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Welcome to my website. I will use it to give my views on important, political, events and what I have been doing. It will hopefully help keep in touch and keep informed my friends and colleagues from the West Midlands, the UK and overseas.
Below are a series of my most recent posts. On the left a navigation menu to help you find your way around the site. On the right is the latest video from LibDemTV and a collection of quotes, campaigns and newsfeeds.
I hope you enjoy the site, let me know what you think. Thanks for stopping by and please come back soon.
Colin
Local Income Tax
New!
Thu 7th Aug 2008
Today's Guardian speculates that the Liberal Democrats are tinkering with the current Council Tax rather than straight forward scrapping in favour of a local income tax:
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Read "Local Income Tax" in full
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Zorba's
New!
Wed 6th Aug 2008
This evening I went to Zorba's on Stafford Road in Wolverhampton with some friends. As well as going for a meal we went with a view to booking the venue for a gathering later in the year.
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Read "Zorba's" in full
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Conservative Watford candidate admits to 75 offences
Tue 5th Aug 2008
I mentioned strange goings on in Watford the other day, well it appears Ian Oakely, who was the Conservative candidate, has pleaded guilty to five charges of criminal damage and two of harrasment. He also asked for 68 other offences to be taken into account, making a total of 75 offences.
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Read "Conservative Watford candidate admits to 75 offences"
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Aiming for 8th
Mon 4th Aug 2008
I see the British Olympic Committee is aiming to come 8th in the Beijing Olympics (and 4th in 2012). Nothing like aiming to win is there!
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Read "Aiming for 8th"
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Talking immigration
Sun 3rd Aug 2008
Whilst down in Folkestone, I have taken the opportunity to have a meeting with one of the Liberal Democrat National Campaigns Officers to discuss how as a party we should discuss immigration.
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Read "Talking immigration" in full
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A weekend in Folkestone
Sat 2nd Aug 2008
I am down in Folkestone this weekend visiting some friends, the weather is far from ideal but we still managing to have a good time anyway.
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Read "A weekend in Folkestone" in full
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News from Andorra
Fri 1st Aug 2008
The Liberal Party of Andorra (Partit Liberal d'Andorra) has recently elected the third president of the LPD and the new Executive Committee, following its 16th National Congress.
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Read "News from Andorra" in full
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Votes at 16?
Wed 30th Jul 2008
Labour's National Policy Forum last weekend at Warwick agreed to Votes at 16 to be included in their next manifesto.
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Read "Votes at 16?" in full
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Turning to Labour...
Tue 29th Jul 2008
In Nick Clegg's summer message he has announced the Liberal Democrats are going to up the campaign in Labour areas. I am very happy to hear this (not just because I live in a seat currently represented by Labour in Westminster) and expect it to result in a large number of gains at the next General Election.
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Read "Turning to Labour..." in full
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Archive of earlier news stories
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