Last night was a disappointment for the Liberal Democrats. Even though more people voted for us than ever before, even though we had a higher proportion of the vote than ever before, it is of course a source of great regret to me that we have lost some really valued friends and colleagues and we have returned to Parliament with fewer MPs than before.
Liberal Democrat Candidate Lynne Beaumont has thanked voters across Folkestone and Hythe for their support in the General Election, and congratulated new Folkestone and Hythe MP Damian Collins for winning the seat.
This is my personal guarantee that I will use all the support you give me on Thursday to deliver fairness in Britain.
Shepway District Council Leader and Sandgate Councillor Robert Bliss has apologised to Folkestone West County Councillor Tim Prater for a recent Sandgate Conservative leaflet in which he was described as reporting Shepway plans for charging for Sandgate seafront parking plans as 'Prater Prattle'.
Please see below an update for the month of April, showing what we have been up to. Surgeries were held on 24th April. Future dates include:
As the General Election campaign enters the final few days, Lynne Beaumont and the Liberal Democrats are holding a Bank Holiday Monday delivery action day starting at 10am from The Puffins, Peene, Folkestone, Kent CT18 8BG (you can find a map at http://tinyurl.com/37ftek8).
After a request / report for resurfacing in North Lane in Sandgate (leading off Sandgate High Street) from Tim Prater, Kent Highways have resurfaced the top end of the lane and reinstated the yellow lines. Local residents are delighted with the work, and the helpfulness of the Kent Highways team who made the repairs.
Kent Trading Standards have received reports of bogus callers telephoning consumers pretending to be from a local GP surgery.
I have this afternoon just watched the very interesting first of a special series of Daily Politics Show Election Specials on BBC2. This one was on the Environment. Greg Clark, Conservative Member of Parliament for "Royal" Tunbridge Wells, KENT and Shadow Secretary of State for Energy & Climate Change was speaking on behalf of your party.
In response to a recent email enquiring about which roads in Cheriton, Morehall and Sandgate were scheduled for pothole repair, Kent Highway Services provided the following list:
Nick Clegg has received hundreds of messages of support as our campaign meets with firm resistance from certain quarters of the press. We are standing firm in the face of this. We know that it is directly related to the success we are seeing. Nick has asked me to pass on his thanks to all of you who have been in touch and has asked everyone to redouble their efforts.
The deadline for nominations to be the next MP for Folkestone and Hythe was 4pm, and the accepted nominations have been announced by Shepway Council. Lib Dem candidate Lynne Beaumont is facing six other candidates in a contest widely expected to be a clear choice between the Liberal Democrats and the Conservative candidate.
