The EU election 2019 may signal an upsurge of support for Liberal Democrats, but it is not a good day for our democracy when #deniedmyvote suddenly emerged everywhere in the UK during the Election Day.
Congratulations, first of all, to Cllr Helen Chuah who has been triumphantly re-elected as Councillor in St Ann's ward on Colchester Council. The LibDems came through strongly holding every seat and even winning one from the Tories. It was great to see Helen Chuah and Nick Cope hold their seats well in difficult circumstances (and Nick will be their Lib Dem Mayor for the coming year).
I decided to stand for my ward as a borough(district) councillor in the May elections as a Liberal Democrat, but more than that, I stood as one of three minority candidates.
We are writing to request Her Majesty's Government demand the Hong Kong Legislative Council retract the amendments to the Fugitive Offenders Ordinance ("Extradition Bill"), which is scheduled to go through to its 2nd and 3rd readings on 12th June.
A million Hong Kong citizens went on a peaceful demonstration in Hong Kong on 12th June 2019 protesting against the government's proposed Extradition Bill. Not only did the Hong Kong government refuse the demands of the demonstrators to retract the Bill, but they also described the movement as a "riot". The police used heavy handed tactics to disperse the crowds including deployment of tear gas and pepper water spray, cornering and beating up protesters with police clubs and the making of arrests.
A successful campaign which Chinese Liberal Democrats have supported has helped Bethnal Green's local coffee vendor return to business after a 15 month hiatus, raising £10,000 to help him regain his coffee van.