Five Ways the EU is protecting our world.
( from Summer 2016 Challenge, the GLD magazine)
CBMEP
11 Jun 2016
National News
"A British exit would be devastating......for Britain" says leading US newspaper
A British exit would be devastating, not least for Britain, whose own union of England and Scotland would probably cease to be, says op-ed columnist Roger Cohen, writing from Berlin, in the New York Times. Every fiber of pragmatism in the land of continuity par excellence suggests Britain will not throw itself over a cliff. Even here in the capital of the unimaginable I refuse to believe it. But the unimaginable must be taken seriously if it is to be averted: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/11/opinion/europe-and-the-unthinkable.html?emc=edit_ee_20160611&nl=todaysheadlines-europe&nlid=74103272
PMEM
11 Jun 2016
Parents claim their disabled children will be ‘ghettoised’
An academy chain has been accused of "segregating" disabled and special needs pupils after announcing it will bus them from its top school to a worse-performing institution six miles away.
11 Jun 2016
12 days to polling day
Time to get those unreturned postal votes into the boxes for Monday's collection...
11 Jun 2016
Farron Secures Westminster Debate On Mental Health Ward Closure
In a special debate in the Commons on Monday, South Lakes MP Tim Farron will call on health bosses to scrap plans to close Kendal's mental health ward. Tim has blasted the plans which he says would hit the least well-off and most vulnerable.
11 Jun 2016
News from Rickmansworth Liberal Democrats - Three Rivers, a Lib Dem Run Council
We were so sad to hear of the sudden death of Sylvia Saul. She and Geoff have been stalwart figures in our community for many, many years. Sylvia will be remembered for her cheerful hard work for the Red Cross, for Meresworth, working in the library at Shepherds School and many other local organisations and events. We understand there is to be a special service at St Peters in the morning of June 14th
11 Jun 2016