People's Vote in Tunbridge Wells
Wealden LibDems joined with Tunbridge Wells LibDems to campaign for a People's Vote on the final Brexit deal in Tunbridge Wells centre on Saturday.
14 Aug 2018
National News
EU support growing.
A robust poll conducted by the Guardian Newspaper shows that Manchester voters would reject Brexit in even greater numbers today than when the referendum took place in 2016. The poll shows that the remain vote:
14 Aug 2018
Government must set better tax rules for multinationals.
The news that Amazon has doubled its profits made in the UK while reducing its tax bill has been greeted with outrage by some.
13 Aug 2018
Gloucester MP asked to apologise over immigrant bins slur
There are calls for Gloucester MP Richard Graham to apologise after he suggested immigrants could not use dustbins. In one of his regular emails to constituents the Conservative Member of Parliament called for an "education programme for immigrants not used to urban recycling". He has been condemned by Dr Rebecca Trimnell, his Liberal Democrat opponent at the next General Election, who called on him to apologise. Mr Graham's comments were made in the week in which former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson was accused of Islamophobia after saying Muslim women wearing burkas "look like letter boxes". The Gloucester MP sent the email last week to welcome a further step forward towards the closure of Hempsted tip. He said the opening next year of the new Javelin Park incinerator would mean that all of Stroud and Gloucester's waste would no longer go to landfill. "Of course that isn't the end of the story, although a hugely significant change," he wrote. "There is still more work in our city (and all of our county to
13 Aug 2018
Pride in the Gay Village!
Shock news that 2018 may be the last year that Manchester's Gay Village will host the main stage of Manchester's world-famous Pride festival has been greeted with anger by the City's LGBT+ communities. Unfortunately, such a devastating move has been inevitable since Manchester Labour Councillors voted through the Portland Street Planning Framework and gave permission to build hotels and towers on the space used by Pride and other Village events.
13 Aug 2018
Huge shift in public opinion towards remaining in the EU
Groundbreaking research shows Brexit is still not inevitable.
12 Aug 2018