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Lib Dem meltdown in Cambridgeshire?
It has been interesting to watch the campaigning across Cambridgeshire. A few years ago the Lib Dems seemed to enjoy increasing popular support. It is likely that this was as a result of a backlash against Labour over the Iraq war rather than any positive policies put forward by the Lib Dems. During this Lib… Read more
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Electioneering
Response on the door step in my Fulbourn division remains very positive. People seem to get the difficult times we are in but like to see our focus on helping to stimulate the economy whilst at the same time supporting vulnerable people. This afternoon I took time off from my own division to go and… Read more
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Lib Dem candidate celebrates A14 might not go ahead because Lib Dem City council wont support it. – Madness
On twitter at 4:30pm on the 29th April, Lib Dem Belinda Brooks-Gordon states: “I am totally delighted that the A14 massive expansion may not go ahead. SUCCESS ACTION” This comment is so daft from so many different perspectives I don’t know where to start. How can a responsible politician in any way be pleased about… Read more
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Charity cricket match – Needingworth – Wednesday evening in aid of beating bowel cancer
I am playing in a charity cricket match Wednesday evening starting at 6pm, at the Needingworth cricket ground in aid of bowel cancer. The electioneering can wait for an evening 🙂 If you can help promote this event that would be great. Tweets and retweets especially welcome. I used to play for Needingworth many years… Read more
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Labour leadership hopeful Ed Balls ‘forgets’ he was a Tory at university (and once dressed as a Nazi).
The Mailonline has an interesting piece on Ed Balls. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1286627/Ed-Balls-forgets-Tory-Oxford-dressed-Nazi.html Student days: Mr Balls at a university party in 1986, dressed in a Nazi. Ed Balls was accused last night of airbrushing out his Tory past to try to salvage his campaign for the Labour leadership. In an interview designed to shore up his support,… Read more
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Treading Wind Farm public inquiry – Wisbech
In Wisbech today it was my pleasure to speak at the public inquiry to strongly oppose the wind farm. I made the point that whilst I am not an expert on planning I do have the largest democratic mandate, representing all 680,000 people of Cambridgeshire. I made three points. Firstly, I believe that the will… Read more