MP out in the cold!
Local MP, Tim Farron will join local campaigners for a cold night sleeping out at Kendal Castle on Saturday 27th January.
24 Jan 2007
News
Polls brand Bush as worst US president
George Bush faced his toughest test yet when he gave the State of the Union address- as the most unpopular US leader in history. Bush's approval ratings were the lowest for any president the day before a State of the Union speech since Richard Nixon in 1974. In the most damning survey, 65 per cent said they disapprove of how he handles his job as president. And 71 per cent of Americans said the country is on the wrong track. Many polled in a Washington Post/ABC survey also admitted they don't approve of Bush's policies on the Iraq war, terrorism or the economy.
24 Jan 2007
Quit Iraq by October - Lib Dems
British forces should begin a "staged withdrawal" from Iraq in May, with the last forces leaving by the end of October. Speaking this morning on Radio Four's Today Programme Lib Dem Leader Sir Menzies Campbell said ministers should now spend three months consulting coalition and regional allies over precise details. Sir Menzies said, "Between 1 May and the end of October we should conduct a staged withdrawal of United Kingdom forces.
24 Jan 2007
Blair must face Parliament over Iraq - Campbell
Following the news that 75 people have died in a bomb attack in Baghdad, and the death of another British serviceman at the weekend, Liberal Democrat Leader Menzies Campbell has reiterated his call for the Prime Minister to speak in Wednesday's Parliamentary debate on Iraq.
24 Jan 2007
A Greener, more Liberal Britain, backed by Dundee Liberal Democrats
Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Wednesday 24th January) have given their backing to the LibDems in Wales and Scotland who have pledged to work together for a "more Liberal and Greener Britain" at a summit in London earlier this week.
24 Jan 2007
SURREY LIB DEMS FORCE ACTION ON ROAD FLOODING
At today's Full Council meeting at Surrey County Council, the Liberal Democrat group pushed through a call for urgent action to improve the County's highways drainage in the face of increased rainfall due to climate change.
24 Jan 2007