The Liberal Democrat's environment spokesman, Chris Huhne, was one of the headline speakers at the Campaign Against Climate Change Rally (www.campaigncc.org) today. In his speech, Chris Huhne branded George Bush a "Toxic Texan" and called for the international community to by-pass the Bush White House and talk to his successors.
Cllr Fraser Macpherson, Liberal Democrat Councillor for the West End today (Saturday 8th December) launched his December 2007 Update to West End Community Council.
Dundee Liberal Democrats today (Friday 7th December) welcomed the Scottish Parliament's decision yesterday to endorse the establishment of a new Constitutional Commission.
Liberal Democrat MP and Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Hill Farming Tim Farron has welcomed the fine handed out to Asda and Sainsbury's in light of their guilty plea to price-fixing charges, but has said the fine was nowhere near sufficient.
It is with great sadness we have to report that Neville Reed, a long-standing Delga executive member, passed away last week. Our thoughts and wishes go with his family and friends. Neville was our Treasurer for some seven years up to the end of 2006, when he stepped down from the executive, and will be greatly missed throughout both the organisation and wider Liberal Democrat circles.
Liberal Democrat Acting Leader Vince Cable has warned that a house market crash is a real possibility and that the Government needs to act now to ensure that millions of people do not face the misery of negative equity and repossessions. This comes after figures show that the average UK household debt to disposable income ratio is up from 92% 1997 to 152% today.
