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Richmond upon Thames Liberal Democrats:Covering the constituencies of Twickenham and Richmond Park |
2011 September - August - July News Stories:
September 24
September 22
- • Steve Webbs speech to Conference
- • Tim Farrons speech to Liberal Democrat Autumn Conference
- • Vince Cables speech to Conference: ˜ . . we now face a crisis that is the economic equivalent of war . . "
- • No solution yet to an old-age problem
September 21
September 20
September 19
September 17
- • The new school for Twickenham: What happens next?
- • Vince Cable calls for urgent economic stimulus package
- • Call for consultation on new Twickenham secondary school
September 16
- • Call to sign Heatham House petition
- • 20 mph zones - action not words needed
- • NIck Clegg at the LSE
- • Introducing Brian Paddick
- • Caroline Pidgeon's Transport Report
- • Hughes on the Career Services
- • Tonge quizzes Browning on Female Genital Mutilation
- • Oakeshott and Kramer on the Independent Commission on Banking
- • Tonge quizzes Howe on Female Genital Mutilation
- • Tapsell quizzes Cameron on ˜over-mighty subjects
- • Birtwistle and Bruce quiz Cameron at PMQs
- • Huhne on the Energy Bill
- • Hughes on Londons Super-Sewer
- • Kramer quizzes Attlee on Heathrow
- • Kramer quizzes Sassoon on the Independent Commission on Banking
- • Kramer on Transport for London
September 14
September 12
- • The Inclusive Schools Petition: the Liberal Democrat response
- • Council meeting Sept 13 to be broadcast
- • New constituencies for old
September 11
September 10
- • Farron: Making Things Better â€" Campaigning For Better Still
- • Cable's speech to Universities UK
- • Tonge quizzes Browning on Female Genital Mutilation [FGM]
- • Doocey on Overcrowding
- • Huppert vs. Dorries on Abortion - and the Vote
- • Huppert quizzes Dorries on Abortion
- • Dorries, Beith and Wright quiz Cameron
- • Tonge quizzes Hill on Female Genital Mutilation
- • Tonge quizzes Verma on Gaza
- • Campbell, Swinson Horwood and Hancock quiz Cameron on Libya
September 5
- • Vince Cable warns of 'major battle' over Heathrow aircraft noise
- • Williams: Why the flawed NHS bill threatens the very future of the NHS
- • Tide truly turns for River Thames cleanliness
- • New Lib Dem social housing delivered
- • Council should fund 100% affordable housing at Twickenham Station
- • Call for 20 mph zones to save lives
- • Tories hold up Richmond Station forecourt improvements for 18 months
September 1
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August 31
August 30
- • Donate
August 28
- • Vince Cable: Foreign companies can make British manufacturing great again
- • News 2008: March - January
- • News 2008: June - April
August 27
August 26
- • Montgomerie: With every passing day the Liberal Democrats are dragging the Coalition further away from the Conservative manifesto
- • Clegg: Human beings need human rights " in Britain as well as Libya
- • Featherstone on the riots
August 25
- • Responding To The Riots: Emergency Motion To Conference
- • Laura Chappell: Vince needs to consider his legacy
- • Clegg's escape route
- • Vince Cable MP: Cycling in Twickenham
August 24
August 23
August 22
August 18
August 17
- • England riots: ministers wrong to 'steer' courts, says Lord Carlile
- • Goodbye, Cowley Street . .
- • Faith Schools: A Humanist & Secularist Liberal Democrat Briefing
- • News 2008: September - July
- • News 2008: December - October
- • News archive
August 16
August 14
- • Lammy on the Public Disorder
- • The Saturday Guardian interview: Brian Paddick
- • Hughes: Profits must no longer go to the few at the top
August 13
- • Nick Cleggs speech to Liberal Democrat members on the riots
- • Hughes, Huppert, Brake and Leech on the Public Disorder
- • Bruce, Kennedy, Hames, Swinson and Williams R quiz Osborne on the Global Economy
- • Kramer on the Global Economy
- • Leech, Hughes, Willott, Smith, Huppert, Williams S, Hames, Brake and Mulholland, quiz Cameron on the Public Disorder
- • Tom Brake MP: YES, we are bringing an end to the detention of child refugees
- • Jo Swinson MP writes: Determination, courage and kindness in response to riots shows true British society
- • Caroline Pidgeon's transport newsletter: August 2011
August 12
- • Purchase of Clifden Road site site for the provision of school places [Council minute, July 21]
- • Eady: The lack of a co-ordinated approach on schools is worrying parents [letter to the RTT]
- • Question Time : Riot Special . .
