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Welcome to the web site of Nigel Ashton
Southport Liberal Democrat Campaigner and Membership Secretary
Welcome to my website. I use this as a campaigning resource for Liberal Democrats in Southport and to support my role as Membership Secretary.
Use the navigation menu on the left to find your way around the site. On the right are links to national Liberal Democrat campaigns and the latest video from Lib Dem TV. Use the Register button near the top right of the page to receive news updates by e-mail.
I hope you find the site useful. Please do visit again soon.
Nigel.
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Fri 9th May 2008
Conservative and Labour councillors have joined forces to oust the Liberal Democrats from leadership of Sefton Council. At last night's dramatic meeting, Conservative councillors voted with the Labour Party to destroy the proportional basis of power-sharing. This brought to an end 22 years of consensus politics that has seen Sefton Council awarded 4-star status.
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Read "Southport out in the cold as Con/Lab pact takes over Sefton Council" in full.
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Fri 2nd May 2008
No council seats changed hands in Southport in the local elections on 1st May 2008, with all seven wards re-electing their sitting councillors. The Liberal Democrats won four seats to three for the Conservatives. Overall, Southport continues to have fourteen Lib Dem councillors to seven Conservatives, with no other parties having representation. The Liberal Democrats will continue to have control of the Southport Area Committee.
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Read "No change in Southport in local elections" in full.
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Mon 7th Apr 2008
Nominations have closed for the local council elections on May 1st. Barring any last minute withdrawals, there will be 30 candidates for the seven available seats in Southport. As well as full slates for the three main parties, there are 5 candidates for UKIP, 3 for the Southport Party, and 1 BNP. The number of UKIP candidates is up from one last year, whereas the Southport Party is down from the 5 they fielded in 2007.
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Read "Local election candidates for Southport 2008" in full.
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Sat 29th Mar 2008
Alistair Darling's first budget was a huge missed opportunity. Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats said "This is not a green budget. This is not a people's budget. This is a con trick budget that protects the rich and abandons the poor. The Government has bottled it on green taxes and failed to implement the necessary measures to cut child poverty."
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Read "Budget protected the rich and abandoned the poor" in full.
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Sat 29th Mar 2008
In his first Conference speech as Leader of the Liberal Democrats Nick Clegg demanded a shake-up of the whole political system. Speaking at the end of the Party's Spring Conference in Liverpool in March, Nick Clegg said: "The great political story of our time is the story of the vast and growing army of people who look at the two main parties and say 'no thanks'. People who, like me, like you, want something different."
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Read "Nick Clegg's Conference Speech" in full.
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Sat 29th Mar 2008
The Liberal Democrat Spring Conference held in Liverpool in March was a great success. Conference backed plans to radically transform the NHS into a 'people's health service' and supported measures to build 1.3 million new social homes over the next ten years. In his first speech to Conference as Leader, Nick Clegg demanded a shake-up of the whole political system. A running theme of his speech was the need for a new kind of politics.
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Read "Lib Dem Spring Conference round-up" in full.
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