Difficult Month Ahead For Esher And Walton Commuters. A month of planned railway strikes through December is an unwelcome early Christmas present for the commuters and residents of Esher and Walton.
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The Liberal Democrats have described Boris Johnson as a "lying charlatan", after his LBC interview today in which he once again misled voters and failed to come clean over key issues facing the country. The party has highlighted ten lies and mistruths from Johnson's LBC interview:
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At Wednesday’s press conference and Q&A co-facilitated by Esher and Walton Parliamentary candidate Monica Harding, the Conservative peer appealed to voters to place “national interest” above traditional party loyalties. Remaining in the EU would he insisted enable us to, “collectively exercise an influence in the century that is unfolding, way above anything that we as nation states could do on our own”.
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Farage takes credit for the terrible Tory manifesto
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The Liberal Democrats have announced they will freeze rail fare increases for Esher & Walton commuters and season ticket holders for the next five years, while fixing the broken fares and ticketing system.
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The Liberal Democrats have announced that they will spend £10 billion a year more on schools and hire 20,000 more teachers by the end of the next Parliament.
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What are your biggest concerns? We asked the constituents in Esher & Walton – and you answered…
The main job of an MP is to listen to then represent the people in their constituency. That’s why Monica Harding’s team carried out a constituency-wide survey - calling on residents across Esher and Walton and asking them to fill out a short questionnaire - during the weeks before the general election was called, to identify their worries on local and national issues.
In 2010, when the Conservatives came into power, satisfaction with the NHS was at its peak at 70%. Nine years on, it’s fallen to 53% and satisfaction with GPs is at its lowest (63%) since 1983.
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Imagine living under a cloud of uncertainty about whether you could stay in the community in which you live - a community where you may have lived for decades, had a family, built up wide networks of friends and neighbours - but where now, through no fault of your own, are unsure whether you can remain.
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I am delighted to let you know that our seat is part of an historic, cross-party agreement, facilitated by the Unite to Remain campaign.
This independent group brought together the Liberal Democrats, Green Party and Plaid Cymru for discussions on how we can maximise the number of Remain MPs in the next Parliament.
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Lib Dems close in on taking Esher & Walton.
A seat poll conducted by Survation and commissioned by the Liberal Democrats for the parliamentary constituency of Esher and Walton has shown the Liberal Democrats are best placed to defeat Dominic Raab.
When Jo Swinson visited Hinchley Wood School, there was a lot of discussion with students about their mental health experiences and ways to improve support for young people.
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We had a fantastic visit to Hinchley Wood School with Jo Swinson and Ed Davey, today. A big thank you to Ben Bartlett, the headteacher, and all the wonderful staff for hosting us all.
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Monica Harding’s general election campaign had a prime slot on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Tuesday morning.
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Both the Conservatives and Labour are stuck in the past, failing time and time again to deliver a better future. Vote for me to stop Brexit and help me build a brighter future for all.
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This was a slickly run sit-down dinner, drawing hundreds of mostly well-heeled locals exuding crossness about Brexit; were I a local Conservative, I would be worried .
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It’s not often that an 85-page policy document gets a reaction like this: “this is pretty flippin' good - pragmatically realistic.” But that was what a senior leader of a major conservation charity told me after he’d read the Liberal Democrats’ new policy paper, “Tackling the Climate Emergency” -
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Esher and Walton voted 60% to Remain in the EU. 40% voted to Leave, but not for No Deal - that was never part of the Referendum campaign. The Brexit-Tory party and its hard-right Brexiteer MP Dominic Raab are not representative here.
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Boris Johnson this week announced a funding boost for schools and colleges. £14 billion over three years, ran the headlines! Except it’s not £14 billion. And it may never reach our cash-strapped schools and our underpaid teachers. No sooner was it announced than the Government’s spin was discredited by many, including the IFS:
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Today the Prime Minister has asked the Queen to prorogue Parliament in September ahead of a Queen’s Speech on 14 October. Read my open letter to Dominic Raab our local MP.
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