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Winning for OXWAB with Evan Harris
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Dr Evan Harris Leads by Example on Expenses
Fri 19th Jun 2009
Dr Harris strongly supports reforms to the expenses system so that it may regain public trust and confidence. In choosing to lead by example, Evan has decided that in future he will claim for only very basic costs incurred for his one bedroom flat in London.
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Lib Dems say "No New Trident": Guardian
Wed 17th Jun 2009
The Liberal Democrats have become the first mainstream party to declare they will not renew Britain's Trident nuclear deterrent system with an equivalent modernised system, as parliament agreed in 2007.
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Liberal Democrats and Labour Propose Opposition Chairs of Scrutiny
Tue 16th Jun 2009
Opposition Groups on Oxfordshire County Council today joined forces to nominate opposition Chairs to the County's scrutiny committees. Liberal Democrat Chairs were proposed for the Children's Services, Adult Services and Growth & Infrastructure Scrutiny Committees, and Labour Chairs for the Strategy & Partnerships and Safer & Stronger Communities Scrutiny Committees. However, the Conservative majority elected Conservative Chairmen and Vice Chairmen for all five Scrutiny Committees.
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Read "Liberal Democrats and Labour Propose Opposition Chairs of Scrutiny" in full (252 words).
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'Vote Lib Dem' says The Observer
Sun 31st May 2009
"Support the Lib Dems next Thursday", says The Observer. As well as its Editorial, an article by Andrew Rawnsley praises Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats in the run-up to the elections for the European Parliament and the County Council as the one party that has consistently advocated Constitutional Reform and the one that has come out of the expenses scandal much less sleazed than either Labour or the Tories.
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Read "'Vote Lib Dem' says The Observer" in full (447 words).
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| Oxford West & Abingdon General Election Result |
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Turnout: 52600 (66%)
46.3%
Liberal Democrat: 24336 (−1.5%)
31.7%
Conservative: 16653 (+1.7%)
16.6%
Labour: 8725 (−1.1%)
View the results in detail.
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| Quotes of the Week |
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"On issue after issue, the Liberal Democrats have led the fight for real change while the Conservatives lagged behind. On the economy, on the environment and now on the real reform of politics, it is the Lib Dems that are offering something different. "
April Pond, Liberal Democrat candidate for the Norwich North by-election
www.norwichlibdems.org.uk - 21 June
"I believe that my position as an MP between now and the next election is untenable. "
Labour MP Ian Gibson
Resigning as MP for Norwich North - 6 June. See www.norwichlibdems.org.uk for Norwich North by-election news.
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