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Written by Mark Barnard, LibDem Parliamentary Spokesman on Mon 5th Jan 2009
The closure of 2008 for some North Thanet residents will be a welcome end to a difficult year. Yet as we step over the threshold of 2009, we face a future that holds unknown excitement, pleasure, new experiences and sadness, just as any year that has gone before.
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Read "A New Year Message" in full.
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Speech by Sharon Bowles MEP delivered to European Parliament on Thu 18th Dec 2008
I am very pleased to reduce the financial reporting burden on SMEs. Smaller companies are not simply downsized versions of large corporations. So some reporting required of large companies is not relevant at all. Other parts create an excessive drain on resources, do not fit the realities of running the huge variety of different smaller companies that we have in Europe and so do not serve the public interest. Unnecessary reporting does more harm than good. Glad to be rid of some, let's keep up the good work
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Read "On Disclosure Requirements" in full.
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Mon 1st Dec 2008
On Friday Sharon Bowles MEP met with the CEO and Chairman of Ford Europe, John Fleming, accompanied by Lib Dem MPs Chris Huhne and Sandra Gidley. The meeting followed Monday's announcement that Ford will be downsizing Southampton's Swaythling plant, and removing production of the Transit van to Turkey.
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Read "All hands on deck for Ford workers" in full.
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"In another anniversary speech [Nick Clegg] outlined some of the ways the £12bn wasted on the cut in VAT could have been spent. His proposals included funding for insulation and energy efficiency and reopening old railway lines. That sounds to me like a better use of fiscal stimulus on the eve of an era where public spending is going to get eyewateringly tight. "
Steve Richards
Opinion column, The Independent - 23 December
"We don't need an inquiry to know where the blame lies for the invasion of Iraq five and a half years ago. The Government voted for this disastrous war, Gordon Brown signed the cheques and the Tories cheered them on. "
Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Responding to the statement on withdrawal of troops from Iraq - 18 December
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