Stroud Liberal Democrats

Campaigning for Stroud, Gloucestershire

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All the Liberal Democrats policies have a green thread running through them because damage to our environment damages personal health, impoverishes economies and weakens communities.


Local Lib Dems reject Nuclear Power

Sat 2nd Feb 2008

The Government wants to introduce a new generation of nuclear power stations. It claims that we need to 'keep the lights on' and that nuclear is 'carbon free'. Putting the issue of thousands of years of radioactive waste to one side, the earliest time a reactor could realistically come on line is 2020. Too late to keep the lights on! We need to invest heavily in clean energy sources, such as carbon capture, wind, solar and other renewables. Most energy loss occurs at the point of generation and through transmission. We need to decentralise our grid and encourage conservation in existing, as well as new, buildings.

External view of Oldbury Nuclear Power Station and electricity pylon, on the Severn estuary near Thornbury, South Gloucestershire.  2 gas-cooled nuclear reactors (2 x 217MWe Magnox GCR). (photography: Philip James)

Canal meets Bath Road (A46)

Sat 2nd Feb 2008

Work to open up the canal at Wallbridge is due later this year, but no decision has yet been taken regarding which of the schemes for the A46 canal crossing and the remodelling of the Merrywalks roundabout will be implemented.

Ambulance Service Response Times

Tue 1st Jan 2008

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Traffic in 'Silver Street'

Tue 1st Jan 2008

Cllr Brian Marsh is making a survey to add weight to the case for overcoming the Silver Street "pinch-point". He asks:-

Sainsburys comes to Dursley

Tue 18th Dec 2007

Many of us are wondering if there is another Tesco saga in the making with the lack of activity with the building of Dursley's new Sainsburys Supermarket. There are delays but Dursley will have a brand new environmentally friendly Sainsburys open in 2009.

The fate of Weavers Croft

Tue 11th Sep 2007

The Secretary of State for Health, Alan Johnson, has now taken the decision to centralise Gloucestershire's mental health care. Weavers Croft is set to lose its inpatient beds to Charlton Lane in Cheltenham. Weavers Croft will still be used as a centre for providing care to older patients in their own homes. Stroud Liberal Democrats regret the need for such change. Andrew Fisk said 'It's a shame that local facilities have to be transferred. How are patients and carers going to cope with a thirty-mile round trip? This plan is seriously misguided.. If these proposals do go ahead the NHS must do more to help travel arrangements for carers.' Cllr Christine Headley said, 'Our petition proved that feeling in Rodborough ran high against the proposed cuts. It is good that the Maternity Hospital and beds at Stroud Hospital have been saved for the time being, but the loss of beds at Weavers Croft is a disappointment.'

Andrew Fisk and Cllr Christine Headley outside Weavers Croft (Sept 2007) (photography: Andrew Fisk)

Local Lib Dems clean up common

Mon 10th Sep 2007

Liberal Democrats in Rodborough have received numerous complaints about litter on Rodborough common. In response to this campaigners Andrew Fisk and Sylvia Bridgland undertook a 'Litter pick." Cans, bottles and fast food packages were amongst the garbage. Chairman of Rodborough Branch Liberal Democrats, Andrew Fisk said "We did the job this time round but really visitors to the common need to be responsible for their own rubbish. Producers of packaging must also share some of the responsibility."

Andrew Fisk and Sylvia Bridgland at Rodborough Common Litter Pick (photography: Andrew Fisk)

120 Houses proposed for Fromehall Park

Sat 8th Sep 2007

District Council Planners have now received an outline planning application for 120 houses at Frome-hall Park. The consultation period has now begun. Andrew Fisk will be leading for the Liberal Democrats on this for the moment, as Parish Councillor Christine Headley is Chair of the Parish's Planning and Transportation Committee, said "Rodborough lacks green space areas as it is. Fromehall Park is not the place to build a mass of housing, certainly not at the expense of a sport facility." Cllr Christine Headley said, "Even a hundred houses seemed too many for the site, particularly given the amount of traffic we would expect them to generate so close to a tricky junction."

Local Campaigner Andrew Fisk with Cllr Christine Headley outside Stroud Rugby Club (photography: Andrew Fisk)

Flooding Hits Stroud

Sun 22nd Jul 2007

For the second time in the space of a month freak weather has caused extensive flooding in Gloucestershire. Stroud has been hard hit, with streams, rivers and the Canal all breaking their banks and flooding homes and work places.

Flooding of Canal near Strachans Close July 2007 (photography: Andrew Fisk)

One Million New Affordable Homes by 2017

Wed 11th Jul 2007

Over one and a half million people are in need of housing in the UK. The problems of run away house price inflation are well known. There is not enough affordable housing or social housing to cope with the demand. When housing is built, too often it is of the wrong type.

One million new affordable homes by 2017
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Quotes of the Week

"Gordon Brown needs to wake up to the reality that we are now teetering on the brink of recession. He must act to help the millions of families struggling against high taxes, rising bills and falling disposable income."

Vince Cable - Lib Dem Shadow Chancellor

www.libdems.org.uk - 26 August

"The work begins anew, the hope rises again, and the dream lives on."

Senator Edward Kennedy

Endorsing Democrat Presidential Candidate Barack Obama - 26 August

"Just as Britain invested in the North Sea in the 1970s to transform our energy prospects through oil production, we must today make similar investment in renewable technologies to harness Britain's vast renewable energy resources, combined with major reductions in energy consumption."

Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats

Launching Liberal Democrat proposals to become energy independent by 2050 - 21 August