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Why people vote for Liberal Democrat Councillors

Cllr Phil Knowles and winning teamFollowing on from yesterday’s launch of the Liberal Democrat campaign for the local government elections, I thought I’d offer a few reflections on why people vote for Liberal Democrat councillors. Why is it that in places like Three Rivers in Hertfordshire and Oadby and Wigston that the Liberal Democrats have been in power for years on end?

Big hearts and hard work

Our councillors are embedded in their communities. They know what’s going on, they keep themselves in touch with what people are thinking and they  listen to …

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  • Peter Wrigley
    It is true that crude international comparisons need to be subject to various adjustments, but all the cavitates in the world will not turn the basic UK pension...
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    @paul barker “ If Reform don’t manage to stop their decline soon they will slip into third place & irrelevance.” Interesting comment. We would be ...
  • Alison C
    What food for thought! Thank you Jack for bringing this to our attention. I shall be joining the Grimond Society....
  • Suzanne Fletcher
    A worrying article by John Kelly, and yes, all good points. Also Mick Taylor reminds me how time after time the late Kevin White tried to get motions on the ag...
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