Dover Labour MP Gwyn Prosser's attack on the Conservatives, "MP slams Davis' plans to scrap ID card scheme", Kent on Sunday, 7th October 2007, were not entirely unexpected, but so very wrong. Gwyn was on the Home Office Working Party that dreamt up and planned the whole ID card scheme so he obviously backs "his baby" at every opportunity.
Where were YOU when you learned Brown had bottled it? For me, it was a text on Saturday afternoon Vice Chair Neil Matthews which caused me to jump for the remote: "Have you seen the news? GE". Thanks for that Neil - my pulse will one day return to normal. I guess.
Following the news that Gordon Brown has decided not to hold a general election this autumn, Liberal Democrat leader Ming Campbell spoke live to BBC News 24. He said:"There's no doubt people will see this as a loss of nerve on the part of the prime minister. It follows the mishandled trip to Iraq which upset many people, including the announcement on troop numbers which turned out not to be all it seemed. His predecessor as Prime Minister promised to serve a full term and didn't. Gordon Brown should have called an election when he took office."
LIBERAL Democrats in the Devizes Constituency have announced they will carry on with their local campaigning despite the decision of the Prime Minister not to hold an election this autumn.
Liberal Democrats in Woking have hit out at the government's failure to listen to people's concerns at post office closures and cut backs. The Government announced in May that they will continue with their plan to close at least 2,500 post offices across the country
Ahead of tomorrow's Global Day of Action for Burma, Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary, Michael Moore MP, has written to the Chinese and Indian governments to demand tougher action against the Burmese junta. A UN envoy has told the Security Council that there are continuing and disturbing reports of human rights abuses in Burma. Ibrahim Gambari was speaking after a four-day visit to Burma.