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Welcome To Wakefield And Morley Liberal Democrats
Working Hard For You
Wakefield and Morley Liberal Democrats work hard for you throughout the Wakefield MDC and Morley Area, standing up for your rights, protecting your freedoms, and dealing with the problems that affect you.
Voters certainly showed what they thought of the Lib Dems in Coalition with the Conservatives in the May 2011 Council Elections, where we lost our last seat in the Wakefield area – Ossett. The issues voters felt with Lib Dem MPs over coalition decisions really hit local Lib Dem parties hard throughout the country, we lost a lot of seats. We listen to your concerns, and realise we weren’t being seen to stand up and shout out loud enough for Liberal values from within the Coalition.
We don’t agree with the Conservatives or Labour on so many diverse subjects but, in the Country’s interests, we’re working in coalition with the Tories to help Britain recover from 13 years of Labour abuse, and from a global economic downturn in which many of our European neighbours have suffered economic ruin, one where even the mighty USA is struggling.
We’re the minority party in the coalition, so we don’t get everything we want, and sometimes we have to tolerate things we would definitely not have, had the Lib Dems been in power alone. Our MPs are working hard behind the scenes in and around Parliament, and we’ve already got lots of great Liberal policies into action – such as freeing almost a million people from paying any Income Tax at all, and all basic rate taxpayers paying £200 less, with a year-on-year rise in the allowance up to £10,000. Earn any less, pay no Income Tax – a Lib Dem policy for those that need it most.
Have endless years of Labour running Wakefield Council finally worn you down?
Unsure that the Council spending cuts are really the right ones to protect essential services and communities?
Do you think it’s time for a change, fresh faces and modern policies for developing our home town?
We would love to hear your views – please use the simple form on our contact page.
Thanks for visiting WakefieldLibDems.org.uk, we hope to see you again soon.
Best Wishes,
Rob Bell,
Data Officer, Wakefield and Morley Liberal Democrats
Upcoming Events
Annual General Meeting – Nov 7th, 2011
Christmas Dinner – Dec 2nd, 2011
Interested in Becoming More Active In Wakefield Lib Dems?
We are looking for members willing to serve as Officers or ordinary Executive Members. The returning officer is Margaret Dodd – call her on 01924 382846 today to express your interest or contact us via our online form.
We are always looking for more local people to get involved with Wakefield Lib Dems at a grass roots level, helping to put together and deliver letters, leaflets and questionnaires, support our potential Councillors, and help out with events. You can commit as much, or as little, time as you wish. All help is gratefully received, and you might even have some fun! Call David Smith on 01924 260764 or contact us via our online form.
Nick Clegg’s speech to Liberal Democrat Conference 2011
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg addresses the Liberal Democrat Party Conference in Birmingham.
You can read the full text of the speech here
You’ll find the first few minutes below:
David Smith, Chair of Wakefield Lib Dems, with Deputy PM Nick Clegg
Liberal Democrats, we have now been in Government for 500 days. Not easy, is it? None of us thought it would be a walk in the park, but I suspect none of us predicted just how tough it would turn out to be. We’ve lost support, we’ve lost councillors, and we lost a referendum. I know how painful it has been to face anger and frustration on the doorstep.
Some of you may have even wondered: Will it all be worth it in the end? It will be. And today I want to explain why.
But above all I want to pay tribute to you. Your resilience. Your grace under fire. I have been genuinely moved by your spirit and your strength. Thank you. Thank you, above all, for never forgetting what we are in politics for. After the May elections, Alex Cole-Hamilton, one of our defeated candidates in Edinburgh said that if losing was part payment for ending child detention then, as he said: “I accept it, with all my heart.”
That is the liberal spirit and that is something we will never lose. The spirit that gave birth to our party a century and half ago, that kept us alive when the other two parties tried to kill us off. The spirit that means however great our past, our fight will always be for a better future.
Down in Westminster we’ve been vilified like never before. The Left and the Right didn’t like us much in opposition. They like us a whole lot less in Government. The Left accuse us of being powerless puppets, duped by a right wing Conservative clique.
The Right accuse us of being a sinister left wing clique, who’ve duped powerless Conservatives. I do wish they’d make up their mind.
So yes, it has been hard. And adversity tests the character of a party just as it tests any person. We’ve shown – you’ve shown – immense strength. After being hit hard, we picked ourselves up and we came out fighting. Fighting to keep the NHS safe. Fighting to protect human rights. Fighting to create jobs. Fighting for every family. Not doing the easy thing, but doing the right thing. Not easy, but right.
And as for all those seats we lost in May, let me tell you this: I won’t rest, we won’t rest, until we’ve won every single one of those seats back.