that Kirsty can’t imagine doing right now, but is plenty capable of helping her with once they have made the plan.

I don’t even think I have any grand point I’m trying to arrive at here, I just kept noticing how the tragedy is used to set the scene in this episode but the action has to pushed on more by comedy, whether it takes the form of actual jokes or the inherent ‘hilarity’ of putting things together that just don’t belong - probably because setting the episode in the wake of the battle, it’s such a defeated, inevitable brand of tragedy, too - Alexander dies and the show barely stops to acknowledge it because of course he did, what else could’ve happened, and now everyone else is about to die too. The attitude is almost that the characters might as well try some ridiculous ways out of their situations because all the normal things are hopeless, and once you’ve accepted that what else have you got to lose? I think it does a good job of picking out the differences between its characters rather than their similarities, and since the Doctor’s behavior in the later episodes gets described as morally gray a lot, I think it’s kind of important how in this episode, neither Polly or Kirsty’s approaches are painted as being totally right, they’re just different, but that’s also a good thing, because neither of them is gonna get anywhere on their own.

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What do a revolving door and KKR have in common?

A lot, it seems.

Because ever since KKR took over the LCA business in October 2017, there have been:

·      4 CEOs – Tim Sinclair, Anthea Muir, Paul Zahra and John Veitch

·      3 CFOs – Rob Trowler, Belinda Nucifora and Stacey Brown

·      2 COO/GM – Brett Cadman, Shannon Luxford

·      2 Heads of Marketing – Nicole West and Louise Chamberlain

·      2 Heads of HR – Paul Swain and Tanya Perry-Iranzadi

·      2 General Counsel – Kirsty Silbert and TBA

·      2 Heads of Injectables – Charlie Abboud and Kathryn Bran

With the exception of the two Heads of Injectables, the rest of the senior management team have come to LCA with no industry experience whatsoever. Zero, zip, zilch, nada.

Is it any wonder that LCA has lost its way and is no longer the leader in the industry?

Is it any wonder that numerous people below them in the Org chart are also heading for the turnstiles?

Is it any wonder that the culture of LCA is often described as – untrustworthy, disinterested, hostile, rigid, unimaginative, unfriendly, toxic, heartless?

Make no mistake - KKR are not interested in the aesthetics industry, let alone LCA. They are entirely focused on gaining maximum profits from a trade sale or IPO.  

In the meantime, they continue to entice their senior management team to blindly execute their sneaky strategies of transferring profits out of the clinics to the franchisor. Cleverly designed strategies of skimming, price gauging, mark-ups, keeping supplier rebates and monotonous discounting.

Thankfully, some of them, those with a conscience, have foreseen the potential smear on their professional reputation and integrity, and have left. Those who remain may inevitably reach the same conclusion.

[sweetheartofsecondlife]

The Hoban 10/4

The first Sunday of the month is the Washtown Sunday Shindig, a Second Life tradition going back...a really long way. Haha. Washtown was one of the first Firefly RP communities in SL, and its so great the heart of the town, The Hoban, has returned there. Its a great pleasure to DJ for these with some of my oldest SL friends, and new folks too. Code monkey and the Iz cover of Rainbow/Wonderful World are traditions of the Shindig, as is the Firefly Theme. 

Babe Rainbow - Johny Says Stay Cool Vixy & Tony - The Girl That's Never Been Meghan Trainor - Good To Be Alive The Browncoats - Firefly Theme - To the Black Fatboy Slim - Weapon Of Choice Red Hot Chilli Pipers - Wake Me Up The HU - Song of Women (feat. Lzzy Hale of Halestorm) Vixy & Tony - Missing Part Lily Wilde and her Jumpin' Jubilee Orchestra - Mister Five By Five Kirsty MacColl - In These Shoes? Haley Reinhart - These Boots Are Made For Walkin’ The Rolling Stones - Jumpin' Jack Flash - (Original Single Mono Version) The Beatles - Hey Bulldog Gunhild Carling - Harlem Ghost Story Tragedy - Funkytown The Beatles - She Came In Through The Bathroom Window - 2019 Mix Willy Chirino - Yellow Submarine Vixy & Tony - Dawson's Christian The Brian Setzer Orchestra - Hollywood Nocturne Willie Nelson - Pistol Packin' Mama Todd Rhodes - Rocket 69 Barenaked Ladies - Limits Stop Calling Me Frank - King Tut’s Tomb Steve Martin - King Tut Joe Jackson - It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing) Vixy & Tony - Mal's Song - Medley Pig with the Face of a Boy - A Complete History of the Soviet Union, Through the Eyes of a Humble Worker Tom Morello - Battle Sirens (feat. Knife Party) Caravan Palace - Black Betty The Browncoats - The Hero of Canton The Cleverlys - Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It) Dropkick Murphys - Which Side Are You On? James Brown - Get Up Offa That Thing Paul Simon - Under African Skies The B-52's - B-52's Megamix - 2019 Remaster Paul Simon - All Around the World or the Myth of Fingerprints (with Los Lobos) Richard Cheese - Ice Ice Baby Pomplamoose - 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover Lemmy - Back in the USSR Jerry Williams - Little Honda I Hate Kate - Major Tom (Coming Home) Headstones - The Wreck Of The Edmund Fitzgerald Die arbeitslosen Bauarbeiter - My Sharona ZZ Top - Fuzzbox Voodoo Jonathan Coulton - Code Monkey Joan Jett & The Blackhearts - Crimson and Clover Sonny Rhodes - Firefly Main Title Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over The Rainbow_What A Wonderful World

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The Latest Artists to Commit to Have Yourself a Merry Indie Christmas

Owen LLoyd is The French Defence

I'm not really sure that I should feature a song pleading for the nation to stop playing Christmas compilations on a 100-track Christmas compilation! However, it's such a cleverly observed lyric, that I couldn't resist including The French Defence on Have Yourself a Merry Indie Christmas. Here's a sample - 'I know they're aiming for a festive ambience And of the extra cash I'm grateful for the chance But every shift feels so long That bloody Chris de Burgh song Is poisoning my brain I'm even sick of Kirsty and Shane...'

You can listen to the track here - 

https://thefrenchdefence.bandcamp.com/track/the-shopworkers-lament

There is plenty more to discover about the band on Bandcamp, including 2013′s Sketches of the September Leaf and Ten Years of Bad Ideas Volume I and II (2014).

 Nihilist existentialists Devi von Teufel and Mark Vorderhaus

Another great find, courtesy of the Snowflakes Christmas Singles Club, which 'celebrates the magic of the festive single'. The Detox Twins is the duo of Berlin-based poet Devi Von Teufel and Mark Vorderhaus, who now resides in Yorkshire. The Detox Twins don't particularly like Christmas, but they still recorded a Christmas single. Why? Because they love the sound of Christmas, as Devi assures us on this banger. 

Here’s “I don’t Like Christmas (But I Love the Sound)” -

https://www.facebook.com/detoxtwins/

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The Gloaming

Author: Kirsty Logan

Published by: Harvill Secker

Pages: 312

Format: Hardback

My Rating ★★★★

The best lives leave a mark.

