Another Good Week for the Liberal Democrats with a Local Gain in the Council By-Election Roundup
The star result is of course the gain from the Tories in Aylesbury Vale. Well done to Waheed Raja and the Aylesbury Lib Dem Team.
23 Mar 2018
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Another Blow for South West Herts as Mayor Khan Cancels Step-Free Access at Croxley Met Line Station
Transport for London (TfL) recently announced the names of 13 more London Underground stations to be made step-free. But when it came to South West Hertfordshire the list included Rickmansworth - but not Croxley. TfL claimed that Rickmansworth is a cheaper and less complex scheme than Croxley. Nick Hollinghurst, Lib Dem County Councillor for Tring, who is a member of the HCC Cabinet Panel dealing with transport, said, "That may be true but both stations need step-free access - and anyway, if one station needs a complex scheme it clearly indicates that there is a greater need there. So actually, what TfL thought was an excuse for failing to make Croxley step-free, was really an admission that they'd got it wrong twice. In fact Croxley is the station they should be doing first!"
21 Mar 2018
Recycling London Underground Trains for Marston Vale. Could this be a first?
"D-Trains for Bedford to Bletchley" was the headline that caught my eye.
18 Mar 2018
A Black Night for the Tories Last Thursday as they Lost Every One of the Six Seats they were Defending on Principal Councils
Including of course the Liberal Democrat's spectacular win in Dacorum's Northchurch Ward with a 36% swing, the Tories actually lost all of the six council seats they were defending that night. This is symptomatic of their steady decline as a viable political party.
13 Mar 2018
Decisive Win for Liberal Democrats in Northchurch By-Election for a Dacorum Borough and a Northchurch Parish Council Seat
Conservative complacency took another hit on Dacorum Borough Council (DBC) on Thursday night (8th March 2018) as Liberal Democrat Lara Pringle won a decisive victory in two local By-Elections. One was to fill the vacant Northchurch Ward on DBC and the second to fill a vacancy on Northchurch Parish Council. Both vacancies had resulted from the death in January of Cllr Alan Fantham who had held both seats.
13 Mar 2018
Lara Pringle's Northchurch Campaign off to a Good Start!
Lara Pringle lives in Northchurch and has done for over 15 years.
18 Feb 2018