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The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity.
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Leader Nick Clegg hails strong set of election results for Liberal Democrats
Fri 2nd May 2008
Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg has praised the party's strong performance in the local elections. Gordon Brown said it had been a "bad and disappointing" election for Labour, as the party suffered its worst council results in at least 40 years. BBC research suggests Labour won a national equivalent vote share of 24% of votes cast in England and Wales, behind the Tories on 44% and Lib Dems on 25%.
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Open Letter to Eurostar's management - please copy and forward
Sun 27th Apr 2008
Replicated below is a letter from Rod Marten to Eurostar's Richard Brown. We would encourage all those who have been let down badly by the decision to remove the Brussels route from Ashford's terminal to both read the letter and to please write or email a comment to Richard Brown yourself. A 'review' of the decision has been mentioned - any pressure that residents can make in shaping that review is greatly appreciated. Thanks - Chris Took
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| Ashford General Election Result |
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Turnout: 51685 (65%)
51.6%
Conservative: 26651 (+4.2%)
25.8%
Labour: 13353 (−6.3%)
16.1%
Liberal Democrat: 8308 (+1%)
View the results in detail.
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| Quotes of the Week |
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"Liberalism in Britain has lost a great champion, the Liberal Democrats, a great advocate and our public life, a great servant. "
Lord Paddy Ashdown
In memory of Lord Richard Holme, who died on 5 May
"If the Tories want to claim that they are going to cut corporation tax, they have to come clean about how they are going to pay for it. Cutting the main rate of corporation tax to 25% will cost more than £5bn a year. If David Cameron is to have a hope of sounding credible he must state clearly where the money will come from. Otherwise this will be seen as yet another unfunded tax cut. "
Vince Cable - Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor
www.libdems.org.uk - 2 May
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