Mara’s island is one of stories and magic, but every story ends in the same way. She will finish her days on the cliff, turned to stone and gazing out at the horizon like all the islanders before her.

Mara’s parents – a boxer and a ballerina – chose this enchanted place as a refuge from the turbulence of their previous lives; they wanted to bring up their children somewhere special and safe. But the island and the sea don’t care what people want, and when they claim a price from her family, Mara’s world unravels.

It takes the arrival of Pearl, mysterious and irresistible, to light a spark in Mara again, and allow her to consider a different story for herself.

My thoughts:

The Gloaming is a wonderful tale of love, self-discovery and grief, and the gap between fairy tales and real life.

The novel is a lovely new piece of magical realism from Kirsty Logan, and I really enjoyed it. It was a gentle, dreamy sort of read, but there was also a mysterious darker undercurrent, which kept me intrigued from beginning to end.

Throughout the book, fantasy cleverly intertwines with reality, which made the novel such an interesting and unique read. The writing is expressive and transporting, pulling readers into a world of strange fantasy. It is a book of quiet beauty with a haunting storyline that tugs at the heartstrings.

The main focus of the novel is on Mara, a middle child, and her life upon the island she was raised on for the latter half of her life. Then tragedy strikes and there is something incredibly solitary about the characters and the way they try to deal with their grief. Eventually, as each of Mara’s parents age more and their bodies stiffen, they feel death approaching and, as is tradition on the island, they must go up the steep hill and become statues to stay forever looking out to sea. The isolated island setting is so important to the feel of the book, and I really was hooked by the writing.

For Mara, magic returns to her life upon meeting Pearl, another woman living on the island. Pearl is a mysterious and strange outsider, and her arrival into Mara's life changes things. Kirsty Logan creates a wonderfully intriguing atmosphere of melancholy and quiet magic, allowing the reader to see and interpret the novel as they wish. Depending on how the individual reader perceives the writing is key to understanding Pearl, who indeed may or may not in fact be an actual real mermaid. Like all good magical realism books, there is of course a hint of darkness underneath everything, and I felt that with Pearl in particular. She is enigmatic, puzzling and secretive. Personally, her character left me with the sense that she was definitely hiding something, but the individual reader must decide whether or not this is actually the case. This is furthered by the clever handling of the ending, which takes an ambiguous approach that is both original and perfectly pitched for a tale of this kind. After all, perhaps the best stories, just like fairy tales, never really end...

From start to finish, the narrative focuses on the issues of identity, what it is to be a woman, loss, grief and love. I enjoyed the book very much, but in the end I did feel a little confused as to whether or not I had really understood the story in the way the author actually intended. Reflecting on it now, however, I think that maybe that is exactly the point. As with Mara, her parents and her siblings, the true meaning of a story is simply different for everyone.  

Ultimately, I would describe The Gloaming as an enchanting coming-of-age novel that flows with bewitching imagination, beautiful language, along with imaginative twisted fairy tales.

Overall reaction:

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Classics Reviewed: The Joshua Tree 30 Years On:

The Joshua Tree is one of those albums. It is one of those albums that exists in a rarefied air. Whether you think it is U2′s best or not (many would prefer Achtung Baby) it is their definitive album. It is the U2 album that has penetrated pop culture the most. It is the album every man and woman on the street has heard of and has at some point owned. It is the U2 album that that made them the biggest arena rockers not only in the late 80s but continues to today. But just how good is it?

To answer the question The Joshua Tree is obviously an amazing album. One of the best albums not only of the eighties but really of all time. Yet some have emphasized what they view as its imperfections. The Observer recently described it as “half a masterpiece”. I’ve often said that John Lennon’s Double Fantasy was half of the greatest album ever, citing how if you replaced all the Ono songs with Lennon songs of a similar quality to those already on the album, you would have something truly. I  use to feel something similar about The Joshua Tree regarding the greatness of its first half vs its more understated second half. Maybe the perceived front-heaviness of album comes from the fact that Kirsty MacColl set the track sequence by basically ranking her favorite songs .The first half but in particular the first three tracks on The Joshua Tree are as good as it gets.

Yet listening to it again I’m being confronted with the strength of the tracks that follow With or Without You. Certainly the three tracks that follow hold their own against the earthshaking openers and as a whole the album has little to no filler. Each track adds to and enhances the themes and mythology around the album and people who criticise or dismiss the second half are missing out on what is the complete package.

But lets start at the beginning with Where The Streets Have No Name. While I love One on Achtung Baby and various other tracks on The Joshua Tree, no song in U2′s back catalog really comes close to Where The Streets.. Few tracks have ever encapsulated what a band was so perfectly. Musically and lyrically this is U2 and everything they were and are.

It is one of the all time great opening tracks on an album (up there with Teen Spirit and Welcome to the Jungle) and it is certainly the greatest intro to an album ever. That 2 minute intro I refer to is almost angelic. The Edge’s shimmering guitar leading us into Bono’s vocals, which here, and across the whole album,  a perfect blend of rugged masculinity and emotional vulnerability. Of the song Bono said: "'[Where] the Streets Have No Name' was the perfect introduction. It is one of the most extraordinary ideas, only matched by The Doors' 'Break on Through (To the Other Side)' as a throw-down to an audience. Do you want to go there? Because if you do, I'm ready to go there with you, to that other place. Call it what you like, a place of imagination, where there are no limitations." It is a typically egotistical but also idealistic view for Bono to take and he’s not wrong. The song is an invitation. The album is all about the dichotomy between America as a beautiful idea versus the altogether more ugly reality, something Bono remains fascinated by. Where The Streets Have No Name refers to a kind of utopia where class and race and systems of categorization no longer matter. While it may seem a cliched analysis for immigrants like Bono, particularly Irish immigrants, there is a whole lore around America being this place. Where The Streets captures this,  its full of desperation, hope and optimism. It is grandiose, in a very U2 way, a song full of love and faith and ambiguity. Every other song on this album is able to echo and delve deeper into specific themes or ideas presented here, but Where The Streets captures and encompasses them all and that’s why it is the one of the greatest songs ever written.

Moving on from that the next two tracks are also classics in their own right and compliment each other perfectly. I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For and With or Without You have different moods but both share a sense of defiance in the face of adversity. The titles alone underline this. I Still .. presents itself as a standard love song but it is more complicated than that. Bono lists all of the metaphorical obstacles he must overcome “only to be with you” but then caveats that by saying he still hasn’t found what he is looking for.

Similarly With or Without You cleverly combines elements of break-up and love songs to give something unique. Instead of exclusively conveying either love or resentment it does both  “ I can’t live with or without you”. Bono has revealed that the song is about him reconciling the two sides of his life, the domestic and the rock n roll, and how the tension between the two was coming to define him. It is these kinds of tensions that run through the album, specifically the tension between Bono’s anger and frustration toward the American government and his fascination with America as an abstract concept.  In the case of With or Without You interesting as the subject is, it is the choice to frame the conflict in relationship terms that has lead to the song enduring as long as it has.

