Bassetlaw & Sherwood Liberal Democrats held their AGM at The Rum Runner in Retford on Saturday January 25^th. After a successful year which has seen membership rise by 17% and a record number of candidates fielded at the County Elections, the local party were in good heart and are looking forward to this May's European Parliament & Bassetlaw District Council Elections.

After the business part of the meeting, Issan Ghazni, no 2 on the East Midlands Liberal Democrat list for the European Elections, spoke about why he is proud to be a Liberal Democrat and why, as a committed European, we should be critical friends of the EU, "We should not shy away from criticising the EU where it needs to change".

Tony Rogers, Chair of the East Midlands Liberal Democrat and former Parliamentary candidate in Totnes & Chesterfield also spoke. He reminded us that it was the Liberals that built the first Council Houses, it was the Liberals that introduced the Welfare State with pensions & benefits and, while it was the Atlee Labour Government that introduced it, the NHS was the brainchild of the Liberal William Beveridge.

Mark Hunter was elected Chair of the local party for the coming year, with Leon Duveen as Vice Chair, Peter Thompson as Treasurer and Jennie Coggles as Secretary

Leon Duveen

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