The first Liberal Democrat MP from East Lancashire took his seat in Parliament on Tuesday. Gordon Birtwistle gained the Burnley seat from Labour after decades of Labour dominance in Burnley at both local and national level. Burnley now has a Liberal Democrat Council and a Liberal Democrat MP.
It is hard not to be influenced by the enthusiastic and excited young people waiting to begin the tournament, organised by Folkestone Town Council for Primary Schools across the town.
Commenting on the news this morning that University of Cumbria vice chancellor Peter McCaffery is leaving the university with immediate effect, local MP Tim Farron said:
South Lakes MP Tim Farron has today expressed his disappointment at the University of Cumbria's new business which offers little for the South Lakes, and instead places continued emphasis on Lancaster.
Representatives of the Totnes & Brixham Liberal Democrats were present in Birmingham on the 16th May to attend a special conference called to debate the recent coalition agreement. The mood of Lib Dem members was described by one speaker as ranging from "excited but anxious" to "anxious but excited". The conference was opened by Baroness Ros Scott, the party president. She was warm in her praise for Nick Clegg and the negotiating team and was the first of many speakers to say that they had no alternative to making a deal with the Conservatives.
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