The following two tracks are very strong. The anti-war message of Bullet the Blue Sky feels less preachy than some of Bono’s later work (even if he has every right to be preachy about the first’s world blind eye to the suffering that exists in the developing world) and Running to Stand Still is another standout. Running considers the drug problem in Dublin while further exploring forms of American music, again emphasising the kinds of tensions U2 in this period existed in. Plus it has a fantastic hook with that title. The next track, Red Hill Mining Town, is again fundamentally invested in America but in a more Bruce Springsteen, voice of the working class kind of way. 

As I say the second half of the album is really strong if less demonstrative about. In amidst a lot of really solid tracks though is another standout in the form of One Tree Hill. It in many ways is a retread of all the ideas we have already been talking about, but with an even greater emphasis on hope, hope potentially in spite of some of the realities Bono has been singing of but hope that is needed and that The Joshua Tree inspires.

Mothers of the Disappeared is the perfect closer. Its soft, emotive and like so much of this album beautifully provocative. The song was dedicated and in reference to mothers in El Salvador, whom Bono has encountered, whose children had been disappeared at the hands of a corrupt government. So while it is not the best song on the album or the one with most airplay it eases us out of proceedings just as well as Where The Streets brought us into them.

Stepping back from all the songs for a moment its worth remembering when The Joshua Tree came out. It made waves in a time of bands with blow dried hair, vests and leather trousers, singing generic, superficial and cliched ballads. In some ways The Joshua Tree shares the hyperbolic sentimentality of these hair metal bands, but it is also invested in real substantive things and while we may mock Bono for his messianic complex and self-seriousness, The Joshua Tree avoids any potential corniness through U2′s incredible craft and most of all the sincerity of what Bono is saying and for those reasons we continue to want to go where the streets have no name thirty years on.

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Tag Game

Using only song titles of one artist/band, cleverly answer the questions and then tag 20 people.

tagged by @lovelynemesis

Artist: Adele

What is your gender - One and Only

How do you feel - Rolling In The Deep

If you could go anywhere - Hometown Glory 

Favourite mode of transportation - River Lea 

Your best friend - Remedy

Favourite time of the day - Daydreamer

If your life were a tv show - Love In The Dark

Relationship status - Set Fire To The Rain 

Your fear - Hello

Tagging: @magellan-88 @avaalons @always-an-evans-addict @ilovethings-somuch @littleplebe @theycallmebecca @mcgregorswench @after-avenging-hours @thelookingglassalice @ryverpenrad @aenariasbookshelf @bucky-plums-barnes @buckyismyaesthetic @buckyappreciationsociety @chrissihr @cinnaatheart @holdmecloseandfast @hollyspacey @mycapt-ohcapt @glynnisi @tilltheendwilliwrite @this-kitty-has-claws @misshyen @sebstanfanma @phoenix-173 @wahwahwaffles @kirstie-lotr

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2020 longlist for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction | The Times of India

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01/13​2020 longlist for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction

The Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction awards is given away for writings of exceptional quality set in the past. Named after the founding father Sir Walter Scott, it is an annual award that was founded in 2009. They have shared their longlist for the year 2020 and it becomes an interesting list of historical fiction you can add to your personal library.

The judges this year are Elizabeth, Duchess of Buccleuch and Queensberry, James Holloway, Elizabeth Laird, James Naughtie and Kirsty Wark chaired by Katie Grant. They said, “In its eleventh year, with more submissions than ever before, the 2020 Walter Scott Prize longlist reflects the energy and dynamism of modern historical fiction, a genre presenting authors with very particular challenges and delights. As always with our longlist, readers will find themselves in all kinds of places in all kinds of centuries, both in the company of familiar authors and hearing newer voices. It’s a privilege to bring these books to wider attention through the prize. So much to savour, so much to think about and, most importantly, so much to enjoy.”

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02/13​The Narrow Land by Christine Dwyer Hickey

Set in 1950s Cape Cod, the book tells about the marriage of Jo and Edward Hopper, the renowned American painter.

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03/13​The Parisian by Isabella Hammad

Set in in the first half of the 20th century and spanning across Palestine, France and Egypt, this love story has themes of identity, family, war, love and betrayal.

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04/13​How We Disappeared by Jing-Jing Lee

This book tells the true tale of Singapore’s ‘comfort women’. With two timelines in a cleverly written tale, we find out what really happened during the Japanese occupation in the 1940s.

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05/13​To Calais, In Ordinary Time by James Meek

Set in England in 1348, we follow a gentlewoman fleeing her arranged marriage, a Scots Proctor who has set out for Avignon and a young man on his way to volunteer with a company of archers who’s paths cross.

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06/13​The Offing by Benjamin Myers

Set in the aftermath of the Second World War, we follow the odd friendship between an old lady and a young man who works for her. It’s a coming of age tale which shows how relationships can improve people.

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07/13​The Warlow Experiment by Alix Nathan

This book tells of an experiment that seems to go too far. Herbert Powyss wants to contribute to the field of science and decides to conduct an experiment in which he isolates a man for seven years.

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08/13​Shadowplay by Joseph O’Connor

This novel would be a pleasure to read for any literature lover. We follow Bram Stoker and his relationships with actors Henry Irving and Ellen Terry while living in London in the times of Jack the Ripper.

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09/13​The Redeemed by Tim Pears

This book is the last part of the West Country Trilogy. Set in 1916, we see how the First World War changes the lives of all the familiar characters in Devon.

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10/13​A Sin of Omission by Marguerite Poland

Set in 1850’s South Africa, this book shows the cruelty of colonialism through the tale of an African boy adopted by the church. He was raised to become a British-educated Anglican minister in the eastern Cape.

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Commons Vote

On: Opposition day: Winter Fuel Payment

Ayes: 214 (51.6% Con, 32.4% LD, 4.2% SNP, 2.3% Ind, 2.3% DUP, 1.9% PC, 1.9% RUK, 1.9% Green, 0.5% APNI, 0.5% UUP, 0.5% TUV) Noes: 335 (99.7% Lab, 0.3% Ind) Absent: ~101

Day's business papers: 2024-09-10

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (110 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alec Shelbrooke Alex Burghart Alicia Kearns Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Griffith Andrew Mitchell Andrew Murrison Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Ben Spencer Bernard Jenkin Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Charlie Dewhirst Chris Philp Christopher Chope Claire Coutinho Damian Hinds Danny Kruger David Davis David Mundell David Reed David Simmonds Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Edward Leigh Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gavin Williamson Geoffrey Clifton-Brown George Freeman Graham Stuart Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Harriett Baldwin Helen Grant Helen Whately Iain Duncan Smith Jack Rankin James Cartlidge James Cleverly James Wild Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Wright Jerome Mayhew Jesse Norman Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont John Whittingdale Joy Morrissey Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Karen Bradley Katie Lam Kemi Badenoch Kevin Hollinrake Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Laura Trott Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Luke Evans Mark Francois Mark Garnier Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mike Wood Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil O'Brien Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Nigel Huddleston Oliver Dowden Patrick Spencer Paul Holmes Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Priti Patel Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Fuller Richard Holden Rishi Sunak Robbie Moore Robert Jenrick Roger Gale Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Shivani Raja Simon Hoare Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Suella Braverman Tom Tugendhat Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton

Liberal Democrat (69 votes)

