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MP
11 Oct 2016
The double-speak of the Prime Minister and her Cabinet
It is a common dictum that politicians should be judged by their actions not by their words. Well it would appear that on many fronts the government could be rightly accused of double-speak after this week's Conservative Party Conference. Theresa May was Home Secretary for six years. During that time she deported almost 50,000 students with dubious legality and yet still failed to meet her own unrealistic targets. She also oversaw a big reduction in the number of immigration officers at ports and airports. However rather than accepting targets will never be met and giving the Home Office the staff they need, it has now become the job of head teachers and property owners to control immigration. If you cannot do it yourself outsource to someone who can is the leitmotif of the May government.
CK
9 Oct 2016
Tim Gordon writes…Elections for Party’s Committees now underway
I know that many of you will rightly be focused on the positive by-election campaign that we are currently running in Witney so you might have missed that internal elections to our Party's Committees are now underway. Nominations opened last Wednesday. This is the biggest exercise in internal party democracy which the Party has undertaken in decades, following the implementation of One Member One Vote. For the first time, every member is allowed to vote for committee members and any member who receives the required nominations can stand for election. There are four committees up for election: the Federal Board, the Federal Conference Committee, the Federal Policy Committee and the Federal International Relations Committee. In addition, a number of spaces are available for members to represent the party within our Delegation to the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in Europe (ALDE). The position of Party President is also up for election this year.
TG
9 Oct 2016
A less glamorous set of by-election results… and a Lib Dem win!
There were ten council by-elections this week, seven in Labour held seats and overall giving a good insight into what is happening to the Liberal Democrats outside the small number of seats which have caught the headlines and propelled the net seat gain figures. In fact the Lib Dem vote share was up in every contested by-election in England, Scotland and Wales. A first for very many years. Brickhill Parish Council, East Ward - 6th October 2016 LD James Cross 423 [78.9%]
8 Oct 2016
Why we must stand up for EU citizens’ right to stay in the UK #notacard
I've only done a couple of posts in the past week or so, making reference to "events" keeping me away from LDV. When I came back from Witney, I found my husband very seriously ill. An ambulance dash and some very scary moments later, my worst fears were confirmed and then some. Things have now settled down considerably. We've had a couple of boring days without medical drama now and we'd like things to stay that way. He will be in hospital for a wee while yet, though, so please bear with me if it takes me some time to respond to things. The rest of the team have been fantastic - so many thanks to them for stepping in while I've been preoccupied.
7 Oct 2016
Catherine Bearder MEP writes…Golden opportunity to end the illegal ivory trade wasted
I was honoured to be part of the European Parliament's observer delegation to the CITES CoP17 in South Africa. As a campaigner for wildlife protection I know the opportunity to influence protection at the highest level is rare. Before I headed to South Africa I voted in favour of a European Parliament resolution calling for all elephants to be listed on Appendix 1 of CITES (the Convention in Trade of Endangered Species) This would mean in effect a total ban on the international trade in elephants.
CBMEP
7 Oct 2016
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