Council could make easy savings says Lib Dem
Councillor John Shaw (Lib Dem, Brookvale and Kings Furlong) has called on the Conservative Administration to make some "easy savings"
7 Jun 2010
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Cabinet Challenged
Councillor Stuart Parker (Lib Dem, Eastrop) has challenged the Conservative Cabinet on several topics at the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday 25th May.
7 Jun 2010
South Ham Residents Win Campaign
Congratulations to South Ham residents. Their campaign to improve their bus services has been successful. Stagecoach has agreed to revise the Jazz 3 and Jazz 4 and the new services will start on 25th July 2010.
1 Jun 2010
Cabinet Challenged by Lib Dem Councillor
Councillor Stuart Parker (Lib Dem, Eastrop) has challenged the Conservative Cabinet on several topics at the Cabinet meeting on Tuesday 25th May.
27 May 2010
Welcome for Malls proposals from Lib Dems
Councillor John Shaw has welcomed the Council decision to buy the rest of The Malls from a developer. Councillor Shaw said:
25 May 2010
Gavin James new Lib Dem Group Leader
Councillor Gavin James has been elected the new Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group on Basingstoke and Deane Council.
25 May 2010
2025 Local Elections
Recent local election results should come as no surprise. Most citizens would tell you that “Britain is not working” and it certainly is not working for them as they struggle with the cost of living crisis and failing services.
Recent local election results should come as no surprise. Most citizens would tell you that “Britain is not working” and it certainly is not working for them as they struggle with the cost of living crisis and failing services. Amidst the uncertainty caused by the incompetence of our two major political parties, long the pillars of our political establishment, as citizens we have lost hope in a better tomorrow.
Whilst Conservative mismanagement of the economy and its destruction of services did us all no favours, Labour has failed to fulfil its election promises. Badly. From winter fuel payments to job taxes and destroying family farms through ill judge inheritance tax changes, we have seen it all.
Furthermore, we have recently suffered from a stitch up in the cancellation of the elections in Hampshire. This was proposed by the Conservative County Council and adopted with speed by the Labour government. All in the interests of efficiency as we move to Local Government Reorganisation. This has led to a major democratic deficit, and we have a Conservative administration which in all probability would have been voted out of office. If you run a business £200,000,000 in the red and not delivering on its contracts, then you would go to the wall. In the case of Hampshire County Council, it is clear that turkeys do not vote for Christmas.
This also raises problems for Local Government Reorganisation where the primary local driver, Hampshire, has no democratic mandate. It also appears to be driven by narrow self-interest rather than the public interest which we deserve. How do we move forward? Rather than adopting a justified “plague on all your houses”, voters should look at the values and competence of the candidates and parties. Clearly Labour and the Conservatives are not the answer.
Councillor Luigi Gregori
Lib Dem Parliamentary Spokesperson NW Hants