"An Inconvenient Truth" is the surprise film smash of the year - a film about climate change and our environment by Al Gore that has got people across the world looking at how they can do more to safeguard our future environment! Released on DVD on 21 November, you can pre-order you copy today from the Shepway Shop at www.shepwaylibdems.org.uk/amazonshop/
Following yesterday's defence of plans for a national identity register and ID cards by New Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair, Dundee Liberal Democrats have today (Tuesday 7th November) said that the Labour ID cards project is "a waste of public money and a gift to fraudsters."
Commenting on the sentencing of Saddam Hussein to death for crimes against humanity, Liberal Democrat Leader Sir Menzies Campbell said "The conviction of Saddam Hussein will being relief to countless Iraqis whose lives have been blighted by the enormity of his behaviour. But it will not bring back the many thousands who perished while he ruled their country. His martyrdom can only add to the instability and unrest in Iraq. He should be detained for the rest of his natural life."
Bedford Borough Liberal Democrats have reacted with grave concern to the news that a further two locations in Bedford, on Ampthill Road and Goldington Road, are suffering from excessive levels of nitrogen dioxide.
Liberal Democrat campaigner Gary Fuller, who recently tackled a Shepway Council officer on the issue of visible policing, expressed his shock at discovering that, according to Kent Police's own figures, over 20% (1 in 5) of all crimes committed in Shepway occur in Harvey Central Ward, which has only one community police officer for over four-and-a-half-thousand people.
Paul Holmes has today called for a total overhaul of the way tax credits are awarded after new figures revealed that 3,900 families in Chesterfield are still being forced to pay back over £3.1 million worth of tax credits, due to overpayments made by HM Revenue and Customs.