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LibDem Euro candidate condemns decision to ban Riga Pride event

Jonathan Fryer, the Number 2 Liberal Democrat candidate for London in the forthcoming European elections, has condemned the decision by Riga's city council to revoke permission for this year's Pride march in the Latvian capital. "This is the kind of repressive action one might expected in Moscow, but Latvia is a member of the EU, and in the EU the civil liberties of everyone are meant to be protected, irrespective of sexual orientation," Jonathan comments.

16 May 2009
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Pension Costs Increase as Deficit Deepens

The cost of the county council's pension fund to Surrey residents looks set to rise steeply. Last year it represented almost 5% of our council tax payments, but due to the fund's worsened deficit (almost 50%) this is likely to rise to over 8% by next year, according to figures obtained recently by Cllr Colin Taylor.

16 May 2009
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Reform

Our once world renowned parliament,once known as the Mother of All Parliaments, is now creaking and it's MP's suffering the dementia of old age and 'forgetting' their mortgages have been paid, or if they have a mortgage at all! The daily roll call of outrageous expense claims not only shames them, but shames the country. It shames us that we have elected such rogues.

DC
16 May 2009
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Run Away Conservative Hythe Councillor Oliver was also a Councillor in Somerset!

The Liberal Democrats have slammed news that Conservative Linda Oliver was a Councillor at her new home near Bath for over 6 months while continuing to sit as a Shepway District and Hythe Town Councillor for Hythe West. Liberal Democrat campaigner Neil Matthews has called the news "beyond a joke" and has called on the Conservatives to apologise for not telling local residents and refusing to force Councillor Oliver to resign as a Shepway Councillor for 18 months after she left the area.

15 May 2009
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