North Thanet Liberal Democrats

Serving Herne Bay and Margate

A message from Laura Murphy - your Lib Dem Candidate for North Thanet

Laura Murphy

Laura Murphy

Next Thursday will be your chance to do something different. You and I know that the fears being peddled of chaos in the country if there is a hung Parliament are a nonsense. With the economy in such a parlous state the parties need to work together to get out of the mess that we're in today. Vince Cable and the team have done a very good job so far in identifying savings, over £15 billion of savings. It's only a start though which we acknowledge and we still have some hard choices to make to get the country back on track financially. Choices which need to be supported by you in order for it to work.

And yes, you also have the chance to do something really different.

We've had 65 years of a blue-red government. A YouGov poll showed that you, the voters, fear a LibDem government less than a Conservative or Labour one. If you thought the LibDems could win, we'd gain 49% of the votes with the Conservatives only taking 25% and Labour 19%. Walking around the constituency, those I have spoken to liked our policies of a fairer tax system so there's no tax on the first £10,000 earned giving you an extra £700 in your pocket. They liked our policies for a fairer start for our children, investment in jobs and training in a new, sustainable green economy, and to have a fairer, cleaner political system.

Lend me your vote on Thursday, join others and do something really different.


PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE SOUTH EAST REGION'S CONSTITUTION New!

Thu 2nd Sep 2010

The regional party needs to make a number of changes to its constitution. Primarily, these are the result of changes made to the English Party's Constitution in July 2009. They relate to the relationship between the party and Liberal Democrat council groups, and came into effect immediately after the General Election. In particular, regional parties have been given the task of 'recognising' Liberal Democrat groups so that they can use the party's name. The majority of the changes to our constitution are in Sections 4 and 6.

Sharon champions vote to ban testing on great apes and wild-caught primates New!

Thu 2nd Sep 2010

On Wednesday 8th September the European Parliament will vote on whether or not to ban scientific testing on great apes and wild-caught primates.

Sharon Bowles MEP

South East England Liberal Youth Annual General Meeting Calling Notice

Tue 31st Aug 2010

The Annual General Meeting (AGM) of South East England Liberal Youth (SELY) will take place on October 23 at the Ratton School, Park Avenue, Eastbourne BN21 2XR between 1020 and 1120. The AGM will be taking place at the same venue as the South East England Liberal Democrats AGM, which can be attended for a price of £10 and starts a 0900.

Sharon does tanks as well as banks

Thu 19th Aug 2010

South East MEP Sharon Bowles has pledged her support for a UK charitable foundation which hopes to restore rare WWI tanks in time for centenary commemorations in 2014.

Sharon Bowles MEP

Pupil Premium is a real Liberal Democrat achievement

Written by Sarah Teather, Liberal Democrat MP for Brent Central and Minister of State for Children & Families and published in www.libdemvoice.org on Tue 27th Jul 2010

I came into politics to make a difference for the most disadvantaged in our society. It is over three years since I, as Liberal Democrat education spokesperson, championed the Pupil Premium as our flagship education policy and debated it at Conference. I never dared imagine a time when I would be unveiling it as Government policy and then actually implementing it. But this week, the Coalition Government announced that a Pupil Premium, funded from outside the schools budget, will be introduced next September. It will mean that from next year, schools taking disadvantaged children will get the additional money they need to provide them with the extra support they deserve, no matter where they are in the country. This could mean more individual tuition or catch-up classes, but it will be for the school to decide, we won't be telling headteachers how to spend the money.

County Leaders Apology Welcome, But Stop Digging Paul

Tue 27th Jul 2010

County Councillor Tim Prater has welcomed an apology from Kent County Council Leader Paul Carter to all staff "who may have felt misled" by a statement on officers bonuses given by past Chief Executive Peter Gilroy.

Bank stress tests cannot be a half-way house

Thu 22nd Jul 2010

The EU's bank watchdog, The Committee of European Banking Supervisors (CEBS), is to publish the results of its bank stress tests.

Sharon Bowles MEP

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Thanet North General Election Result

Turnout: 43343 (63%)

52.7%
 
Conservative: 22826 (+4.7%)
21.5%
 
Labour: 9298 (−11.1%)
19.4%
 
Liberal Democrats: 8400 (+3.8%)

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