Monthly Archives: April 2015

Osborne and Balls – 2 Peas in a pod!

Posted on April 27, 2015 by richardkemp

If you listen to the Labour and Conservative Parties the financial crisis is over – the books have been balanced – they can start spending money as if it is going out of fashion (except of course on the things … Continue reading →

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Don’t they know there’s a local election on?

Posted on April 22, 2015 by richardkemp

Some people will have got a surprise when their postal votes arrived this week. Instead of the one ballot paper that they were expecting for the General Election they also got one for a local election. I always think is … Continue reading →

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Why does our Mayor think he is entitled to £4,500 a year for doing nothing?

Posted on April 15, 2015 by richardkemp

Sometimes I think after 32 years on the Council I think I have seen it all. Yet even I have been staggered and astounded by the results of an employment tribunal which was given yesterday which involves the Mayor. Chesterfield … Continue reading →

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Tory Housing Policy is a Joke (But a dangerous one!)

Posted on April 14, 2015 by richardkemp

No not my idea of perfect housing but a South American Favella Sometimes you oppose a policy because you just disagree with it. Sometimes you oppose it because it has been incompetently produced and will not be capable of being … Continue reading →

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Posted on April 14, 2015 by richardkemp

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Where have all the Hustings Gone?

Posted on April 12, 2015 by richardkemp

I was talking this morning to our Parliamentary candidates for Wavertree and Wallasey. I asked them how many community based hustings meetings they had been invited to. In the case of Wallasey it was one and in the case of … Continue reading →

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Surge in Liverpool Lib Dem Candidate Numbers

Posted on April 9, 2015 by richardkemp

Liberal Democrats are fielding a third more candidates in this year’s local election than last year and they have attributed it to a surge in people joining the Party in the last 12 months. They believe that locally more and … Continue reading →

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Sorry Paul Brant it’s just too soon

Posted on April 7, 2015 by richardkemp

Paul Brant, Labour Candidate April 7th 2015 Dear Paul, When you stepped down from the council about 18 months ago I write a blog praising you for your intellect passion and commitment. I said that your departure was a loss … Continue reading →

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Liverpool Lib Dem Pledges for the 2015 Elections

Posted on April 4, 2015 by richardkemp

Our Pledges to the people of Liverpool The nominations are now open for Liverpool City Council as they are for the General Election. Every vote cast for a Liberal Democrat Candidate and every Liberal Democrat Councillor elected is a fight … Continue reading →

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My Campaign is funded by small donations

Posted on April 3, 2015 by richardkemp

An envelope has just popped through my door with a cheque for £10 in it. It is one of several that I have received in response to an appeal that we put out to known Lib Dem voters in my … Continue reading →

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