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EURef: Connect is ready. It’s time for referendum canvassing

A great Liberal MP, John Bright used to say, "I believe in faith, hope and canvassing. And the greatest of these is canvassing." Canvassing makes a difference. Being canvassed by a party or cause increases the chance you will support them and increases the chance you will come out to vote. You can canvass on a street stall or on the phone. You can do it online. Still the most effective way, in my view, is going door to door, seeing people in person.

by Antony Hook

9 May 2016

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The Pope, politicians and think-tankers weigh in

VATICAN CITY -Pope Francis…on Friday gave a speech on Europe that the bloc's leaders hope will convince citizens - including Brits - that the EU is worth fighting for, according to senior EU officials. Politico reports: http://www.politico.eu/article/pope-francis-europe-speech-a-boost-to-anti-brexit-campaign/

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by Peter Morris, European Movement

9 May 2016

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John Pugh MP writes…Two lessons from Thursday

In Southport last Thursday we did something no party has ever done before in Southport's history- won all the council seats by healthy margins. Not everyone knows where Southport is but its on the northern tip of the Merseyside region on the Lancashire coast. On Thursday I was puzzled when contacted by the press department expressing worry about the defection of one of my councillors. It turned out it was a bloke in Stockport who had defected. Easy mistake to make if you are from London. Southport is part of Sefton MBC which has big wards averaging 12,000. During the Coalition most of Merseyside fell like dominoes to Labour including the Sefton seats outside Southport leaving us (Southport) an isolated fortress. This year it was different with Richard Kemp and Kris Brown spearheading a heroic revival in Liverpool and gains made in Knowsley. The only sadness was that in some other areas of Merseyside where we had taken successive kickings in previous years the will to win and the belief that we could was not t

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by John Pugh MP

9 May 2016

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3 days left to take part in two major consultations on Liberal Democrat policy

There are just three days left to take part in two major consultations on Liberal Democrat policy - one for the working group on liberty and security, and the other for the group looking at working-age social security. Lib Dem social security consultation This is a consultation from the party's policy working group on working-age social security.

by Mark Pack

9 May 2016

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Ukip’s vote share fell again in the 2016 elections

Not only did Ukip slip back into fourth, behind the Liberal Democrats, in the 2016 local elections but the party's vote share fell yet again:

9 May 2016

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Trade: The Brexit Debate

The argument on trade of those in favour of Britain leaving the European Union appears to be that the United Kingdom is such an important trade partner of the remainder of the EU that it can obtain a trade deal which gives it access to the internal market of the EU but which would not constrain the British government to accept internal market regulation and even allow it to abolish parts of the existing internal market regulation.

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by Dr Alan Bullion

9 May 2016

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