Wealden Liberal Democrats

View highlights from Saturday at the LibDem Conference in Brighton

On Tuesday (21 Aug) Jeremy Corbyn refused to answer a question about whether the UK would be better off without Brexit five times.

Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour leadership are aiding and abetting the Tories. They are responsible for the UK suffering from a bad Brexit deal - unless we stop them.

Help us expose the hypocrisy of Labour - and put pressure on them to give the people a final say on the Brexit deal - with the option to remain in the EU.

Wealden Libdems joined East Grinstead Libdems on their pro EU stand last Saturday. They had an interesting morning.

77 cards were signed for the local MP, Nicholas Soames requesting that he supports a "Peoples Vote" on the final deal.!

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Wealden LibDems joined with Tunbridge Wells LibDems to campaign for a People's Vote on the final Brexit deal in Tunbridge Wells centre on Saturday.

There was great support for the pro-EU stall with a good group of volunteers talking to passers-by and plenty of lively debate about a possible Brexit deal, or no deal, or the option to stay in! People were reminded that it's not too late to cancel Brexit altogether and get out of the current impasse and give political space to address other pressing issues on the NHS, housing and local government cuts.

Wealden Libdem Alan Whittaker says

Two of correspondents of the Sussex Express last week (July 27 2018), Ukippers both of them, demonstrated why this nation of ours is facing a perilous nine months.

Ex-county councilor, Laurence Keeley, is right in saying the LibDems want to remain in the EU, but so wrong in saying Tory cuts to council services are caused by our membership of that body, the richest democratic market in the world. He seems to have forgotten ex-Chancellor Osborne's austerity policy.

Local Liberal Democrat campaigner Gareth Owen-Williams has been out finding out what issues most matter to residents of Jarvis Brook in Crowborough.

After knocking on doors in every road in Jarvis Brook, it's clear there are five major issues that top local people's concerns:
1. Potholes
2. Parking
3. Better facilities
4. Shops
5. Traffic

I am Tim Murray standing in the Uckfield North Ward, Town Council by-election, on Thursday July 12th.

Your vote really matters, so I would ask you to consider very carefully who you support.

I am local, having lived on Manor Park in the North of Uckfield since we moved here with our then young children more than 20 years ago. Our children attended the local primary school and Uckfield Community Technical College.

On Saturday, June 23rd 2018, there will be an anti-Brexit march calling for a vote on the final deal in London.

As the only political party that is clearly and firmly opposed to Brexit, the federal party is organising a major Liberal Democrats presence at this event.

LibDem MEP Catherine Bearder says:

A private member's Bill aimed at protecting an individual's dignity from intrusive photographs has been taken to the verge of becoming law by the Liberal Democrats, and would have completed its legislative passage but for an outrageous objection by a Conservative MP.

Liberal Democrat Wera Hobhouse, who was elected to the House of Commons last year, proposed a private member's Bill that would ban the practice of 'upskirting' - taking photos with a selfie stick under a person's skirt - and other forms of photography under a person's clothes without their permission.