We had a highly enjoyable informal LibDem pint at the Bowd Inn in Sidmouth on January 24th, with a mix of old and new members. As usual when 2 or more Libdems meet, lively political discussion ensued! We will be holding these monthly- the next one will be on Tuesday 27th February. Details will go out in the next members' newsletter, due out shortly, and will be available in the members' area of the website (you will have to log in to access it). See you there!
It will probably come as little surprise to see the Conservatives in government saying one thing in a highly public forum, then quietly doing the opposite in less public votes.
At joint scrutiny and overview budget setting last week, we were asked to pass an item that included the words "examine other potential uses for public toilets".
What Lib Dems believe: in chapter form The following chapter, The Liberal Democrat approach is taken from the Agenda 2020 Working Group's publications and summarises how the Liberal Democrats view the world and decided what courses of action to support. It was principally authored by Duncan Brack.
East Devon District Council's Overview and Scrutiny committee met together yesterday to scrutinise the budget drawn up by East Devon officers.
Our wonderful candidate at General Election 2017, Alison Eden, spends much of her spare time helping to improve her local area. She cleans beaches, scrubs graffitti, and recently helped to tidy and cut back a dangerously overgrown underpass and staircase that had become hazardous to less able residents.