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Thursday, 25 March 2010
Friday, 12 February 2010
Weekly News 12th February 2010
Welcome to Broxtowe Enews, brought to you by the Liberal Democrats and edited by our parliamentary candidate David Watts.
1. Council Tax
Tory run Greasley Parish Council have decided to raise their element of the council tax for this year by £10 per person. Given that parish councils amount for only a small element of the total council tax this represents a pretty big increase. Other town and parish councils will be announcing their council tax rises over the next few weeks, before Broxtowe and the County Council settle on their figures.
2. Vandals Target Church
Thieves and vandals seem to have targeted St Mary’s Parish Church in Eastwood, smashing stain glass windows and causing several thousand pounds worth of damage. If anyone knows who is responsible for this please pass this on to the police or to Crime Stoppers.
3. Oaks Medical Centre
I was disturbed to read that the Oaks Medical centre in Beeston has thrown 120 of its patients off their register. They say that they need to reduce patient numbers to maintain care, but frankly it seems to me that this is a poor way of going about things, with patients simply being given 28 days to find somewhere else.
4. Tesco’s
Work starts this week on the new Tesco for Beeston. Whether you supported or opposed the store, I’m sure that everyone will welcome the end of having a large patch of derelict land in the middle of Beeston. Removing that is an important part of the redevelopment of Beeston Town centre. However Tesco’s have also applied to build a new store in Sandiacre. Although this is in Erewash it is close to Broxtowe and would impact on business here. Broxtowe have formally objected to this new store being built.
5. Housing
The councils latest consultation on where new development might take place will be launched publicly next week. The council have also arranged for two public meetings where people can have their say and ask any questions that they have. These have been arranged for Roundhill School, Beeston on Thursday March 4th at 7pm and for George Spencer School, Stapleford on Wednesday March 10th , again at 7pm. There will also be a further meeting arranged for Trowell but the date for this hasn’t yet been confirmed.
6. Toton Trees Meeting
May I remind people that a public meeting is being held tomorrow at the Greenwood Community Centre in Toton at 4pm to discuss the chopping down of the trees on Toton Sidings. Anyone interested is welcome to attend. Nick Palmer, Anna Soubry and I will all be attending.
7. Geoff Hoon
Ashfield MP Geoff Hoon, whose constituency includes Eastwood and Brinsley, has announced that he will not be seeking re-election. Although the press are suggesting that this is because of the internal warfare going on in the Labour Party (and his attempt to force a leadership vote last month didn’t make him popular with many of his own party members) I suspect that the growth of support for the Lib-Dems in Ashfield, which has been very significant over the past few years, also contributed substantially to this. Ashfield is now one of our most significant target seats, and I confidently expect voters there to return a Lib-Dem MP after the next election.
8. Bramwell Nursing Home
As you may well be aware the Tory County Council have proposed selling off this nursing home to private business (as well as others in the county). I am totally opposed to this. I think that it creates fear and uncertainty for the residents, and demonstrates the uncaring nature of the new administration at County Hall. Tory candidate Anna Soubry also says that she is opposed to this plan, but Anna really can’t have it both ways. She cannot in all honesty stand on a platform saying this shouldn’t happen whilst at the same time urging people to vote for the party who are making it happen.
9. Bramcote Hills Primary School Family Fun Day
May I thank all the parents and children who made this event such a great success, and especially those who voted in the family photograph competition. The challenge was to take a picture of the family engaging in a hobby, and I’m delighted to say that the Watts family picture, showing us playing guitars or singing (not me singing as I can’t carry a tune in a bucket) was voted as the overall winner. Although I’m a keen photographer I think this is the first time I’ve ever won a photo competition, so thank you all for your votes. (I hope I’m saying that on May 6th as well.)
As ever thank you for your support for this newsletter. Any feedback is very welcome.
David
Changes to this blog
We haven't posted a lot to this blog recently as we now provide a weekly news service which is emailed out to Broxtowe residents. However we've now decided to post it here each week as well so tthat it may be read by a wider audience.
Friday, 12 June 2009
Tesco
Broxtowe Borough Council last night voted to grant planning permission for a new Tesco store in Beeston. The vote went 6-4 in favour of Tesco, with both the Lib-Dems and Conservatives being split on the issue (only 1 Labour Councillor turned up and he voted in favour of the scheme).
Friday, 5 June 2009
Great Results For The Lib-Dems
It's been a great set of election results in Broxtowe for the Liberal Democrats. Despite one of the dirtiest campaigns ever by the Tories, we achieved every one of our goals. We won all five seats that we targetted and we pushed Labours overall share of the vote well into third place. It's now abundently clear that Labour aren't going to win the Broxtowe parliamentary seta next time and the only way to stop the Tories is by voting Lib-Dem.
