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Michael Moore MP’s Westminster Notes

Every week, Liberal Democrat Secretary of State for Scotland, Michael Moore MP, writes a column for newspapers in his Borders Constituency. Here is the latest edition. 

Green Deal

Despite the fact that we are now well into March, it seems that there is no let up in the cold snowy weather and I know that at this time energy bills remain a major concern to my constituents. To help people reduce these bills and cut down their energy use, the Government has taken action and introduced a scheme called the Green Deal. This enables people to improve the energy efficiency of their …

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Nick Clegg: “Turkish entry into the EU is a strategic necessity”

Nick Clegg is on a trade mission to Turkey today, and has announced £500m of business deals and £1m of funding for the Turkish Red Crescent in Syria.

He wrote this morning in Turkey’s Sabah newspaper, on the Turkish economy, trade between Turkey and the UK, visas for Turkish travellers, and the the response to the humanitarian crisis in Syria. You can read the article in Turkish over at Sabah; the English translation is below:

This summer for a few, glorious weeks the United Kingdom became the centre of the world as we hosted the London Olympic and Paralympic

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  • Peter Davies
    That suggests we should beat the Tories and Reform could be caught if we work it. Third place from fifth is worthwhile....
  • Tristan Ward
    @Craig The Lib Dem Camden party was out all last weekend, including volunteers from outside the Camden area. They have more plans for the rest of the campa...
  • David Allen
    "The general public ... might notice a strong showing from a truly liberal party against democratic socialists and against nut cases." Don't kid yourselves. ...
  • Craig
    A campaign in the constituency has to start NOW. The weekend saw literally hundreds of Labour Party and Green Party activists out on the streets delivering leaf...
  • Matt (Bristol)
    Hmm, yes, but its a long way from an ideological principle to a set of policy prescriptions and not fair to set them up as inevitable and immutable....