The Voice

Can you help save Bletchley Park for the nation?

By | Tue 21st July 2009 - 6:45 pm

Lib Dem councillor and blogger Mary Reid has issued the following plea, which The Voice is delighted to advertise further:

Lib Dem MP Phil Willis has put down EDM 1935 as follows:

FUNDING FOR BLETCHLEY PARK (20.07.2009)
Willis, Phil

That this House recognises the signficance of Bletchley Park, historic site of secret British code-breaking activities during the Second World War and birthplace of the modern computer; acknowledges that the use of the intelligence gained at Bletchley Park and subsequent related actions of the Allies is said to have shortened the Second World War by two years, saving countless lives; and calls on the Government to provide operational funding whilst the museum is developed for long-term sustainability, securing the site for future generations to visit, appreciate and understand.

Can we please encourage all our readers to urge their MPs – of all parties – to sign it?

So far 5 MPs have signed the EDM in addition to Phil, including Lib Dems Bob Russell and Stephen Williams – so there’s a little wa to go yet…

Read more by or more about , , , or .
This entry was posted in News.
Advert

3 Comments

Post a Comment

Lib Dem Voice welcomes comments from everyone but we ask you to be polite, to be on topic and to be who you say you are. You can read our comments policy in full here. Please respect it and all readers of the site.

To have your photo next to your comment please signup your email address with Gravatar.

Your email is never published. Required fields are marked *

*
*
Please complete the name of this site, Liberal Democrat ...?

Advert



Recent Comments

  • Joe Bourke
    On Crimea, 100 United Nations member states, affirmed the General Assembly's commitment to the territorial integrity of Ukraine within its internationally recog...
  • Steve Trevethan
    Might the money extracted by interest go to the bankers and their associates and not into the public purse? Might such extracted money be taken from the not ri...
  • Joe Bourke
    I saw the film Mr Jones last year. It tells the story of a daring Welsh journalist and his efforts to bring to public attention the devastation of the 1930s Uk...
  • Adam Pritchard
    Great news i am sure Victor will do an excellent job carrying on the good work of Hamish...
  • David Langshaw
    Thanks, @Tristan Ward - but does that work if the company that owns the UK property is incorporated in the BVI, Panama, the Channel Islands etc? All that appea...