Adam Dance Al Pinkerton Alex Brewer Alison Bennett Alistair Carmichael Andrew George Angus MacDonald Anna Sabine Ben Maguire Bobby Dean Brian Mathew Calum Miller Cameron Thomas Caroline Voaden Charlie Maynard Charlotte Cane Chris Coghlan Christine Jardine Claire Young Clive Jones Daisy Cooper Danny Chambers David Chadwick Ed Davey Edward Morello Freddie van Mierlo Gideon Amos Helen Maguire Helen Morgan Ian Roome Ian Sollom James MacCleary Jamie Stone Jess Brown-Fuller John Milne Josh Babarinde Joshua Reynolds Layla Moran Lee Dillon Lisa Smart Liz Jarvis Luke Taylor Manuela Perteghella Marie Goldman Martin Wrigley Max Wilkinson Mike Martin Monica Harding Munira Wilson Olly Glover Paul Kohler Pippa Heylings Rachel Gilmour Richard Foord Roz Savage Sarah Dyke Sarah Gibson Sarah Green Sarah Olney Steff Aquarone Susan Murray Tessa Munt Tom Gordon Tom Morrison Victoria Collins Vikki Slade Wera Hobhouse Will Forster Zöe Franklin

Scottish National Party (9 votes)

Brendan O'Hara Chris Law Dave Doogan Graham Leadbitter Kirsty Blackman Pete Wishart Seamus Logan Stephen Flynn Stephen Gethins

Independent (5 votes)

Adnan Hussain Ayoub Khan Iqbal Mohamed Jeremy Corbyn Shockat Adam

Democratic Unionist Party (5 votes)

Carla Lockhart Gavin Robinson Gregory Campbell Jim Shannon Sammy Wilson

Plaid Cymru (4 votes)

Ann Davies Ben Lake Liz Saville Roberts Llinos Medi

Reform UK (4 votes)

James McMurdock Lee Anderson Richard Tice Rupert Lowe

Green Party (4 votes)

Adrian Ramsay Carla Denyer Ellie Chowns Siân Berry

Alliance (1 vote)

Sorcha Eastwood

Ulster Unionist Party (1 vote)

Robin Swann

Traditional Unionist Voice (1 vote)

Jim Allister

Noes

Labour (335 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Al Carns Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Norris Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison Taylor Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy Slaughter Angela Eagle Angela Rayner Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anna Turley Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Antonia Bance Ashley Dalton Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Becky Gittins Ben Coleman Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Bridget Phillipson Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Catherine Atkinson Catherine Fookes Catherine McKinnell Catherine West Charlotte Nichols Chi Onwurah Chris Bloore Chris Bryant Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Evans Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Ward Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Connor Naismith Connor Rand Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Carden Dan Jarvis Dan Norris Dan Tomlinson Daniel Francis Danny Beales Darren Jones Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Baines David Burton-Sampson David Pinto-Duschinsky David Smith David Taylor David Williams Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Douglas Alexander Douglas McAllister Ed Miliband Elaine Stewart Ellie Reeves Emily Darlington Emily Thornberry Emma Foody Emma Hardy Emma Reynolds Fabian Hamilton Feryal Clark Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Fred Thomas Gareth Snell Gareth Thomas Georgia Gould Gerald Jones Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Gregor Poynton Gurinder Singh Josan Hamish Falconer Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Ian Murray Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Frith James Murray James Naish Janet Daby Jas Athwal Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jen Craft Jess Asato Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Jonathan Reynolds Josh Dean Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Josh Simons Julie Minns Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Kanishka Narayan Karin Smyth Karl Turner Kate Dearden Katie White Katrina Murray Keir Mather Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Linsey Farnsworth Lisa Nandy Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lola McEvoy Louise Haigh Louise Jones Lucy Powell Lucy Rigby Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Luke Pollard Margaret Mullane Marie Tidball Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Martin McCluskey Martin Rhodes Mary Creagh Mary Glindon Matt Rodda Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Maya Ellis Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Amesbury Mike Kane Mike Reader Mike Tapp Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Navendu Mishra Neil Coyle Nesil Caliskan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Nick Smith Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patricia Ferguson Patrick Hurley Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Perran Moon Peter Dowd Peter Kyle Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Peter Swallow Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Rachel Taylor Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosie Wrighting Rupa Huq Rushanara Ali Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Dixon Samantha Niblett Sarah Champion Sarah Coombes Sarah Hall Sarah Owen Sarah Russell Sarah Sackman Satvir Kaur Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Shabana Mahmood

Shaun Davies Simon Lightwood Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephanie Peacock Stephen Kinnock Stephen Morgan Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Reed Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Terry Jermy Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Tulip Siddiq Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Vicky Foxcroft Warinder Juss Wes Streeting Will Stone Yasmin Qureshi Yuan Yang Yvette Cooper Zubir Ahmed

Independent (1 vote)

Rebecca Long Bailey

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Watching this beginning bit with Ben swimming back to the quay after escaping his ducking on the Anabel, I’m reminded again of how well this whole serial really incorporates him, Polly, and the Doctor - which might seem like faint praise, but there are certainly episodes that sideline, misunderstand, or under-use characters all the time, to say nothing of giving them a job that doesn’t particularly play to their specific strengths. But here we’ve got Polly spending most of the serial taking charge of her own plotline, pairing off with Kirsty in the outsider/Doctorish role, scheming and plotting up ways to blackmail soldiers and find their friends. We’ve got Ben falling back on his experience in the Navy, not just swimming for his life but coming into conflict with the English army’s dishonorable treatment of their prisoners, and being the first of them to figure out (in the previous episode) that they’re going to be sold illegally as slave labor, rather than the transportation sentence that was a legitimate way of dealing with rebels at the time, despite him not having a great grasp on the history of the time. And of course the whole time the Doctor’s letting loose with his new incarnation, being chaotic, dressing up, doing silly voices, humiliating villains, and getting into mischief that also winds up cleverly furthering the plot - when Ben asks him why he’s pretending to be a sentry his first response is “Why? Because I like it here” and his second response is because “it keeps the other soldiers away” - it’s not really a happy accident at all though, because he’s loading Kirsty’s rowboat full of his stolen weapons, but yes, if that fake mustache is anything to go by, he’s also having a bit of fun with it himself.

I think it’s a more well-constructed serial than I ever gave it credit for, overall but also specifically in the way that it lets them all do their own thing without it ever becoming irrelevant. It’s a good marriage of character & plot driving the action without conflicting with one another.

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Essay代写：News night

下面为大家整理一篇优秀的essay代写范文- News night，供大家参考学习，这篇论文讨论了《新闻夜》节目。《新闻夜》节目是英国广播公司电视二台的一档新闻深度报道节目，其创办于1980年，内容紧跟时事。《新闻夜》节目有着广泛的受众群，在英国广播电视新闻界和民众中享有盛誉，有着广泛而深远的影响。《新闻夜》节目之所以在业界和受众中有着巨大的影响，究其原因主要是其讨论话题的选择、众多持有不同观点的嘉宾的选择以及富有���谈经验的几位主持人的出色表现。

Newsnight is a BBC two news in-depth programme which was launched in 1980 and follows current events. Monday through Friday, 50 minutes Monday through Thursday, 30 minutes Friday, 10:30 p.m. The program has a wide audience, in the British radio and television press and public reputation, has a wide and far-reaching impact. The reason why newsnight has a great influence on the industry and the audience is mainly due to the choice of topics to be discussed, the choice of many guests with different views, and the excellent performance of several hosts with rich interview experience.

