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Lib Dems say "we will rise above 'tribal politics' in a hung Parliament"
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Sun 7th Mar 2010
The Liberal Democrat's shadow chancellor, Vince Cable, today made clear on the Andrew Marr Show, that the Lib Dems will rise above what he called tribal politics. "The public mood seems to be", he said "for politicians to work together. People are fed-up with very narrow, short-term tribal politics and want to see politicians rising above that particularly as the public senses we are in an economic crisis". Adding "we will do our part in that. The public expect us to be grown-up and business-like and that's how we would approach this".
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Lib Dems : Local and National
Wed 10th Feb 2010
In the past 18 months there have been 4 by-elections in the new Filton & Bradley Stoke constituency with Liberal Democrats winning 2 of them. Bradley Stoke returned Liberal Democrat councillors on South Gloucestershire Council for 12 years before the local elections in 2007 and the Conservatives are now trying to convince you that it's a 2 horse race between them and Labour, but if you look at the facts and "Real Votes in Real Ballot Boxes" it shows that Labour are struggling to make any impact on the ground and are trailing a poor third.
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FABS PPC Resignation
Mon 7th Sep 2009
"John Kiely has informed the Filton and Bradley Stoke Constituency Executive of his decision to stand down and not contest the winnable Filton & Bradley Stoke Constituency at the forthcoming election. Mr Kiely, 52, is Bristol's longest serving Liberal Democrat City Councillor and lives in Brislington with his partner Hengrove City Councillor Jos Clark and their 8-year old son Hugo.
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Liberal Democrats seize the Opportunity
Wed 15th Jul 2009
Political and economic crises mean that great changes are possible and Liberal Democrats need to seize the opportunity ahead. In the last month or so we have been very successful having led and won the House of Commons vote on the Gurkhas. We have also:
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Inter constituency rivalries
Mon 2nd Feb 2009
Sadly this is the nearest Filton and Bradley Stoke PPC John Kiely got to retaining the inter-Constituency skittles trophy at the Winterbourne Community Centre last Friday (30 Jan). As a jubliant Thornbury and Yate team captain Cllr Dave Hockey tastes victory for the first time. But John was able to restore some Constituency pride, by winning the 'knockout' phase of the competition. In what was a very busy weekend, Fabs also welcomed the new Party President Baroness Ros Scott to a social event, where she outlined her thoughts on the future direction of the party and took part in a lively question and answer session, also a special thanks to Cllr Peter Tyzack & Lindsay Brady for the catering.
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