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Welcome to the Edinburgh Lib Dems web site!
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.
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Sat 18th Aug 2007
Text of Leader's Report after 80 days in power in Edinburgh
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Sun 17th Jun 2007
Cllr. Jenny Dawe, member for Drum Brae/Gyle Ward, is Edinburgh's new Leader. Jenny will lead the Liberal Democrat/SNP administration, with Cllr. Streve Cardownie of the SNP as Deputy Leader.
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Sun 17th Jun 2007
Edinburgh now has a Liberal Democrat Lord Provost, Councillor George Grubb, member for Almond Ward.
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Sun 17th Jun 2007
Following a week of intensive and exhausting negotiations with other political parties on the Council, Edinburgh now has an administration formed between the 17 Liberal Democrat councillors and the 12 SNP councillors.
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Tue 8th May 2007
The Liberal Democrats have won 17 seats on the City of Edinburgh Council, making them the biggest party. Labour has been reduced from 30 to 15, the Tories from 13 to 11, the SNP up from 1 to 12, with 3 new Greens.
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Thu 3rd May 2007
Our Liberal Democrat candidates across the city have been reporting an extraordinarily warm welcome on the doorsteps and from people met while out delivering literature. Many have commented that they know that they don't just receive newsletters from us at election time but all the year round; and they like that regular news and opportunity to comment.
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Wed 2nd May 2007
Speaking to constituents in West Edinburgh on the day before the historic STV elections for the City of Edinburgh Council, Cllr. Jenny Dawe, Leader of the Liberal Democrat Group, said: "We have been running a positive campaign to get Liberal Democrat Councillors elected to the Council. The lies and misrepresentations that Labour candidates have been publishing about us and our policies demeans what should be a tough but fair contest for votes. We do not think that the electorate is foolish enough to believe what Labour is saying in its last-ditch desperation not to be wiped out, but it has a destructive effect on local politics.
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"Anyone who wants to pass laws in this country should pay this country's full taxes and not hide behind the special offshore status of non-doms. Non-doms have to tell the taxman that their first allegiance is to another country. No-one should be a British lawmaker whose first allegiance is not to Britain. "
Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary
www.libdems.org.uk - 2 March
"I think people are entitled to expect a sensible, stable government at a time when the country is facing very, very acute choices. We take what the markets are worrying about immensely seriously. We will not take any risk with the creditworthiness of the economy. "
Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Financial Times - 3 March
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