August 10
August 9
August 7
August 6
- • Vince Cable: Downgrading 'unlikely' to spark new credit crunch
- • Is council illegally funding anti-Thames Tunnel campaign?
August 4
August 3
- • Nick Harvey writes: A hard look at defence spending
- • Vince Cable: banks need reform, but what form must it take?
- • Vince Cable scraps Labour plans to block websites, outlines widespread changes to our copyright law
August 1
- • Doocey: One year to go to the Olympics
- • Tonge: Family planning is key in the fight against famine
- • Vince Cable: From hero to zero and back again: the vindication of Vince
• Aug 1 Doocey: One year to go to the Olympics
• Aug 1 Family planning is key in the fight against famine
• Aug 1 Vince Cable: From hero to zero and back again: the vindication of Vince
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• Jul 28 Matthew Norman: The change of leader that is the Lib Dems' only hope
• Jul 25 Series: MediaGuardian 2011 1-100: #20. Nick Clegg
• Jul 25 'The Hughes Report': Lib Dem MP's 33 recommendations to improve access to higher education
July 24
- • Vince Cable interviewed by James Lansdale on the Andrew Marr Show
- • News International 'bullied Liberal Democrats over BSkyB bid'
- • Cable: My brush with the Murdochs -and the lessons I learned
July 23
- • News International's William Lewis, BBC's Robert Peston, and the alleged act of theft which aimed to bring down Vince Cable
- • Mayor leaves gaps in borough's Countdown Network
- • Local charities under threat as council moves from grants to contracts
- • Twickenham Station plans should be rejected due to lack of affordable housing
- • New Cabinet Member in a muddle on 20 mph schemes
- • Where's Whitton's Youth Cafe?
- • Foster on Public Confidence in the Media and Police
- • Hughes on Public Confidence in the Media and Police
- • Hughes, Swinson, Hancock, Mulholland, Huppert, Munt, Brake and Hames quiz Cameron on Public Confidence in the Media and Police
- • Doocey quizzes Rawlings on News International
- • Kramer quizzes Sassoon on the '˜off-exchange trading venues commonly known as "dark pools".'
- • Kramer quizzes Henley on the Thames Tunnel
- • Hamwee quizzes Browning on registering interests and hospitality
- • Tonge quizzs Browning on female genital mutilation (2)
- • Tonge quizzes Browning on female genital mutilation
- • Tonge quizzes Verma on Famine Relief
- • LDVideo: Clegg and Huppert on phone-hacking
July 22
- • Jo Swinson* writes: Making inroads into our looks-obsessed culture
- • Stephen Gilbert MP writes: How do we deal with the high prevalence of suicides in the LGBT community?
- • Karl Marx to John Maynard Keynes: Ten of the greatest economists by Vince Cable
July 21
- • Doocey on Phone Hacking
- • Dr Vince Cable on Group Lotus: 'This Is The Best Of British Industry'
- • "A penny for your thoughts, Nick!"
July 20
- • Chris Huhne MP writes: Electricity market reform: keeping the lights on in the cheapest, cleanest way
- • Andrew Stunell MP writes: Re-localisation of business rates will give councils real financial freedom
- • Andrew Stunell: Coalition on Course to Be the First Government for Thirty Years to Add More Social Homes
- • Brian Paddick writes: What's good for the Metropolitan Police is not good for politicians
- • "Vincent Cable, where have you been . . ?"
