martinturner.org.uk http://www.martinturner.org.uk Stratford on Avon's Lib-Dem Parliamentary Candidate Sat, 20 Feb 2010 00:07:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Nadhim Zahawi welcomed to contest http://www.martinturner.org.uk/2010/02/20/nadhim-zahawi-welcomed-to-contest/ No ‘Dark arts’ in Tory schools sell off… http://www.martinturner.org.uk/2010/02/14/no-dark-arts-in-tory-schools-sell-off%e2%80%a6/ Wrong answer too late. http://www.martinturner.org.uk/2010/02/10/wrong-answer-too-late/ Planning law must change http://www.martinturner.org.uk/2010/01/31/planning-law-must-change/ Help Haiti http://www.martinturner.org.uk/2010/01/16/help-haiti/ Don’t break up the BBC http://www.martinturner.org.uk/2010/01/14/dont-break-up-the-bbc/ Winter fuel payments unpaid http://www.martinturner.org.uk/2010/01/12/winter-fuel-payments-unpaid/ Tory MP to step down Warning: array_keys() [function.array-keys]: The first argument should be an array in /home/martintu/public_html/politics/wp-content/plugins/simple-tags/inc/client.php on line 1310

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Stratford on Avon’s Tory MP John Maples today announced he is stepping down. His delay in doing so, which he explains in a letter to the Conservative Home website, means that the Tory selection will now be under their by-election rules, with a centrally imposed shortlist. John Maples has served the community of Stratford on Avon [...]]]> http://www.martinturner.org.uk/2010/01/11/tory-mp-to-step-down/ Why I don’t respond to blanket ‘pledge’ campaigns Warning: array_keys() [function.array-keys]: The first argument should be an array in /home/martintu/public_html/politics/wp-content/plugins/simple-tags/inc/client.php on line 1310

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If you’re visiting this site looking for my email address so that you can send me a two-sentence pledge to sign up to, you’re wasting your time. Like many sitting MPs, it’s my policy not to respond to them. Why is this? First, I don’t want to encourage the approach to politics which says that everything [...]]]> http://www.martinturner.org.uk/2010/01/11/why-i-dont-respond-to-blanket-pledge-campaigns/ Where to find Lib-Dem policies Warning: array_keys() [function.array-keys]: The first argument should be an array in /home/martintu/public_html/politics/wp-content/plugins/simple-tags/inc/client.php on line 1310

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Now that the General Election is on the horizon, people are getting increasingly interested in what the parties stand for. Both David Cameron and Gordon Brown have tried to suggest that they are very, very close to the Liberal Democrats. Nick Clegg has pointed out that this is entirely not the case — indeed, the [...]]]> http://www.martinturner.org.uk/2010/01/10/where-to-find-lib-dem-policies/