In 2010, the author went to the UK as a visiting scholar to carry out news research, during which he made a detailed observation and research on news night for three months. During this period, there have been many major news events, such as the British labor party election, student protests against the government's increase of college tuition fees, the British government's public spending cuts, the Irish bank crisis, the rescue of the trapped miners in Chile, the oil spill in the gulf of Mexico and so on. These topics are high-end and involve many fields, such as social politics and economy. News events contain deep news connotations that can be explored. Therefore, they provide a broad space for in-depth reporting and topic discussion. High-end on the one hand to ensure the quality of the program, to meet the theme of the in-depth news investigation program characteristics; On the other hand, it also provides a solid foundation for the expansion of program content.

Although these contents are very important and macro, the creator of the program can always find a way to make more viewers interested or feel that the topic has some connection with People's Daily life. In the editing of the program, it is often shown that they have a deep understanding of the topic and can enter the topic from a small entrance to attract the attention of the audience. During Britain's Labour election, for example, newsnight looked at the process in more detail than it followed it. More attention has been paid, in particular, to the bitter contest between the two brothers in the Labour leadership contest. After the final vote result was announced, I had my own unique views on the reaction of the two people. They please psychologist response to two brothers at the time of the scene in accordance with the program to analyze professional video, which referred to the elder brother, at the moment of congratulations brother win hug when head toward one side and performance of a complex emotions, both to show should be generous, at the same time, inevitably feel great regret. Such analysis reveals the complexity and subtlety of the competition from a new perspective for the audience, and at the same time makes the report more interesting. This is an example of newsnight's meticulous approach to big issues. This creates a greater appeal to the audience.

Invite a large number of important people from all walks of life as guests, to enhance the level of topic discussion, while fully demonstrating the objectivity of the program report

During the 3-month observation and research of the program, 5 issues were broadcast every week for 12 weeks, and the number of invited guests in each program was about 10, reaching 18 at the most. According to rough statistics, the number of guests in 12 weeks was more than 600.

Newsnight is very particular about the choice of guests, most of whom are members of parliament from major British parties, foreign ambassadors to the UK, trade union leaders, economists, politicians, scientists, writers and journalists. These guests are generally from all walks of life have a amount of authority figures, and they are holding different views into the studio broadcast time or in different synchronic discussions, program states her views to the guest to enough space, so the conflicts appear in programs often view, present a tit-for-tat scenes, which was the show's pursuit of a creative person to effect. On the one hand, this approach makes the program have strong attraction and better meet the audience's psychological needs for different opinions on the same issue. On the other hand, the report of the program on problems presents objectivity, that is, it gives the audience more space to think and understand problems, which reflects the characteristics of British news report.

During the British Labour party's election, the Labour leader program invited five candidates to show the scene and voters on behalf of face-to-face communication, candidate expounded his campaign claims and questions from voters, become the protagonist of show guests at this time, the program of journalists, the host are standing in a neutral point of view, as their views of the platform.

However, when the labor party leadership election entered the most intense competition stage, the program still cleverly revealed the connotation of the topic through the performance of the guests, and showed the neutral attitude of the program and the objectivity of the report. It also set up a small segment for voters to comment on candidates after they leave the field. What they do is present a reality that gives the audience room to judge and think.

In another example, on September 22, 2010, two leading members of parliament from the conservative and Labour parties were invited to give their views on government cuts to public spending. One of the two guests sat in the studio, and the other communicated with the studio guests through the big screen. When it came to the reasons for the cuts, the debate was so heated that the two guests almost fell out. Take a typical debate segment:

By this time, it was clear that the two guests were already at loggerheads, their voices intertwined, in a state of anxiety. At this point, the host did not interrupt the guests, but gave them more space to fully explain their views. In the show, what appears to be a debate between two people is actually a debate between two parties. Through such debate, both parties are clarifying their practices and defending themselves, and the public can have a clearer understanding of the context of the government's decision. This way also more fully reflects the objectivity of the program to follow the principle. In the program of "news night", because high-level guests are selected and they hold different and sometimes opposite views, the program is often full of explosive exchanges of views, which reflects the program's pursuit of diversified topics and views.

The hosts of this program are worthy of attention, and they are also a strong support for the success of the program. These presenters have long and rich experience as journalists, which enables them to have a good interview and the ability to control the topic.

Different from China's news culture, in the British radio and television media, the vast majority of news presenters start their careers as reporters and editors. In long-term news editor's professional, they gradually got fully exercise, mainly reflected on the insight for news events, deep understanding and reaction is rapid, the majority of topic news program is closely connected with the important news of the day, they are deepening and expansion, therefore give host look at news events and the perspective of the inner meaning of time is limited, which requires the host good news literacy.

Newsnight's four main presenters are Jeremy paxman, kirsty walker, Gavin eisler, and Emily matrice. The average age is 53. Jeremy paxman, 60, is the oldest. This not only means age, more important is that their life experience makes their ability to understand the society more profound and rich. Jeremy paxman appeared on newsnight in 1989 and interviewed a number of important politicians.

Rich news experience, so that the host from all walks of life in the face of important figures from the community can be calm, calmly deal with. The ability to grasp and lead the topic, the guests' ability to raise questions and the ability to find the root of the questions all fully show the key role played by the quality of journalists.

On the second day of the Labour party's leadership election, the show's main presenter gave an exclusive interview to Ed miliband, the new Labour leader, and presenter Jeremy paxman's questions during the interview are well worth studying. In the 8-minute interview, he raised a total of 22 questions. The density of the questions is obvious, but more importantly, the questions he raised are very potential to generate power, and the implied meaning behind the questions is profound. In the interview, the host started from the subtle but easy to cause a sense of affinity:

On the surface, this is just a declarative sentence without the characteristics of a question, but in fact, it is a very clever way to enter the topic. Talking from the family background, it seems kind and natural, thus creating a good interview environment and laying a good foundation for the smooth progress of the following interview. Looking at other interviews with Jeremy paxman, it is clear that this is one of his more frequent and effective interviews.

Newsnight hosts have long journalistic careers, a microcosm of how British news presenters have grown up. In the journalism education system of British universities, there is no broadcasting department like that of China, so as to train presenters. There are only journalism departments in British universities. For students majoring in radio and television journalism, the training mode is designed according to the actual situation of British journalism. For example, the journalism department of the university of Sheffield, a famous university in the UK, is a good example of the cultivation of postgraduate students majoring in radio and television journalism. The courses they learn are all about how to be a qualified journalist, which is the primary key factor and the foundation. Meanwhile, according to the actual operation mode of radio and TV station, we provide students with proper audio report training. For example, live reports, telephone links, studio audio reports and so on. They also provide voice training for graduate students in radio and television journalism, but focus on how to articulate the elements of news in spoken language rather than on factors such as sound.

