Alternative regeneration plans voted down by Labour councillors at budget meeting
Last night, Haringey Lib Dems put forward an alternative regeneration plan for the borough in a series of budget amendments at a...
HLD
28 Feb 2017
National News
Surrey County Elections
The local County elections are being held on Thursday 4 th May, 2017. Currently Surrey Council is Conservative led and the Councillors who represent Runnymede are all Conservatives. We believe that a fairer representation of the people across the Borough is required to hold Surrey Council to account. We have seen how our services have been cut because of the budget being stripped down by the Tory government and mis-management by the County. We feel it would benefit residents if we had councillors from a broader range of parties, including Lib Dems.
28 Feb 2017
Manchester Gorton by-election
Yesterday we learnt of the sad loss of the Father of the House of Commons, Sir Gerald Kaufman, who had been the MP for Manchester Gorton since 1983 and before that for Manchester Ardwick from 1970. Our first thoughts are of course for his family and colleagues. As a consequence, there will be a by-election in Gorton. This will actually the sixth by-election in the constituency in the space of 128 years, which is rather a lot. At first glance, this is a very safe Labour seat, with 67 per cent of the 2015 vote and no other party making it into double figures.
MS
28 Feb 2017
New Lincolnshire movement to campaign for Britain to remain in EU
A new movement has been set up in Lincolnshire campaigning for Britain to remain a member of the European Union. The Lincolnshire branch of the European Movement was established on February 14 in Spalding, and the organisation boasts over 50 members in the county within its first two weeks.
SP
28 Feb 2017
Why did Copeland vote Tory?
Last week's by-elections in Stoke-on-Trent & Copeland - both Labour, & strong Leave areas - were interesting. In Stoke, Labour won comfortably in what was primarily billed as a 'Stop Paul Nuttall' vote despite 70% Brexit support, and where Dr Zulfiqar Ali, the Lib Dem candidate, doubled his vote-share and came over as having more integrity than the 2 main protagonists combined. But the Copeland result was more remarkable… and more depressing. Why did Copeland vote Tory? And how did the Lib Dems beat UKIP into 4th place? Perceived wisdom was that: this was a fight between campaigning for the NHS (Labour) vs safeguarding the nuclear industry (Conservative); Jeremy Corbyn's leadership makes the Labour party unelectable; the 62% Brexit support last summer meant that Labour were always going to do badly (despite Corbyn's seeming support for a hard Brexit); and a list of things per Shami Chakraborty including:
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28 Feb 2017
The Death of Hong Kong’s Freedoms
The Liberal Democrat peer Baroness Falkner chaired a discussion on 8th February on the demise of Hong Kong's political freedoms since the transfer of its sovereignty to China. The event was organised by the Henry Jackson Society at the Palace of Westminster.
EL
28 Feb 2017