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Sun 7th Mar 2010
LDEG's fringe event - "Liberals: leadership and power in Europe" will take place on Saturday 13th March from 20.00 to 21.00 in Hall 5 at the ICC. The European Union can lead the world and liberals hold the balance of power in the European Parliament. Come and hear Fiona Hall MEP, leader of the UK Lib Dems in the EP, and Sharon Bowles MEP, chair of the influential EP economics committee.
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Fri 26th Feb 2010
Our Forecasting Centre, which we run with the Met Office, has told us there is a risk of coastal and river flooding in Kent over the next few days as a result of predicted heavy rainfall. Rising spring tides and rain falling on already saturated land could result in localised flooding. We wanted to advise you of that and let you know what we, and others, are doing.
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Mon 15th Feb 2010
Catherine Bearder MEP has launched a campaign against the proposed ivory sale in Tanzania and Zambia. These countries are asking permission for a one-off sale of their ivory stocks. The decision will be made at a meeting of CITES (a body controlling trade in endangered species) next month. Catherine has been lobbied on the issue by a number of delegations from Africa, because of her conservation background and her role on the Parliament's Africa delegation. She started a petition this week to show our opposition to the sale. You can sign the petition at http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/elephants/
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Mon 15th Feb 2010
Bill Newton Dunn MEP tells us that Tory disarray grows in Brussels as Tory councillors are also isolated now. "Last year, Cameron pulled his MEPs out of the big centre-right alliance in the European Parliament - a stupid move which damages Britain's ability to win votes. Now he has made matters worse - by forcing his Tory councillors to pull out of their alliance in the Committee of the Regions against their wishes. The Committee of the Regions is a part of the Council of Ministers, totally powerless but noisy." Read on:
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Mon 15th Feb 2010
1) The new Commission has now been voted into office by MEPs and will serve until October 2014 as the leaders of Europe's executive body. Liberals have 8 out of the 27 portfolios, a very strong share for us. Read on:
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| Crawley General Election Result |
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Turnout: 41973 (58%)
39.1%
Labour: 16411 (−10.2%)
39%
Conservative: 16374 (+6.8%)
15.5%
Liberal Democrat: 6503 (+2.8%)
View the results in detail.
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