http://har0ld.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Hastings and Rye Liberal Democrats en-GB Hastings and Rye Liberal Democrats http://har0ld.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Hastings and Rye Liberal Democrats 2010-03-12T11:31+00:00 United Kingdom http://har0ld.org.uk/news/000042/nick_says_no_to_debate_without_mp.html Nick Perry, the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Hastings & Rye, has refused to attend the Federation of Small Businesses debate scheduled for 25 March following the news that, after initially sitting on the fence, Labour MP Michael Foster is set to cancel. 2010-03-10T08:21+00:00 http://har0ld.org.uk/news/000041/nick_weighs_in_to_row_with_stagecoach_over_no_23_bus_route.html Nick Perry, the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Hastings & Rye, has criticized bus provider Stagecoach after its decision to change the route of the Hastings No. 23 bus, leaving many families living of Harley Shute Road, St Leonard's without a regular service to the Conquest Hospital and to Tesco's. 2010-02-26T23:41+00:00 http://har0ld.org.uk/news/000040/lib_dems_backing_local_residents_over_roadworks.html Lib Dem campaigner for Gensing Ward, Chris Benner, has written to Conservative County Councillor Matthew Lock demanding that he explains why there has been such chaos over the roadworks on Bohemia Road. To date he has not responded. 2010-02-20T19:04+00:00 http://har0ld.org.uk/news/000039/hospital_parking_charges_campaign_continues_online.html Nick Perry, the Lib Dem parliamentary candidate for Hastings & Rye, has taken his campaign for fairer parking charges at the Conquest Hospital online. 2010-02-08T00:05+00:00 http://har0ld.org.uk/news/000038/lib_dem_president_launches_local_campaign.html Baroness Scott of Needham Market, who has been President of the Liberal Democrat Party since January 2009, was the guest speaker at the party's constituency dinner at the Royal Victoria Hotel in St Leonards on Friday night. 2010-01-17T20:23+00:00 http://har0ld.org.uk/news/000037/nick_perry_hastings_council_can_trust_the_trust.html Nick Perry, the Liberal Democrat parliamentary campaigner for Hastings & Rye, has backed the Hastings Pier & White Rock Trust as a safe bet to secure the future of Hastings Pier. 2009-12-07T21:47+00:00 http://har0ld.org.uk/news/000036/john_campaigns_to_save_the_pier.html John Tunbridge says that "Despite spin to the contrary, the Pier is NOT in imminent danger of collapse!" 2009-12-03T23:13+00:00 http://har0ld.org.uk/news/000034/green_or_a_deeper_shade_of_blue.html David Cameron's Tory MEPs have launched a last minute attempt to scupper the EU's Copenhagen position of cutting carbon emissions and increasing climate change aid for developing countries. 2009-12-03T14:53+00:00 http://har0ld.org.uk/news/000033/perry__council_is_playing_politics_with_our_pier.html Nick Perry, the Lib Dem parliamentary campaigner for Hastings & Rye, has slammed Hastings Borough Council for making announcements about the Pier in the purdah period before the St Helens Ward by-election, the polling day for which is 10 December. 2009-11-23T23:58+00:00 http://har0ld.org.uk/news/000032/john_tunbridge_campaigns_for_a_new_roundabout_at_elphinstoneridge_junction.html The Liberal Democrat prospective Councillor for St Helens Ward is organising and collating a petition so that a mini roundabout can be installed at this very awkward junction. 2009-11-15T22:43+00:00 http://har0ld.org.uk/news/000031/john_wants_to_be_a_voice_for_the_community.html Hastings & Rye Liberal Democrats have selected John Tunbridge to be their candidate in the forthcoming by-election in St Helens ward on 10 December. The selection meeting was held on Tuesday night at the Lib Dem Centre in London Road, St Leonards. 2009-11-04T23:10+00:00 http://har0ld.org.uk/news/000030/huhne_congratulates_hastings_for_rejecting_the_bnp.html Lib Dem Home Affairs Spokesperson Chris Huhne MP has congratulated Hastings for rejecting the BNP, despite the town being targeted by the Far Right party in recent elections. 2009-10-25T15:13+00:00 http://har0ld.org.uk/news/000028/george_vince_and_the_plight_of_our_fishermen.html It's the end of the 76 day parliamentary recess. 2009-10-15T12:55+01:00 http://har0ld.org.uk/news/000027/fishermens_future_in_doubt_on_eve_of_seafood__wine_festival.html On the eve of the prestigious Seafood & Wine Festival, Nick Perry, the Liberal Democrat parliamentary campaigner for Hastings & Rye, has been contacted with the stark message that Hastings fishermen have no more cod until January 2010. 2009-09-17T20:30+01:00 http://har0ld.org.uk/news/000026/gcse_results_and_funding_cuts_should_mean_rethink_on_hastings_academies.html Nick Perry, Lib Dem parliamentary hopeful for Hastings & Rye, has called on the Conservative County Council to think again on Academies for Hastings. 2009-08-31T07:42+01:00