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Voting System
Which electoral system would you prefer for the House of Commons
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| Liberal Democrats Fantasy Tax Policy |
The Liberal Democrats have maintained their ability to promise people anything they want to hear irrespective of the facts. The latest is the myth that a 'mansion tax' on the most valuable homes can pay for the first £10k of earnings being tax...
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| Lib Dem council pursues Tory Ryanair service charges |
Concern at ‘RyanAir’ Museums Labour Prospective Parliamentary candidate who introduced free charges for Bristol's museums has struck out at plans to reintroduce museum charges. Paul Smith introduced free museum entry for a...
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| Paul Smith Launches Blog |
Paul Smith's Blog can be found at http://bristolwestpaul.wordpress.com/ ...
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| Grafitti Artists Invade House of Commons |
The Banksy exhibition has been the most successful ever at the Bristol Museum. Around 1/2 million people queued in good British fashion to see pictures, sculpture and amusing visuals in a exhibition room and dotted around the whole museu...
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| Securing the recovery is essential - Gordon Brown |
Alongside a speech by Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party, on the economy, the Labour Party is today publishing A Future Fair for All: Securing the recovery, not putting it at risk. The document sets out the choice that Britain faces between growth and increasing prosperity with Labour, or a decade of austerity, low growth and low employment under the Tories. To read a copy please click here Gordon Brown said: "There is nothing pre-ordained or automatic about the upturn, either here or around the world. While we have come through the worst of this dreadful storm, the waters are still choppy. There are still real risks to the recovery. And we must be alive to them. "So the choices we will make in the coming months are just as important - and just as urgent - for families, jobs, mortgages and companies, large and small - as the difficult choices we made to protect them at the height of the storm. "We are at a turning point - a crossroads for our domestic economic recovery, where we have to choose now to maintain the stimulus until recovery is assured or cut it - and at a crossroads for the global economic governance that will shape the next decades for us and our children. "I believe that character is not about telling people what they want to hear but about telling them what they need to know. It is about having the courage to set...
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| Take a long hard look at the Tories on crime - Johnson |
When it comes to crime, David Cameron is more concerned with headlines than policies. That’s why he talks Britain down by deliberately misleading the public about crime figures even though his party has been censured by the Statistics Authority for doing this. The reality is the Conservatives have voted against Labour’s measures to fight crime including opposing changes to the retention of DNA evidence – making it harder for the police to catch criminals. And they have campaigned against the use of CCTV which reduces the fear of crime and anti-social behaviour. Alan Johnson MP, Labour’s Home Secretary said: “Labour wants to see a future fair for all and today I am setting out the tough action we are taking to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour. “While crime has been cut by over a third since 1997 and Labour is protecting front line policing the Conservatives have refused to say if they would protect the police budget. “Labour is clear about what we will do to keep people safe –the Tories’ refusal to reveal their own plans should not go unchallenged. Nor should their election candidates be able to continually mislead the public with dodgy crime statistics. “I am urging people today to take a long hard look at the Tories’ policies on crime and particularly the fact that they would make it harder for the police to use DNA to catch criminals. Our hard hitting short film exposes how weak the Tories are when it comes to fighting crime....
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Paul Smith's Blog can be found at http://bristolwestpaul.wordpress.com/ ...
The Banksy exhibition has been the most successful ever at the Bristol Museum. Around 1/2 million people queued in good British fashion to see pictures, sculpture and amusing visuals in a exhibition room and dotted around the whole museu...