In case you missed it yesterday, here is our latest PPB, supporting the local election campaign:
Every vote for the Liberal Democrats counts. It's a vote to elect a strong local champion, someone who will fight for your community and your family. pic.twitter.com/uAfnDMxQ8p
— Liberal Democrats (@LibDems) April 6, 2023
* Mary Reid is a contributing editor on Lib Dem Voice. She was a councillor in Kingston upon Thames, where she is still very active with the local party, and is the Hon President of Kingston Lib Dems.
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As far as these things go, it was better than Labour’s offer however, as PPBs are on national TV I do think that it would give a stronger message if there was less reference to that “Blue Wall”.
I totally get why they would be our priority on the ground, but in PPBs it does come across as if we don’t care about where we are not in a strong position to win Parliamentary Election votes. A bit like putting a Focus out across a council Ward saying that we are only going to bother about those on the marked register if you see what I mean?
In local elections people vote for us because we are the only ones who bother about them all year round so we win in some unlikely places outside of that “Blue Wall”. But you don’t/shouldn’t need me to tell you that, or maybe you do?
After the Ring of Steel and the lack of interest on the subject of Accessible homes I gave up. The cuts to funding of the most vulnerable. Decided to be non political.
Might we have more of the how to make the what more attractive and powerful?
Ian Shires – I agree. ‘On the ground’ here people won’t be voting LD because people in the adjoining constituency have decided that no literature is to be distributed here. Such is the folly of DC parties rather than constituency parties. The latter would have a vested interest in engaging with DC elections. DC parties can all too easily just focus on the bit that interests them and to hell with everyone else.
Was there a mention of the near 30% of our children who are underfed?
PS Please keep going, Helen, even if brassed off.
Thanks Steve. We have a severe shortage of specialist school places for Autistic children. 30 children 2 vacancies. Parents pushed to the very edge by the constant pressure of this government.
Money wasted by government and local authorities.
As you say cold and hungry.
Whatever the feelings on the 10 million a day on hotels, the issue has to be sorted.
No medical treatment and lack of school places.
The voters have suffered enough. Collect the money from those who took taxpayer funding for non existant PPE.
If you give up, you’re just letting the Tories get away with all the rotten stuff they are doing. Our PPBs will never please everyone, but as PPBs go, this is pretty good. Some will always find fault.
Might it be relevant that the average German family is now better off than their British equivalent by about £4,500 a year? (From Counterpunch)
Might it be relevant that “Austerity” is a political policy presented as a economic policy in order to maintain the political/power status quo, as demonstrated by Clara E Mattei in her book “The Capital Order”?
excellent PPB, we could have perhaps explained how it is the Conservative ideology and in-fighting that has got us into this mess.
Could Peter Hirst or Tim Hill please explain to me in detail what exactly is a ‘Fair Deal’….. and what local government or parliamentary legislative processes would be required to achieve it ?