"News night" program has a very important typical significance, observing this program can play the role of "dissecting the sparrow". The style of the program, the choice of topics and the performance of the host are all good research materials. At the same time, we can also find the factors that can be used for reference. For example, the training model of the press-type host, especially the ability of the host to ask questions is more worthy of study. The objectivity of the report is the strict criterion they follow. In order to show the objectivity of the report in the program, the choice of questions and the use of vocabulary in specific languages are very important and detailed. Therefore, the observation and research of this program have realistic and long-term significance.

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Weaponized information seeks a new target in cyberspace: Users' minds

by Richard Forno

Cyberattacks target Americans’ thinking. Fancy Tapis/Shutterstock.com

The Russian attacks on the 2016 U.S. presidential election and the country’s continuing election-related hacking have happened across all three dimensions of cyberspace – physical, informational and cognitive. The first two are well-known: For years, hackers have exploited hardware and software flaws to gain unauthorized access to computers and networks – and stolen information they’ve found. The third dimension, however, is a newer target – and a more concerning one.

This three-dimensional view of cyberspace comes from my late mentor, Professor Dan Kuehl of the National Defense University, who expressed concern about traditional hacking activities and what they meant for national security. But he also foresaw the potential – now clear to the public at large – that those tools could be used to target people’s perceptions and thought processes, too. That’s what the Russians allegedly did, according to federal indictments issued in February and July, laying out evidence that Russian civilians and military personnel used online tools to influence Americans’ political views – and, potentially, their votes. They may be setting up to do it again for the 2018 midterm elections.

Some observers suggest that using internet tools for espionage and as fuel for disinformation campaigns is a new form of “hybrid warfare.” Their idea is that the lines are blurring between the traditional kinetic warfare of bombs, missiles and guns, and the unconventional, stealthy warfare long practiced against foreigners’ “hearts and minds” by intelligence and special forces capabilities.

However, I believe this isn’t a new form of war at all: Rather, it is the same old strategies taking advantage of the latest available technologies. Just as online marketing companies use sponsored content and search engine manipulation to distribute biased information to the public, governments are using internet-based tools to pursue their agendas. In other words, they’re hacking a different kind of system through social engineering on a grand scale.

Americans are used to seeing Russian propaganda that looks like this. AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth

Old goals, new techniques

More than 2,400 years ago, the Chinese military strategist and philosopher Sun Tzu made it an axiom of war that it’s best to “subdue the enemy without fighting.” Using information – or disinformation, or propaganda – as a weapon can be one way to destabilize a population and disable the target country. In 1984 a former KGB agent who defected to the West discussed this as a long-term process and more or less predicted what’s happening in the U.S. now.

The Russians created false social media accounts to simulate political activists – such as @TEN_GOP, which purported to be associated with the Tennessee Republican Party. Just that one account attracted more than 100,000 followers. The goal was to distribute propaganda, such as captioned photos, posters or short animated graphics, purposely designed to enrage and engage these accounts’ followers. Those people would then pass the information along through their own personal social networks.

Starting from seeds planted by Russian fakers, including some who claimed to be U.S. citizens, those ideas grew and flourished through amplification by real people. Unfortunately, whether originating from Russia or elsewhere, fake information and conspiracy theories can form the basis for discussion at major partisan media outlets.

As ideas with niche online beginnings moved into the traditional mass media landscape, they serve to keep controversies alive by sustaining divisive arguments on both sides. For instance, one Russian troll factory had its online personas host rallies both for and against each of the major candidates in the 2016 presidential election. Though the rallies never took place, the online buzz about them helped inflame divisions in society.

The trolls also set up Twitter accounts purportedly representing local news organizations – including defunct ones – to take advantage of Americans’ greater trust of local news sources than national ones. These accounts operated for several years – one for the Chicago Daily News, closed since 1978, was created in May 2014 and collected 20,000 followers – passing along legitimate local news stories, likely seeking to win followers’ trust ahead of future disinformation campaigns. Shut down before they could fulfill that end, these accounts cleverly aimed to exploit the fact that many Americans’ political views cloud their ability to separate fact from opinion in the news.

These sorts of activities are functions of traditional espionage: Foment discord and then sit back while the target population becomes distracted arguing among themselves.

Fighting digital disinformation is hard

Analyzing, let alone countering, this type of provocative behavior can be difficult. Russia isn’t alone, either: The U.S. tries to influence foreign audiences and global opinions, including through Voice of America online and radio services and intelligence services’ activities. And it’s not just governments that get involved. Companies, advocacy groups and others also can conduct disinformation campaigns.

Unfortunately, laws and regulations are ineffective remedies. Further, social media companies have been fairly slow to respond to this phenomenon. Twitter reportedly suspended more than 70 million fake accounts earlier this summer. That included nearly 50 social media accounts like the fake Chicago Daily News one.

Facebook, too, says it is working to reduce the spread of “fake news” on its platform. Yet both companies make their money from users’ activity on their sites – so they are conflicted, trying to stifle misleading content while also boosting users’ involvement.

Real defense happens in the brain

The best protection against threats to the cognitive dimension of cyberspace depends on users’ own actions and knowledge. Objectively educated, rational citizens should serve as the foundation of a strong democratic society. But that defense fails if people don’t have the skills – or worse, don’t use them – to think critically about what they’re seeing and examine claims of fact before accepting them as true.

American voters expect ongoing Russian interference in U.S. elections. In fact, it appears to have already begun. To help combat that influence, the U.S. Justice Department plans to alert the public when its investigations discover foreign espionage, hacking and disinformation relating to the upcoming 2018 midterm elections. And the National Security Agency has created a task force to counter Russian hacking of election systems and major political parties’ computer networks.

These efforts are a good start, but the real solution will begin when people start realizing they’re being subjected to this sort of cognitive attack and that it’s not all just a hoax.

Richard Forno is a Senior Lecturer in Cybersecurity and an Internet Researcher at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

This article was originally published on The Conversation, a Sci Fi Generation content partner.

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Think Theatre tours Hamlet & Othello to Gauteng

Renowned for its teaching-aid productions of Shakespeare set-works for matric school learners, Think Theatre is presenting two of The Bard’s greatest tragedies this year – a new staging of Hamlet, and a revival of the company’s widely acclaimed Othello.

Bryan Hiles as Hamlet with Cara Roberts as Ophelia. Photo by Val Adamson.

Following a triumphant tour of KwaZulu-Natal in February and March, playing to more than 22 000 learners, these two plays will run in tandem with performances at the University of Johannesburg from 8 to 19 May, and at the Brooklyn Theatre in Pretoria from 22 to 26 May. Schools performances in each venue are from Mondays to Fridays at 9am and 12pm daily. Outreach performances will also take place at Pretoria University from 29 to 31 May at these times.A public evening performance of Hamlet will be given in Johannesburg on 11 May at 7pm, with a public evening performance of Othello following on 16 May at 7pm.

Pre-bookings are essential. All bookings for Think Theatre’s national tour are through Doreen Stanley on 084 556 0668, Fax: 086 402 9592 or 033 343 4884, or e-mail doreen@thinktheatre.co.za.

