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Welcome to my website. I will use it to give my views on important, political, events and what I have been doing. It will hopefully help keep in touch and keep informed my friends and colleagues from the West Midlands, the UK and overseas.
Below are a series of my most recent posts. On the left a navigation menu to help you find your way around the site. On the right is the latest video from LibDemTV and a collection of quotes, campaigns and newsfeeds.
I hope you enjoy the site, let me know what you think. Thanks for stopping by and please come back soon.
Colin
By-election round-up
Sat 6th Feb 2010
Yesterday the Conservatives held a seat in Newcastle-Under-Lyme and Liberal Democrat David Murray was elected to Shifnal Town Council.
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Read "By-election round-up" in full
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Expensegate charges brought
Fri 5th Feb 2010
The Director of Public Prosecutions Keir Starmer has confirmed three Labour MPs and one Conservative member of the House of Lords will face criminal charges over their expenses, Labour MPs Elliot Morley, Jim Devine and David Chaytor along with Lord Hanningfield will be charged under the Theft Act.
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Another Tory defects in Cannock Chase
Thu 4th Feb 2010
Cannock South Councillor Mark Green, has decided to follow the lead of colleagues Councillors Keith and Diane Bennett, by becoming the third Conservative to join the Liberal Democrat group at Cannock Chase District Council.
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Read "Another Tory defects in Cannock Chase" in full
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Pope attacks equality
Tue 2nd Feb 2010
Pope Benedict XVI has attacked British society and in particular our equality legislation. In a letter addressed to the Catholic Bishops of England and Wales, the pope criticised UK legislation for creating "limitations on the freedom of religious communities to act in accordance with their beliefs". Of course, what the Pope means is the law now prevents adoption agencies from discriminating against gay couples and the Equality Bill may mean the Catholic Church can no longer discriminate on grounds of sexuality or gender.
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Conservative Councillor to stand down
Mon 1st Feb 2010
News reaches me that one of the Conservative Councillors for Wednesfield North - Councillor Charlotte Quarmby is standing down. This will almost certainly result in a by-election taking place on the same day as the scheduled local elections on May 6. Charlotte recently got married and is leaving, or has left, the area - of course I wish her well in the future.
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AV is not PR
Sun 31st Jan 2010
The Government is talking about holding a referendum on using the Alternative Vote (AV) to elect the House of Commons. AV is not proportional and I hope reformers, and in particular the Liberal Democrats oppose this move and campaign from the introduction of the Single Transferable Vote (STV).
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Read "AV is not PR"
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Government must release Iraq documents says Davey
Sat 30th Jan 2010
"If Gordon Brown has nothing to hide then he should have no qualms making it crystal clear to Sir Gus that the Iraq Inquiry must have what it needs," said the Liberal Democrat Shadow Foreign Secretary.
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Prime Minister's Questions
Thu 28th Jan 2010
A bit later than promised, but yesterday I went to Prime Minister's Questions and also helped my friend pack up his parliamentary office prior to the election. PMQ's was, of course, this week without Gordon Brown and therefore Cameron and Clegg too - which as I quite like William Hague and Vince Cable that was fine with me.
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Read "Prime Minister's Questions" in full
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Archive of earlier news stories
 News Story Feed (v1.0).
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