Weston-super-Mare East Ward

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First Published on Liberal Democrat voice By George Kendall If you’re Labour, and want to be an MP in a safe seat, switching to the Lib Dems would be a bad move. Perhaps you like authoritarian policies on law and order, and prefer to avoid difficult decisions on the deficit. If so, the Lib Dems […]

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Aother reason why I’m voting YES

by markjohnston on 18 April, 2011

I will vote YES because the current system is excluding so many voters from the process: vote YES not because it may give Lib Dems more seats, but because AV is a start in making the system fairer and more democratic. Those who vote NO seem to me to be doing so entirely out of […]

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Referendum – it’s not that complicated

by markjohnston on 18 April, 2011

NO campaigners will have you believe that the AV system is too complicated for voters to understand, or that votes of minorities  get counted more than those of the main stream parties. Sometimes there are several candidates standing that have similar views, and this splits the vote, meaning that sometimes a candidate that the majority […]

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IT’S TIME FOR CHANGE !

by markjohnston on 15 April, 2011

What are YOU looking for in your councillor? Membership of the “right” party? ………. or An ability to think and act for the common good? “We four Lib Dems don’t claim to have all the answers and we understand the frustrations of Coalition government at national level but we do live here, have a passion […]

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WE CALLED TO MEET YOU!

by markjohnston on 15 April, 2011

David CORDINGLEY, Keith HARRISON, Mark JOHNSTON and Malcolm BROWN are visiting 5,000 homes in East Ward to deliver “Weston East Ward Focus” and discuss issues relating to Weston-super-Mare and the Councils. It’s a mega undertaking and often quite a walk! If you weren’t in when we called or didn’t get our leaflet, these are some […]

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Referendum

by markjohnston on 15 April, 2011

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 […]

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Not long until May 5th!

by markjohnston on 15 April, 2011

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 […]

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Fairer Votes update

by markjohnston on 18 March, 2011

If any of us ever needed explaining why First-Past-The-Post electoral systems are a BAD idea, then this clever little video explains it nicely! Well worth bringing to the attention of friends and colleagues (thanks ALDC!)

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Tim Farron’s rally speech

by markjohnston on 18 March, 2011

Nick Clegg’s Spring Conference Speech

by markjohnston on 18 March, 2011