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Paul Burstow MP

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Liberal Democrat News from Westminster
Voters Must Be Protected From Fraud - Hughes Mon 4th Apr 2005 Pope Was A Pivotal Presence On The International Stage - Kennedy Sun 3rd Apr 2005 Zimbabwe Election: Country Still Paying The Price For Mugabe's Policies - Campbell Fri 1st Apr 2005 Archbishop Right To Oppose The Politics Of Fear - Kennedy Fri 1st Apr 2005 Labour Betraying Pensioners By Delaying New Plans Till After Election - Webb Fri 1st Apr 2005
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Liberal Democrat News from Westminster

Voters Must Be Protected From Fraud - Hughes Mon 4th Apr 2005 Pope Was A Pivotal Presence On The International Stage - Kennedy Sun 3rd Apr 2005 Zimbabwe Election: Country Still Paying The Price For Mugabe's Policies - Campbell Fri 1st Apr 2005 Archbishop Right To Oppose The Politics Of Fear - Kennedy Fri 1st Apr 2005 Labour Betraying Pensioners By Delaying New Plans Till After Election - Webb Fri 1st Apr 2005

Sutton & Cheam General Election Result
Turnout: 39723 (62%) 48.8% Liberal Democrat: 19382 38% Conservative: 15078 13.2% Labour: 5263 View the results in detail.

Quotes of the Week
"Charles Kennedy's party will go into the election as the only main party advocating the complete abolition of council tax and its replacement with a "fairer" local income tax." The Telegraph - 1 April "Although Labour strategists are reluctant to admit it, the Lib Dems may threaten the government's chance of another big majority more than the Tories do." www.economist.com The Economist - 31 March "My... MP is Barbara Roche: pro-war and pro everything else this wretched government has done. I don't simply want to vote against her. I want her to be defeated. That is why I will vote Liberal Democrat." Tariq Ali The Guardian - 26 March "Deputy Conservative Chairman Howard Flight could not have done more damage to Mr Howard's campaign if he had been trying. He has suggested, by implication, that his leader is not telling the whole truth." Nick Assinder - Political Correspondent www.bbc.co.uk - 25 March "In this parliament we have been the real opposition to the Labour Government over Iraq, over top-up fees, ID cards and the Council Tax. The Conservatives have either lined up with Labour or flip-flopped about. " Charles Kennedy South Bank Centre Briefing - 24 March

Quotes of the Week

"Charles Kennedy's party will go into the election as the only main party advocating the complete abolition of council tax and its replacement with a "fairer" local income tax." The Telegraph - 1 April "Although Labour strategists are reluctant to admit it, the Lib Dems may threaten the government's chance of another big majority more than the Tories do." www.economist.com The Economist - 31 March "My... MP is Barbara Roche: pro-war and pro everything else this wretched government has done. I don't simply want to vote against her. I want her to be defeated. That is why I will vote Liberal Democrat." Tariq Ali The Guardian - 26 March "Deputy Conservative Chairman Howard Flight could not have done more damage to Mr Howard's campaign if he had been trying. He has suggested, by implication, that his leader is not telling the whole truth." Nick Assinder - Political Correspondent www.bbc.co.uk - 25 March "In this parliament we have been the real opposition to the Labour Government over Iraq, over top-up fees, ID cards and the Council Tax. The Conservatives have either lined up with Labour or flip-flopped about. " Charles Kennedy South Bank Centre Briefing - 24 March