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Windermere Building Society branch set for closure

The Yorkshire Building Society's Windermere Branch is set to close under proposals announced today. South Lakes MP Tim Farron is due to meet the Chief Executive later this week, and will urge the building society to reverse this decision.

25 Jan 2017
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Anita Day

Healing Divisions

The US and UK are today more divided than at any time in living memory. As we have seen this weekend with more people protesting against Donald Trump's election than attended his inauguration, the American administration has a lot to do to heal those rifts, and it's a pity that Trump is not trying harder to build bridges with those who oppose him. I suspect that is partly because they feel it can't be done… that the idealistic differences are too great to be bridged, so it's not worth trying. But I think that is a dangerous attitude, and an error that we are in danger of repeating in Britain. I am a committed Remainer, and nothing that has happened since the referendum has made me doubt that leaving the EU/single market/customs union will be very damaging to our country. So there is a tendency amongst people like me to keep pointing to the economic evidence, wait for Leavers to realise their mistake and - when they don't - become frustrated and abusive about their 'stupidity'- particularly when faced with vit

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25 Jan 2017
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