Delicious home made cakes on sale to raise funds for Lyme Regis and Marshwood Vale Branch, West Dorset Liberal Democrats. Come and buy a cake and have a chat with local LibDems, including Sue Farrant, Parliamentary Candidate.
Further details are available from Ann Sargant, 01297 445922.
Dr Sue Farrant, the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for West Dorset, has launched a petition demanding fairer treatment for service personnel and their families.
The Mayor of Bridport, Cllr Geoff Ackerman, was the first person to sign the petition, which calls on the government to honour the Military Covenant.
Sue Farrant was delighted with the response from the public in Bridport on Saturday morning. “We collected dozens of signatures very quickly,” she said. “People in West Dorset have a strong sense of fairness and they know that the current health and welfare services and the levels of compensation for serious injury are not fair. The Royal British Legion is doing a tremendous job with its campaign and Liberal Democrats are pleased to be able to support them in this way.”
You can sign the petition on-line here.
David Heath MP for Somerton & Frome and Shadow Minister for Justice will be speaking at our upcoming dinner, to be held at the Corn Exchange in Dorchester at 7pm on Friday November 2nd. David is one of the wittiest speakers in the Lib Dems so it’s sure to be a fun event!
Contact Andy Canning for further details.
Local activists and West Dorset’s Parliamentary Candidate will be at this historic Street Fair collecting signatures for their Honour the Military Covenant petition.
A survey of residents to seek their views on local and national issues. Further details available from Daryl Turner, 01297 444195.
Dr Sue Farrant, the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for West Dorset, has been asked to contribute to an investigation into service personnel’s welfare issues. The work is being led by Nick Harvey, MP for North Devon and the Lib Dem Shadow Defence Secretary.
Sue, once an Army officer herself, has been a specialist in housing management for fifteen years. She told the recent Liberal Democrat Conference in Brighton about the very poor conditions she had seen at first hand when she led a review of service family housing in Germany, Gibraltar and Cyprus in 2004.
“Many service families overseas are living in conditions which would be considered totally unacceptable by any council or housing association tenant in this country,” she said during a debate on successive governments’ failure to honour the Military Covenant. “Commanding officers told me of their anger about highly skilled, highly trained men and women leaving the service because they could no longer put up with their spouses and children living in inadequate housing. What an appalling waste. What an appalling injustice.”
Sue also attended an event run by the Royal British Legion to publicise their “Honour the Covenant” campaign. “It is very sad that a campaign like this is necessary,” she said, “But I urge people to support the Royal British Legion in its efforts to get a fair deal for the people who risk their lives on behalf of the rest of us.” The Legion’s campaign website can be found at www.thecovenant.org.uk.
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