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Robinson helps launch 'No 2 ID - Chelmsford'

"Chelmsford No 2 ID" group launched at site of new interrogation centre, as Government announces another massive jump in database scheme costs. Chelmsford Liberal Democrat Stephen Robinson joined campaigners from other parties and none to launch the Chelmsford branch of the national campaign group on Wednesday 9 May. The first step in creating a massive national database of all your personal details is compulsory interviews for new passports, followed by all those renewing their passport.

13 May 2007
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New Parish Council for West End

Following the recent elections West End Parish Council now has a new mandate to serve the people of West End. For the first time in nearly 15 years there were contested elections for the Parish Council in one ward. In that ward, West End South, the people of West End elected all five of the Liberal Democrat candidates standing plus the two conservatives to fill up to two remaining slots for the ward.

11 May 2007
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County Council backs Lib Dem Motion on ID Cards

This week at a meeting of Bedfordshire County Council the Council voted to back Liberal Democrat Deputy Leader Councillor Susan Gaszczak's motion to have nothing to do with ID Cards unless required to do so by law.

11 May 2007
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Dundee LibDems slam Labour and Tories on climate change

News that earlier this week, a Liberal Democrat action plan to tackle climate change was voted down by Labour MPs in the House of Commons, as the Conservatives sat on their hands was slammed today (Friday 11th May) by Dundee Liberal Democrats.

11 May 2007
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Blair resigns, Liberal Democrats call for a General Election

Tony Blair has announced that he will resign as Prime Minister on June 27th. He will remain prime minister until the Labour Party elects a new leader. He made the announcement in a speech to party activists in his Sedgefield constituency, after earlier briefing the Cabinet on his plans. Sir Ming Campbell said "Tony Blair has been the first Labour Prime Minister to win three consecutive general elections and he will be rightly remembered for this. Yet overall his period in office can only be characterised as a decade of missed opportunities in which the hopes of the British people for a new kind of politics were shattered."

10 May 2007
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