With its varied themes of racism, love, jealousy and betrayal, Shakespeare’s classic tragedy Othello remains as relevant to present day audiences as it ever was. Multi award winning director, writer, teacher and actress, Clare Mortimer, once again directs a star-studded cast to provide an action-packed performance, which keeps the audience enthralled… and helps learners to understand and enjoy Shakespeare. With her wealth of experience as a Matric English teacher (both in private and Government schools) Clare has cleverly kept this production (as well as Hamlet) to a manageable 2 hours, closely following all the relevant themes the learners need to know.

Chris Van Rensburg as Iago with Nhlakanipho Manqele as Othello

Durban Theatre Award winner Nhlakanipho Manqele reprises his interpretation of the play’s tragic title role, with Cara Roberts again returning as his ill-fated young wife, Desdemona. The rest of the cast, headed by Chris van Rensburg with his chilling portrayal of the villainous Iago and Mortimer as his wife Emilia, again features Michael Gritten, Marc Kay, Bryan Hiles, Rowan Bartlett and Darren King. Kirsty Ndawo makes her role debut as Bianca.

Much cited as Shakespeare’s greatest work, Hamlet Prince of Denmark centres on themes of death, betrayal, greed, murder and revenge. Often described as a typical “Revenge Play”, any careful study reveals it to be very much more. Does a good and purposeful life on earth triumph? Are vile and criminal acts always punished? Further, what is the purpose of our lives in the time we are given if decency has the same end as treachery? These questions are valid today – in our homes, our schools and among our leaders. Award winning director Clare Mortimer (a former teacher of English) once more takes the reins, and audiences can be certain of a complete production, with full sets and costume, and the greatest of care given to the text.

Expect to see a few familiar faces and some fresh ones in Hamlet 2017! Multi award winner Bryan Hiles takes the title role of the tragic Prince of Denmark, with Cara Roberts appearing as the tragic young heroine, Ophelia. Clare Mortimer plays Hamlet’s mother Gertrude, with Claudius, Hamlet’s treacherous step father, portrayed by Michael Gritten. Hamlet’s friend Horatio is played by Nhlakanipho Manqele with Darren King as Polonius and his son Laertes performed by Marc Kay. The production’s powerhouse casting also includes Chris van Rensburg, Rowan Barlett, Straw Nzimande and Kirsty Ndawo.

Supported by The University of Johannesburg, Think Theatre’s Hamlet and Othello are two invaluable teaching tools with dynamic performance, both educational and entertainment, and are not to be missed. For further information contact Doreen on 084 556 0668 or Margie on 083 251 9412. If they are unable to answer your call please send a text message with your request, your name and your school’s name.

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Think Theatre tours Hamlet & Othello to Gauteng was originally published on Artsvark

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Commons Vote

On: Social Fund Winter Fuel Payment Regulations 2024 (SI, 2024, No. 869): motion to annul

Ayes: 228 (49.3% Con, 31.7% LD, 4.4% Ind, 4.0% SNP, 2.2% DUP, 2.2% RUK, 1.8% PC, 1.8% Green, 0.9% SDLP, 0.4% Lab, 0.4% APNI, 0.4% UUP, 0.4% TUV) Noes: 348 (100.0% Lab) Absent: ~74

Day's business papers: 2024-09-10

Individual Votes:

Ayes

Conservative (112 votes)

Alan Mak Alberto Costa Alec Shelbrooke Alicia Kearns Alison Griffiths Andrew Bowie Andrew Griffith Andrew Mitchell Andrew Murrison Andrew Snowden Aphra Brandreth Ashley Fox Ben Obese-Jecty Ben Spencer Bernard Jenkin Blake Stephenson Bob Blackman Bradley Thomas Caroline Dinenage Caroline Johnson Charlie Dewhirst Chris Philp Christopher Chope Claire Coutinho Damian Hinds Danny Kruger David Davis David Mundell David Reed David Simmonds Desmond Swayne Edward Argar Edward Leigh Esther McVey Gagan Mohindra Gareth Bacon Gareth Davies Gavin Williamson Geoffrey Clifton-Brown George Freeman Graham Stuart Greg Smith Gregory Stafford Harriet Cross Harriett Baldwin Helen Grant Helen Whately Iain Duncan Smith Jack Rankin James Cartlidge James Cleverly James Wild Jeremy Hunt Jeremy Wright Jerome Mayhew Jesse Norman Joe Robertson John Cooper John Glen John Hayes John Lamont John Whittingdale Joy Morrissey Julia Lopez Julian Lewis Julian Smith Karen Bradley Katie Lam Kemi Badenoch Kevin Hollinrake Kieran Mullan Kit Malthouse Laura Trott Lewis Cocking Lincoln Jopp Luke Evans Mark Francois Mark Garnier Matt Vickers Mel Stride Mike Wood Mims Davies Neil Hudson Neil O'Brien Neil Shastri-Hurst Nick Timothy Nigel Huddleston Oliver Dowden Patrick Spencer Paul Holmes Peter Bedford Peter Fortune Priti Patel Rebecca Paul Rebecca Smith Richard Fuller Richard Holden Rishi Sunak Robbie Moore Robert Jenrick Roger Gale Saqib Bhatti Sarah Bool Shivani Raja Simon Hoare Steve Barclay Stuart Anderson Stuart Andrew Suella Braverman Tom Tugendhat Victoria Atkins Wendy Morton

Liberal Democrat (72 votes)

Adam Dance Al Pinkerton Alex Brewer Alison Bennett Alistair Carmichael Andrew George Angus MacDonald Anna Sabine Ben Maguire Bobby Dean Brian Mathew Calum Miller Cameron Thomas Caroline Voaden Charlie Maynard Charlotte Cane Chris Coghlan Christine Jardine Claire Young Clive Jones Daisy Cooper Danny Chambers David Chadwick Ed Davey Edward Morello Freddie van Mierlo Gideon Amos Helen Maguire Helen Morgan Ian Roome Ian Sollom James MacCleary Jamie Stone Jess Brown-Fuller John Milne Josh Babarinde Joshua Reynolds Layla Moran Lee Dillon Lisa Smart Liz Jarvis Luke Taylor Manuela Perteghella Marie Goldman Martin Wrigley Max Wilkinson Mike Martin Monica Harding Munira Wilson Olly Glover Paul Kohler Pippa Heylings Rachel Gilmour Richard Foord Roz Savage Sarah Dyke Sarah Gibson Sarah Green Sarah Olney Steff Aquarone Steve Darling Susan Murray Tessa Munt Tim Farron Tom Gordon Tom Morrison Victoria Collins Vikki Slade Wendy Chamberlain Wera Hobhouse Will Forster Zöe Franklin

Independent (10 votes)

Adnan Hussain Apsana Begum Ayoub Khan Ian Byrne Iqbal Mohamed Jeremy Corbyn John McDonnell Richard Burgon Shockat Adam Zarah Sultana

Scottish National Party (9 votes)

Brendan O'Hara Chris Law Dave Doogan Graham Leadbitter Kirsty Blackman Pete Wishart Seamus Logan Stephen Flynn Stephen Gethins

Democratic Unionist Party (5 votes)

