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.
Dundee LibDems today (Friday 5th October) welcomed news that the party won yesterday's Helensburgh and Lomond South by-election on Argyll and Bute Council.
Park Ward's Liberal Democrat candidate, Claire Darke has sent a letter to voters in the Ward expressing her worries about the Government's Bill on climate charge. The text of the letter is below.
Royal Mail has said that there will be no post for a week from 4 October following a series of strikes by the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) over pay, pensions and modernisation. The The 48 hour strike starting yesterday at noon will be followed by another two-day stoppage from 3am on Monday.
The South East England European Candidate Selection Hustings Meeting meeting scheduled for Eastleigh, Hampshire this Saturday (6th October) has been cancelled.
The BBC reports that a British Army soldier has been killed and two others injured in an explosion in southern Afghanistan. The soldiers, serving with the 1st Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles were returning to base at Kandahar Airfield when the blast happened.
