Jonathan Fryer, the Number 2 Liberal Democrat candidate for London in the forthcoming European elections, has launched a campaign to have same-sex partnerships mutually recognised by all the European Union countries that have them.
A lull in Council meetings provides an opportunity to catch up with the more important aspects of a Councillor's work. But, just to mention the Planning Meeting last week. The Planning and Environment Committee is the main planning committee and usually deals with large applications which cross ward boundaries or developments where the Council itself has an interest. This Committee seems to go along with officer recommendations much more than some of the planning sub committees.
Lib Dem councillor Chris Ward will be guest speaker at Gay Surrey's celebration of the International Day Against Homophobia in Weybridge this Sunday, 17th May - one of a whole host of events marking the date, which is the anniversary of the day in 1990 when the World Health Organisation removed homosexuality from its list of mental diseases.
Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament have backed the Commission's announcement that the price of roaming text and data charges will be dramatically reduced, thereby ending large costs for roaming customers in EU countries who currently pay almost 10 times more than domestic messaging.
Times are tough in Britain. The recession is hitting people and families hard: tens of thousands losing their jobs, businesses going to the wall, and every week hundreds losing their homes.
East of England Liberal Democrats are fighting to increase their representation in the European Parliament on 4 June. Andrew Duff, Lib Dem Euro MP for the region since 1999 and Leader of the Lib Dems in the European Parliament, will launch the campaign this week with Nick Clegg MP, Leader of the party, in London on Tuesday. Andrew and Nick will be campaigning together in the region on Thursday.