We won both seats in Bramcote and Stapleford, we won Kimberley and Trowell, we won Beeston North and we won in Eastwood. In the Beeston north borough council by election as well we won that, with our candidate Barbara Carr polling more than 50% of the vote.
Our parliamentary spokesperson David Watts said:
"This has been a great day for us and a very bad day for Labour." It's clear that the Labour Party are on their way out in Broxtowe. This is two elections in a row where they have come third, both in terms of seats won (or not won today) and in terms of votes cast. The only credible challenge to the Conservatives now in Broxtowe comes from the Liberal Democrats."
We won both seats in Bramcote and Stapleford, we won Kimberley and Trowell, we won Beeston North and we won in Eastwood. In the Beeston north borough council by election as well we won that, with our candidate Barbara Carr polling more than 50% of the vote.
Our parliamentary spokesperson David Watts said:
"This has been a great day for us and a very bad day for Labour." It's clear that the Labour Party are on their way out in Broxtowe. This is two elections in a row where they have come third, both in terms of seats won (or not won today) and in terms of votes cast. The only credible challenge to the Conservatives now in Broxtowe comes from the Liberal Democrats."
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Election Day
Tomorrow is election day. depending on where you live you have either two or three votes to cast.
The whole constituency has a vote on the European elections. Here you vote for the party.
For the County elections the Lib-Dems are contesting every seat except Nuthall where we endorse Sue Wildey as being the best candidate.
In Beeston North there is also a by election for the Borough Council. Our candidate is Barbara Carr.
Every vote counts in these elections. Use them to help get rid of Gordon Browns government and to drive the Lib-Dems ever forward.
The whole constituency has a vote on the European elections. Here you vote for the party.
For the County elections the Lib-Dems are contesting every seat except Nuthall where we endorse Sue Wildey as being the best candidate.
In Beeston North there is also a by election for the Borough Council. Our candidate is Barbara Carr.
Every vote counts in these elections. Use them to help get rid of Gordon Browns government and to drive the Lib-Dems ever forward.
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Stronger Together, Poorer Apart
The Liberal Democrat Manifesto for Europe
These days there are many issues that cannot be tackled just by taking action at home. Making a difference on climate change, international crime and the economy means that we have to work with our European neighbours to deliver effective international action.
That's just commonsense.
Sadly not all parties agree.
The Conservatives and UKIP want to isolate Britain from Europe. They have opposed international action to help cut crime, tackle climate change and help the economy.
That's just wrong.
With Labour's ineffectiveness in Europe and incompetence at home, more and more people are turning to the Liberal Democrats.
Liberal Democrat MEPs have a strong record of supporting international action on crime, the environment and the economy.
Thanks to European action backed by the Liberal Democrats, thousands of suspected criminals have been arrested. New laws have been passed to clean up our air and water. Thousands of new jobs have been created across Britain.
Working with our neighbours makes Britain stronger. Isolation will make Britain poorer.
In the European Elections on 4th June, only a vote for the Liberal Democrats will deliver international action that helps people across Britain.
The Liberal Democrat candidates for the East Midlands are Bill Newton Dunn MEP, Ed Maxfield, Denise Hawksworth, Deborah Newton-Cooke and David Perkins. There is more about the East Midlands Euro Election campaign at www.libdemeuro.com
These days there are many issues that cannot be tackled just by taking action at home. Making a difference on climate change, international crime and the economy means that we have to work with our European neighbours to deliver effective international action.
That's just commonsense.
Sadly not all parties agree.
The Conservatives and UKIP want to isolate Britain from Europe. They have opposed international action to help cut crime, tackle climate change and help the economy.
That's just wrong.
With Labour's ineffectiveness in Europe and incompetence at home, more and more people are turning to the Liberal Democrats.
Liberal Democrat MEPs have a strong record of supporting international action on crime, the environment and the economy.
Thanks to European action backed by the Liberal Democrats, thousands of suspected criminals have been arrested. New laws have been passed to clean up our air and water. Thousands of new jobs have been created across Britain.
Working with our neighbours makes Britain stronger. Isolation will make Britain poorer.
In the European Elections on 4th June, only a vote for the Liberal Democrats will deliver international action that helps people across Britain.
The Liberal Democrat candidates for the East Midlands are Bill Newton Dunn MEP, Ed Maxfield, Denise Hawksworth, Deborah Newton-Cooke and David Perkins. There is more about the East Midlands Euro Election campaign at www.libdemeuro.com
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