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Sandy Walkington welcomes you to St Albans Liberal Democrats Website!
Sandy Walkington, Parliamentary Candidate
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St Albans is a great place to want to represent in Parliament. I have lived in or near the city since 1980. I was married in St Albans Abbey, had my appendix removed in St Albans City Hospital, my wife is a local architect, my children were born here and attend Hertfordshire schools. Hertfordshire is my home and I am passionate about the unique character of St Albans and its surrounding villages. I started the Hands Off Herts campaign to oppose the Government's proposals to build over our Green Belt. I have also campaigned on the poor state of our local health services, most recently with a house-to-house survey delivered to every local resident to get your views.
I want this space to help people to find out more about the local Liberal Democrats and our campaigns. You can catch up nationally as well. And you can find out more about me and what I am thinking and doing by visiting my own sandy4stalbans.org website. Please also use this site to get in touch with us.
Online you can:
Follow the link. Find out more about Sandy's current campaigns.
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The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity.
- preamble to Lib Dem constitution
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Fri 2nd May 2008
"The local elections on Thursday May 1st provide further confirmation that the Liberal Democrats are now breathing down Conservative necks to win the St Albans constituency in the next general election," said Sandy Walkington.
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Tue 29th Apr 2008
Speaking at the standing-room only Stop Tesco public meeting on 29th April at Trinity URC, Sandy Walkington, Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for St Albans and former councillor for St Peters Ward, welcomed the all-party support for the campaign.
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Mon 7th Apr 2008
The traffic chaos caused by the closure of Batchwood drive for partial re-surfacing could have been considerably lessened with more thought by the county council and its contractors, says Sandy Walkington, Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate for St Albans.
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Mon 3rd Mar 2008
Sandy Walkington has launched a district-wide campaign against any more closures of local post offices. Petition forms will be delivered by Liberal Democrats to every home in the St Albans and Harpenden district, and they will also be out in the street collecting signatures.
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Mon 11th Feb 2008
New LibDem leader Nick Clegg visited St Albans on Friday 8th February to put forward far-reaching ideas on improving mental health services in the UK. Giving a widely reported keynote speech at the Guardian Public Services Summit at Sopwell House Hotel, he pointed out that "one in four Britons suffers from a mental illness at some point in their lives. One in six is suffering at any given time. Mental health issues directly affect most of Britain's families today."
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Wed 23rd Jan 2008
St Albans Liberal Democrats gave the closing evidence at the end of yesterday's day of action in Parliament organised by the national Defend Council Housing campaign. Cllr Aislinn Lee presented the St Albans case, supported by Leader of the Council Robert Donald and St Albans LibDem parliamentary candidate Sandy Walkington. They were joined by councillors Alison Steer, Geoff Churchard, David Poor and Allan Witherick.
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Mon 14th Jan 2008
- 38 pence in every pound of rent paid by local tenants goes straight to Government
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Archive of earlier news stories.
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"Liberalism in Britain has lost a great champion, the Liberal Democrats, a great advocate and our public life, a great servant. "
Lord Paddy Ashdown
In memory of Lord Richard Holme, who died on 5 May
"If the Tories want to claim that they are going to cut corporation tax, they have to come clean about how they are going to pay for it. Cutting the main rate of corporation tax to 25% will cost more than £5bn a year. If David Cameron is to have a hope of sounding credible he must state clearly where the money will come from. Otherwise this will be seen as yet another unfunded tax cut. "
Vince Cable - Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor
www.libdems.org.uk - 2 May
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