Carla Lockhart Gavin Robinson Gregory Campbell Jim Shannon Sammy Wilson

Reform UK (5 votes)

James McMurdock Lee Anderson Nigel Farage Richard Tice Rupert Lowe

Plaid Cymru (4 votes)

Ann Davies Ben Lake Liz Saville Roberts Llinos Medi

Green Party (4 votes)

Adrian Ramsay Carla Denyer Ellie Chowns Siân Berry

Social Democratic & Labour Party (2 votes)

Claire Hanna Colum Eastwood

Labour (1 vote)

Jon Trickett

Alliance (1 vote)

Sorcha Eastwood

Ulster Unionist Party (1 vote)

Robin Swann

Traditional Unionist Voice (1 vote)

Jim Allister

Noes

Labour (348 votes)

Abena Oppong-Asare Abtisam Mohamed Adam Jogee Adam Thompson Afzal Khan Al Carns Alan Campbell Alan Gemmell Alan Strickland Alex Baker Alex Ballinger Alex Barros-Curtis Alex Davies-Jones Alex Mayer Alex McIntyre Alex Norris Alex Sobel Alice Macdonald Alison Hume Alison McGovern Alison Taylor Alistair Strathern Allison Gardner Amanda Hack Andrew Cooper Andrew Gwynne Andrew Lewin Andrew Pakes Andrew Ranger Andrew Western Andy MacNae Andy Slaughter Angela Eagle Angela Rayner Anna Dixon Anna Gelderd Anna Turley Anneliese Dodds Anneliese Midgley Antonia Bance Ashley Dalton Baggy Shanker Bambos Charalambous Barry Gardiner Bayo Alaba Becky Gittins Ben Coleman Ben Goldsborough Bill Esterson Blair McDougall Brian Leishman Bridget Phillipson Callum Anderson Calvin Bailey Carolyn Harris Catherine Atkinson Catherine Fookes Catherine McKinnell Catherine West Charlotte Nichols Chi Onwurah Chris Bloore Chris Bryant Chris Curtis Chris Elmore Chris Evans Chris Hinchliff Chris Kane Chris McDonald Chris Murray Chris Vince Chris Ward Claire Hazelgrove Claire Hughes Clive Betts Connor Naismith Connor Rand Damien Egan Dan Aldridge Dan Carden Dan Jarvis Dan Norris Dan Tomlinson Daniel Francis Danny Beales Darren Jones Darren Paffey Dave Robertson David Baines David Burton-Sampson David Lammy David Pinto-Duschinsky David Smith David Taylor David Williams Debbie Abrahams Deirdre Costigan Derek Twigg Douglas Alexander Douglas McAllister Ed Miliband Elaine Stewart Ellie Reeves Emily Darlington Emily Thornberry Emma Foody Emma Hardy Emma Reynolds Fabian Hamilton Feryal Clark Florence Eshalomi Frank McNally Fred Thomas Gareth Snell Gareth Thomas Gen Kitchen Georgia Gould Gerald Jones Gill German Gordon McKee Graeme Downie Graham Stringer Gregor Poynton Gurinder Singh Josan Hamish Falconer Harpreet Uppal Heidi Alexander Helen Hayes Helena Dollimore Henry Tufnell Ian Murray Imogen Walker Irene Campbell Jack Abbott Jacob Collier Jade Botterill Jake Richards James Asser James Frith James Murray James Naish Janet Daby Jas Athwal Jayne Kirkham Jeevun Sandher Jeff Smith Jen Craft Jess Asato Jess Phillips Jessica Morden Jessica Toale Jim Dickson Jim McMahon Jo Platt Jo Stevens Jo White Joani Reid Jodie Gosling Joe Morris Joe Powell Johanna Baxter John Grady John Healey John Slinger John Whitby Jon Pearce Jonathan Brash Jonathan Davies Jonathan Hinder Jonathan Reynolds Josh Dean Josh Fenton-Glynn Josh MacAlister Josh Newbury Josh Simons Julie Minns Juliet Campbell Justin Madders Kanishka Narayan Karin Smyth Karl Turner Kate Dearden Katie White Katrina Murray Keir Mather Keir Starmer Kerry McCarthy Kevin Bonavia Kevin McKenna Kim Leadbeater Kirith Entwistle Kirsteen Sullivan Kirsty McNeill Laura Kyrke-Smith Lauren Edwards Lauren Sullivan Laurence Turner Lee Barron Lee Pitcher Lewis Atkinson Liam Byrne Liam Conlon Lilian Greenwood Lillian Jones Linsey Farnsworth Lisa Nandy Liz Kendall Liz Twist Lizzi Collinge Lloyd Hatton Lola McEvoy Louise Haigh Louise Jones Lucy Powell Lucy Rigby Luke Akehurst Luke Charters Luke Murphy Luke Myer Luke Pollard Margaret Mullane Marie Tidball Mark Ferguson Mark Hendrick Mark Sewards Mark Tami Markus Campbell-Savours Martin McCluskey Martin Rhodes Mary Creagh Mary Glindon Matt Rodda Matt Turmaine Matt Western Matthew Patrick Matthew Pennycook Maureen Burke Maya Ellis Meg Hillier Melanie Onn Melanie Ward Miatta Fahnbulleh Michael Payne Michael Shanks Michael Wheeler Michelle Scrogham Michelle Welsh Mike Amesbury Mike Kane Mike Reader Mike Tapp Natalie Fleet Natasha Irons Navendu Mishra Neil Coyle Nesil Caliskan Nia Griffith Nicholas Dakin Nick Smith Noah Law Oliver Ryan Olivia Bailey Olivia Blake Pam Cox Pamela Nash Pat McFadden Patricia Ferguson Patrick Hurley Paul Davies Paul Foster Paul Waugh Perran Moon Peter Dowd Peter Kyle Peter Lamb Peter Prinsley Peter Swallow Polly Billington Preet Kaur Gill Rachel Blake Rachel Hopkins Rachel Reeves Rachel Taylor Richard Baker Richard Quigley Rosie Wrighting Rupa Huq Rushanara Ali Ruth Cadbury Ruth Jones Sadik Al-Hassan Sally Jameson Sam Carling Sam Rushworth Samantha Dixon

Samantha Niblett Sarah Champion Sarah Coombes Sarah Hall Sarah Jones Sarah Owen Sarah Russell Sarah Sackman Satvir Kaur Scott Arthur Sean Woodcock Seema Malhotra Shabana Mahmood Shaun Davies Simon Lightwood Simon Opher Siobhain McDonagh Sojan Joseph Sonia Kumar Stella Creasy Stephanie Peacock Stephen Kinnock Stephen Morgan Stephen Timms Steve Race Steve Reed Steve Witherden Steve Yemm Sureena Brackenridge Taiwo Owatemi Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi Terry Jermy Tim Roca Toby Perkins Tom Collins Tom Hayes Tom Rutland Tony Vaughan Torcuil Crichton Torsten Bell Tracy Gilbert Tristan Osborne Tulip Siddiq Uma Kumaran Valerie Vaz Vicky Foxcroft Warinder Juss Wes Streeting Will Stone Yasmin Qureshi Yuan Yang Yvette Cooper Zubir Ahmed