July 18
- • Cable: Independent press inquiry needed
- • Doocey and Kramer on the Lords' '˜Media: News Corporation '" Motion to Take Note'
- • A new community secondary school must be the first priority
- • Cable quizzed
- • Kramer quizzes Attlee on train building
- • Kramer on the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill
- • Tonge and Carlile on '˜the right of a private citizen to initiate a private prosecution . . ' [Police Reform and Social Responsibility Bill]
- • Bruce, Campbell, Horwood, and Reid quiz Fox on the Mull of Kintyre Review
- • Hughes, Campbell, Huppert, Munt, Sanders, Brake and Hames quiz Cameron on the Phone Hacking Scandal
July 17
- • Brown on Rupert Murdoch and the News Corporation Bid for BSkyB
- • Foster and Heath on Rupert Murdoch and the News Corporation Bid for BSkyB
- • Hames and Ward quiz Cameron at PMQs
- • Huhne on Electricity Market Reform
- • Tonge quizzes Verma on contraception
- • Hughes, Hames, Foster and Swinson quiz Hunt
- • Mayor must come clean with Londoners over his fare proposals - Mike Tuffrey
July 15
- • Doocey challenges the Mayor and Met Commissioner over the Phone Hacking Scandal
- • Tim Farron: The phone-hacking stench will linger
- • Clegg: Just as we Need a Media That is Properly Regulated, we Need to Encourage Responsible Reporting
- • Paul Burstow writes: Keeping competition in its box
- • Brian Paddick writes: Housing is the most important issue facing London
- • Liberal Way Forward for the Press: Free, Accountable, Plural " Nick Clegg's speech to the Institute for Government in London.
- • Police and Crime Commissioners: Lib Dem candidates start here
- • Cable on the Murdochs
July 9
- • Young people face summer without careers advice as Connexions Service axed
- • Tory leader snubs deputy after affordable housing gaffe
- • Tories fail to deliver promised youth facilities
- • Council Leader fails to allay Heatham House fears - sign the petition now!
- • Doocey on the Phone Hacking scandal
- • Brian Paddick writes: The Lib Dem Guide to Phone Hacking
- • Stephen Gilbert MP writes: UK housing policy in crisis
- • Campbell , Russell and Gilbert quiz Cameron on Afghanistan
- • Sanders and Swales quiz Cameron at PMQs
- • Tonge quizzes Verma on Famine Relief
- • Huhne quizzed on Energy Policy
- • Brake on the Phone Hacking scandal
- • Sanders on the Phone Hacking scandal
- • Hughes on the Phone Hacking scandal
- • Clegg quizzed at DPMQs
- • Hughes and Hames quiz Harvey on Arms Exports
- • Doocey quizzes Garden re Olympic Tickets
July 7
July 6
- • Young people invited to have their say about the future of Twickenham - and Heatham House
- • Knight: Stalling on Thames sewage is not an option
- • Chris Davies MEP writes: Conservatives and climate change - Tuesdays revealing vote in Strasbourg
- • John Hemming MP: Why I'm calling for a review of the smoking ban
- • Julian Huppert MP writes: 20 mph - A local say on local safety
July 5
July 4
- • The Twickenham Station Scheme: The June Letter to Solum
- • Merton Mayoral Hustings: July 20
- • Cllr Stephen Knight speaks out on housing benefit cuts and banking reform
July 3
July 2
- • Huppert quizzes Cameron
- • Campbell and Horwood quiz Hague
- • Tonge on Female Genital Mutilation
- • Hughes and Swinson quiz Cameron on Greece and CO2 emissions
- • George on House of Lords Reform
- • Hames on House of Lords Reform
- • Rogerson on House of Lords Reform
- • Williams M on House of Lords Reform
- • Clegg on House of Lords Reform
- • Thurso and George quiz Cameron
- • Public meeting to discuss Twickenham station plan
July 1
- • Tim Farron MP writes: Out of the Westminster bubble
- • John Leech MP writes: New £1bn nuclear windfall must be taxed
- • Julian Huppert MP writes: Its time to bail out ˜Terrorism Prevention and Investigation Measures [TPIMs]
- • Brian Paddick writes: Why I want to be Lib Dem candidate for London Mayor in 2012
- • Munira Wilson selected to fight the SW London Assembly seat