National Liberal Democrat News - East Riding Liberal Democrats

A local doctor's view of Brexit - worse in the North east

I'm Aidan and I work as Junior Doctor in the northeast NHS. When I was asked to do this talk I approached my consultant and asked her opinion on Brexit as a preamble to getting her thoughts on the topics I should talk about. Dr Sarah Jordan said "well Aidan, it's not going to be good, and it's going to be even worse for our region, in fact I feel so strongly about it that I joined the Liberal Democrats and ran as a councillor". Wow, I said, so did I.

9 Jul 2019

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Amy Tisi and Karen Davies at The Swan Clewer

Clewer East Catch-up: June

June was jam-packed with lots of different types of council business and meetings. Here's a flavour of some of them:

by Amy Tisi

8 Jul 2019

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50-50 club draw

We have had some administrative issues and have been unable to make the draw for three months so please accept apoplogies for the delay.

8 Jul 2019

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Should Children be Taught about LGBT Rights?

People who have sexual identities other than heterosexual have been discriminated against throughout history. It is important,...

by Gillian Douglas

8 Jul 2019

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Cllr Dr Gary Wong and local party members

Campaigning to Make a Difference

Introducing our new CLD Councillor Dr Gary Wong, in his own words:

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by Councillor Dr Gary Wong

7 Jul 2019

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Northchurch Parish Council Passes a motion on the Climate Change Emergency

On 1st July, Cllr Lara Pringle, Vice-Chair of Northchurch Parish Council proposed and Cllr Mark Somervail seconded a Motion to the Parish Council on the Climate Change Emergency . It was passed unanimously. Congratulations to Lara Pringle, Mark Somervail and Peter Holditch for getting this important motion tabled and passed unanimously. NORTHCHURCH PARISH COUNCIL - CLIMATE CHANGE MOTION 1 JULY 2019 This council recognises: The overwhelming weight of scientific evidence which establishes the risk of man-made climate change and the implications for global warming leading to rising sea levels; loss of habitat; loss of bio-diversity and the associated long-term dangers to human and all other life on the planet. AND The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPPC) Special Report on Global Warming of October 2018, which describes the harm that a 2C rise in global temperatures is likely to cause and which advises that limiting global warming to 1.5C may be possible with ambitious action from national and su

7 Jul 2019

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