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South Suffolk: The Rise and Rise of the Liberal Democrats
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2007 - our 5 election pledges:
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We will listen to our residents and act on their concerns
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We will do all we can to support village services like Post Offices, shops and pubs and ensure that development is handled sensitively, encouraging appropriate affordable housing
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We will look after the environment and encourage more recycling
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We understand that young people are members of the community and need to be listened to and catered for, not just 'dealt with', if any problems associated with them are to be solved
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We will work with the Police to ensure that our communities are safe
Read our 2007 manifesto for Babergh elections.
Learn More about the Liberal Democrats success across South Suffolk, overtaking BOTH the Conservatives and Labour.
Czechs raise the stakes on Lisbon
Written by Andrew Duff MEP and published in Ft.com on Mon 10th Nov 2008
All being well with Europe, the Treaty of Lisbon would now have been ready to come into force on 1 January. All is not well. Sweden has been lazy, and will only complete its parliamentary ratification process next week. The Polish president refuses to sign the ratification instrument despite the fact that his parliament has ratified the treaty. The German president is constrained from signing until a challenge in his constitutional court has been seen off. The people of Ireland saw fit to reject the treaty last June in what has come to be seen as their first of two referendums on the matter. And ratification by the Czech Republic has stalled irritatingly.
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Read "Czechs raise the stakes on Lisbon" in full (1022 words).
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Building a Social Europe
Written by Andrew Duff MEP and published in East Anglian Daily Times on Fri 7th Nov 2008
The brink of an economic recession is a good time to take difficult decisions about workers' rights. In some cases, disagreement among EU states and between employers' organisations and trades unions at the European level have held up agreement for a number of years.
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Read "Building a Social Europe" in full (577 words).
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| Suffolk South General Election Result |
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Turnout: 48707 (72%)
42%
Conservative: 20471 (+0.6%)
28.5%
Liberal Democrat: 13865 (+3.6%)
24.5%
Labour: 11917 (−5.7%)
View the results in detail.
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| Quote of the Week |
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"This is our moment. This is our time - to put our people back to work and open doors of opportunity for our kids; to restore prosperity and promote the cause of peace; to reclaim the American Dream and reaffirm that fundamental truth - that out of many, we are one; that while we breathe, we hope, and where we are met with cynicism, and doubt, and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes We Can. "
Barack Obama, the next President of the USA
Acceptance speech - 5 November 2008
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