Post-election Note

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It is not currently being updated.

See also my Councillor website.

Turn things upside down – Says it all really

Click the poster to watch the video !

For REAL change vote Liberal Democrat

Today’s Polls – “The sky’s the limit!”

In today’s polls, the ICM/Guardian poll has:

Conservatives 33%
Lib Dems 28%
Labour 28%

and the YouGov poll for the Sun has:

Conservatives 34%
Lib Dems 29%
Labour 28%

whilst the Mail on Sunday’s poll showed:

Conservatives 34%
Lib Dems 30%
Labour 27%

All continue to point to a hung parliament. “Anything can happen. The sky’s the limit.” says Nick Clegg. “We have got three days to change Britain for good. Three days to deliver fairness for the families and communities of Great Britain.”

Vote for what you believe in – or risk another 5 years of more of the same !

Support from ICM poll on Lib Dems Immigration view.

In an article from Ekklesia, published today it states that two weeks ago, the Telegraph ran a column by Frank Field entitled: ‘Why is there no talk about immigration?’. The answer may have now come to light, as the Sunday Telegraph seems to have failed to highlight findings from its own polling.

In the ICM poll it commissioned, which was released on Saturday(24th) night, was a question about an amnesty for illegal immigrants (p10):

Would you support/oppose: Allowing illegal immigrants who have a clean record and have been in Britain for 10 years or more, to become full British citizens?

The findings:

Support: 55%
Oppose: 40%
Don’t Know: 6%

The apparent support for the Liberal Democrat policy for a migrant amnesty wasn’t mentioned in its reporting. Instead, they decided to focus on the study released by MigrationWatch UK which suggested that more than a million illegal immigrants would be granted citizenship.

Interesting reading, why did they take the approach they took?

How Green are the Lib Dems?

The Liberal Democrats have set out radical plans to protect the environment and set the economy on a path to a zero carbon Britain.

Commenting in the Guardian, Friends of the Earth executive director, Andy Atkins said: “They (The Liberal Democrats) have the most ambitious and integrated environmental commitments of the three main parties, with Labour and the Conservatives lagging behind.”

The proposals include a £3.1bn green economic stimulus package, plans to slash energy use and improve energy efficiency, and a UK Infrastructure Bank to embed green investment for the long term.

Street Work

Excellent response today as we visited lots of the local shops talking to many local residents. People were really positive and were hoping that there would be a change in Epsom & Ewell. Met people who were represented by Lib Dem MPs Paul Burstow, Tom Brake and Vince Cable and they were all saying how excellent they were as MPs and it would be great to have one in Epsom & Ewell. No mention of any Labour support!

Hustings – Epsom Methodist Church

Last night the third hustings was held at Epsom Methodist Church and the turn out was very good. It was a good debate and there were plenty of views expressed, although I do feel that political activists should say who they are before they ask their question, even if it is just for the benefit of the audience. The questions covered a good mixture of local, national and international issues. However it was obvious to see who the local candidates were!

Epsom High Street – Saturday

I was out in Epsom High Street this morning, with fellow Lib Dem Cllrs and supporters. We had a great time, gave out lots of leaflets and had to go and get some more mid way through. Lots of really positive feedback and comments about people swapping their votes to us – Liberal Democrats from Tories and Labour. A few comments about Grayling and his latest quotes. He seems to have been a hot subject on last weeks Question Time!