Mark Hunter, local MP, officially opened Beacon Counselling's new centre at 53 Greek Street last Friday, 21st March, which will provide support for 400 adults each year through counselling and related services.
Former parliamentary candidate and community campaigner, Phil Ling, is standing as a Council candidate in Merton Borough in May's local elections. Phil's ward, West Barnes, currently has 2 Lib Dem Councillors with the third a Conservative.
Gordon Lishman, a North West Lib Dem candidate in the Euro elections in 2014 and co-author of The Theory & Practice Of Community Politics (http://www.liberalhistory.org.uk/uploads/community_politics.pdf), with Wirral Lib Dem Peter Reisdorf after the Transition Town West Kirby hustings on the 28th March.
A letter in one of the local papers from the Chief Fire Officer has added to the confusion over plans for Wirral Fire Stations. In the letter he started off by saying that West Kirby Fire station would not close then said (twice!) that it would. There seems to be some hope for Upton Fire Station. If a suitable site cannot be found in Greasby then Upton will stay open and West Kirby Fire Station will close. He said that Heswall Fire Station would stay open, but the original report last year said that the Heswall site was "commercially attractive" and that they might "relocate services".
Southport's Liberal Democrat MP John Pugh spoke to a meeting of local Liberal Democrats in Greasby recently about getting a fairer deal for the North of England.
On 19 March 2014, Chinese Liberal Democrats hosted a private dinner to launch Sarah's campaign at the Imperial China Restaurant in London Chinatown. Included amongst the 50 guests were members from the Chinese media including satellite tv channel TVB.