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Posted on: 6th February 2020
Big Ben may not have bonged Brexit in but I’m sure there will be plenty of clangers to come. The Government has proclaimed that a mega trade deal will soon be clinched with the Faroe islands. And we’ll have our blue passports back (printed in the EU but no matter). They promise there’ll be even […]
Posted on: 12th September 2019
It seems all Parties want a General Election. And so they should. We have a Government that can’t govern. Critically important matters can’t be resolved. But equally we shouldn’t leave the power to set the date for the election with a pathological liar like the present PM; a man who cannot be trusted and could […]
Posted on: 18th July 2019
I see local Conservatives are celebrating that a van will replace some of the many closed post offices for a few hours a week …for the time being! Witnessing Conservatives rushing to communities after Post Offices have closed to sympathise with locals is like seeing vandals returning to the scene of their crime to support […]
Posted on: 20th December 2018
While you’ve been searching for a Post Office, to buy Christmas stamps or to post parcels, you may have noticed that many no longer exist. Gulval, Heamoor, Long Rock, Carbis Bay, Newlyn, Leedstown etc closed. Mullion, St Keverne, The Lizard, Porthleven have faced uncertainty. There seems to be an inverse relationship – between record Post […]
Posted on: 25th October 2018
Responding to a tory MP’s extraordinary claim of “fantastic” progress in his Post Office closure campaign, Liberal Democrat campaigner, Andrew George challenged him to reverse the massive number of closures which have happened on his watch. Mr George said, “It’s no coincidence that since 2015 there’s been an epidemic of Post Office closures here in […]
Posted on: 15th May 2018
West Cornwall Liberal Democrats have been out and about on the Lizard this week meeting local people and undertaking the first of a rolling survey of opinions on local, national and international issues. They have been encouraged by the warm reception received. So far they’ve surveyed The Lizard, Ruan Minor and Cadgwith and will take […]
Posted on: 18th May 2011
Andrew George is one of the most successful MPs in Parliament. Always a team player, he gets things done… LED the campaign in Parliament to remove the Council Tax discount for second home owners.?? SUCCESS – won the Parliamentary campaign to cut the Tax Discount for second homes. He told Ministers, “It is no longer […]
Posted on: 17th May 2011
Andrew George, MP for West Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly Constituency of St Ives and the Liberal Democrat leader on environment and fishing issues in the Commons, today called on Ministers to give their support to Cornish handlining mackerel fishermen. During this morning’s Defra Questions session in Parliament Mr George asked Fisheries Minister Richard […]
Posted on: 17th May 2011
The MP for the West Cornwall and Isles of Scilly constituency of St Ives, Andrew George, will insist that any future negotiation of the Great Western franchise should at least guarantee the existing through train timetable of services between Paddington and Penzance as the absolute bare minimum. The service should never be permitted to fall […]
Posted on: 17th May 2011
Commenting in advance of a speech to be given today by the Prime Minister about NHS reforms, the Liberal Democrat MP and Health Select Committee member, Andrew George, warned that anything short of a major U-turn in Government policy will fail to persuade the majority of his Liberal Democrat colleagues and would ultimately be scuppered […]