The Government must follow the science when it comes to easing lockdown
Responding to reports that several members of the Government's Scientific Advisory Group have warned of the risk of easing the lockdown in England on Monday 1 June.
30 May 2020
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"GOVERNMENT’S HAND WILL BE FORCED BY CORONAVIRUS" ON PRISON OVERCROWDING, SAYS DERBYSHIRE PCC CANDIDATE KATE SMITH
England and Wales' prisons are already overcrowded, and this is being made worse by Prison Officer shortages, says Lib Dem Derbyshire Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) candidate Kate Smith.
KS
14 Apr 2020
Ed Davey responds to election of Sir Keir Starmer as Leader of the Labour Party
Responding to the election of Sir Keir Starmer as the new Leader of the Labour Party, Acting Leader of the Liberal Democrats Ed Davey said:
4 Apr 2020
Lockdown and why it is important to enforce it in Derbyshire
So we are in Lockdown, a measure that could be seen as timely for London but a bit soon for everywhere else. Why is it important to lockdown in Derbyshire even though we hopefully won't see a large number of infections for some time? Well by locking down we are putting Derbyshire into a configuration where the virus will find it hard to take hold and start to pass between people. Think of it like keeping all your flammable materials apart and damping down as much as possible to prevent the threat of a fire passing from your neighbour. This will become increasingly important as infections take off in London. London is far ahead of the rest of the country and we will likely see a inferno of infections and deaths in London even under lockdown conditions, as we have seen in Italy and Wuhan. This will throw off sparks of infected people who move out of the capital, which if we are not damped down and locked down will catch and cause fires of infection to take hold in Derbyshire. Remember we don't see the smoke fro
JA
24 Mar 2020
Conservative Councillors to Abandon Top Election Pledge
The Conservative council executive is about to approve plans which go against another of its election pledges after abandoning its commitment to protect the green belt at last month's council meeting, sending proposals for extensive building on the green belt out for consultation. At this month's executive meeting the conservative look set to abandon their top election pledge to keep the 1 hour free parking at its town centre car parks.
JA
12 Feb 2020
Check Out Our New YouTube Channel
We have launched a new YouTube channel, Erewash Liberal Democrats. The most recent video is an examination of Tactical voting in Erewash and how it is unlikely to work. There are also more video from James Archer describing his position and our policies on a number of areas including the Climate Emergency and Railways and HS2. There are more to come to catch them when they ar released subscribe to the channel.
29 Nov 2019