This evening Colin Ross, Liberal Democrat candidate for Wolverhampton South West attended Penn Ecumenical Council hustings at St. Michael's Church on Coalway Road in Penn. The hustings were not as well attended as others have been , which was disappointing. However, the audience participation was very high with a number of insightful questions on national and local issues as well as on moral questions.
West Chelmsford's Lib Dem Westminster Candidate Stephen Robinson says, "A report published today by the independent Institute of Fiscal Studies entitled "Proposed Tax and Benefit Changes: Winners and losers in the next term", says that 70% of households would be best off under Liberal Democrat plans, compared to those of Conservative and Labour parties."
Charles Kennedy, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, responding to the publication in full of the Attorney-General's legal advice, said "If Tony Blair couldn't trust his own Cabinet with the full facts, if he couldn't trust the Commons, then why should the country trust him on May 5th?"
"My heart really goes out to the people who will lose their jobs: it's an awful personal and financial blow. It's not as though there are vacant jobs in Whitby for them to simply walk into.'
Conservative leader Michael Howard could lose his parliamentary seat to local Lib Dem Peter Carroll next week.The Conservatives have been rocked by the strength of Peter Carroll's campaign in our area.
County councillor Janet Whitehouse supported local parents worried about educational opportunities for their children.
