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Tories called on to disown councillor for pro-apartheid article

By Mark Pack | Thu 5th November 2009 - 11:08 pm

This in from Dover & Deal Liberal Democrats:

A Conservative Councillor from Dover who earlier this year was condemned for publishing racist jokes on the internet has re-published an article suggesting Apartheid in South Africa should have been extended.

Councillor Roger Walkden copied onto the DoverForum website a story supposedly written by a Nigerian saying that prosperity evident in South Africa today is attributable to “the white man” and asks “why were the Nelson Mandelas of this world complaining?”

Liberal Democrats have called on the Conservative Party to expel Councillor Walkden.

Antony Hook, Chair of Dover & Deal Liberal Democrats, said,

Posted in News | Also tagged conservative party and roger walkden | 8 Comments

Nick Clegg’s The Liberal Moment: your blogosphere reader

By Stephen Tall | Thu 17th September 2009 - 9:55 am

Today saw the publication of Nick Clegg’s Demos pamphlet, The Liberal Moment, outlining his thoughts on progressive politics over the past century, moving forward to the future.

The party’s media office made the trusting (and canny) move to give a group of Lib Dem bloggers advance sight of the document, which means there’s already been a vigorous response around the blogosphere. In chronological order, here are the posts to date (we’ll add others as they appear):

Posted in News | Also tagged blogging, james graham, jonathan calder, neil fawcett, nick barlow, nick clegg, stephen glenn and the liberal moment | 13 Comments

Key Lib Dem policy committee votes to keep party’s pledge to scrap student tuition fees

By The Voice | Wed 7th January 2009 - 4:03 pm

Antony Hook has the story over at his blog:

Last night the Federal Policy Committee voted 14 to 5 to keep our policy to scrap university tuition fees.

Posted in News | Also tagged education, federal policy committee, higher education, tuition fees and universities | 44 Comments

South East Lib Dems call for change in party policy on the Lords

By The Voice | Sun 12th November 2006 - 10:00 am

South East Liberal Democrats have voted by an overwhelming majority to call for a change in party policy to call for a fully elected body to replace the House of Lords.

The new policy was passed at the Regional Conference in Effingham, Surrey. It goes further than the party’s 2005 manifesto pledge for a “predominantly” elected House of Lords. South East Lib Dems intend to take the motion to Federal Conference next Spring.

The motion was proposed by former Dover PPC Antony Hook and was summated by Regional Chair and Federal Executive member Mike Simpson.

Antony Hook, a barrister, described the motion as principled, unambiguous, and consistent. In his speech he argued liberals must believe that those effected by lawmakers’ decisions should be able to choose their lawmakers and get rid of them when they start taking bad decisions, which he described as the best guarantee of government in the public interest.

Posted in News and Party policy and internal matters | Also tagged mike simpson | 6 Comments

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Key Lib Dem policy committee votes to keep party’s pledge to scrap student tuition fees

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