Newsletter from Catherine: Liberalism and Wildlife
I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you who worked so hard over the general election campaign.
I wanted to take this opportunity to thank all of you who worked so hard over the general election campaign.
Following the resignation of Nick Clegg as Party Leader, the Liberal Democrat Federal Executive (Governing Body) last weekend agreed a timetable to see a new leader elected by the party membership and the result announced on July 16th.
The Environment Agency has launched a new website giving detailed information on its water quality testing at beaches around the UK.
Good Day: Eurotunnel's MyFerryLink ferry operation has won its legal battle to overturn a ban on it operating between Dover and Calais.
"For too long, we have been a passively tolerant society, saying to our citizens: as long as you obey the law, we will leave you alone." David Cameron, 13 May.
Conservative Leader of Shepway District Council David Monk has announced his new cabinet following the District Council elections last week in which Deputy Leader Russell Tillson lost his seat on the Council. The new cabinet is made up as follows:
The surge in Liberal Democrat membership since the General Election is continuing, with over 10,000 new members having joined in under a week.
I, famously, don't write for Lib Dem Voice. But on a day like today, how could I not? Apparently, there are like ten thousand of you guys now. Welcome! Genuinely, really, welcome. In order to help you acclimatise to the culture of the party there's a few things you ought to be reading. A version of this was originally posted on my blog, and this one has been amended to reflect the comments there as well as my original post. YAY crowdsourcing!
Browsing Twitter this morning, I passed a message from the very useful www.twitter.com/shepwayplanning (useful, if you like that kind of thing).
Message of the day from the Lib Dems nationally:
Children and parents at Folkestone St Martin's Primary School in Horn Street, Folkestone have today been sent home with the news that St Martin's has been assessed as OUTSTANDING in every one of the five assessment categories in their recent Ofsted evaluation.