We are voting YES to AV because under the current system around the country not everyone has a vote that counts. AV is fairer and more democratic, it does away with tactical voting and everyone’s vote counts. Remember: under AV you don’t have to number all the candidates, only the ones you support (in order […]

We’ll have new councils on 5th May. We must elect competent local people who, even if members of political parties, have minds of their own and strive for the common good. Too many councillors are party stooges – nice people but useless. We four Lib Dems don’t claim to have all the answers but we […]

Malcolm Brown has joined the team to fight for Weston East by standing as a LibDem Town council candidate in Earlham Ward. Malcolm has lived in Weston nearly all his life and says: “I’m really excited about the prospect of being a town councillor.  “I am proud to live in Weston and to be part of our community.  […]

In our recent Focus leaflet we asked you to let us know of any local issues and problems with amenities so that we could raise them on your behalf. You told us of a number of these and we have listened and acted on your behalf. Here are a few examples;

Our successes aren’t down to clever advertising or cynical smear campaigns. People are saying Yes because they are tired of being ignored, overlooked and downright mocked by politicians. Watch this video of campaigners across the country and their many reasons for saying Yes. Take a look and then pass it on to your friends – […]

David Cordingley writes : Geoff Malham’s letter has prompted me to write and wonder, as the last Conservative Councillor leaves the town hall in May and turns off the lights, what will be remembered as this Council’s most lasting legacy of incompetence. For me it will be even worse than the Tropicana fiasco, it will […]

The difficulty I have with the rush to the Big Society, is that decisions about our heritage are being made for reasons of dogma and not based on the merits of each case. ‘Big Society Good, Big Government Bad’ may be a starting point (not necessarily one I would choose), but the juggernaut’s progress to […]

The town held its breath last week as the latest big plan for the Tropicana emerged blinking into daylight.  The local press is full of praise for the project and we agree that the council should now move quickly to resolve the issue