Hancock to take £1,000 a year “tenants’ tax” protest to Parliament
Mike Hancock, Lib Dem MP for Portsmouth South, together with his fellow Portsmouth Lib Dems, has taken his campaign on behalf of council tenants to the highest levels, including Downing Street and...
View ArticleGosport Lib Dem leader banned from council for two years
Lib Dem Voice reported last week that Peter Chegwyn, Lib Dem leader on Gosport Council in Hampshire, would this week be facing a standards board tribunal following allegations he used a council vote to...
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“Where we work, we win”– will that Lib Dem maxim survive the 2015 test?
Don’t splutter on your Saturday morning cornflakes, but the Guardian has today published two intelligent articles on the Lib Dems and the strategy which the party is hoping will see us through to the...
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BBC: “Mike Hancock MP will not face charges over sex assault”
BBC News reports: Portsmouth South MP Mike Hancock will face no further police action in relation to alleged sexual assault claims. A Hampshire Police statement said it had discussed the case with the...
View ArticleMike Hancock: Portsmouth Lib Dems issue statement
We reported on Wednesday that the Lib Dems had suspended Mike Hancock’s party membership following the leaking of a report commissioned by Portsmouth City Council into allegations of sexual assault...
View ArticlePortsmouth Lib Dems seek new candidate while MP Mike Hancock suspended by party
We reported last Friday the news that Mike Hancock, the MP for Portsmouth South who resigned the Lib Dem whip last year to contest allegations of sexual assault against him, had won the backing of...
View ArticleMike Hancock resigns from Lib Dem cabinet on Portsmouth City Council
Three new developments today in Portsmouth as the local Lib Dem party and city council group work out how to deal with the allegations of sexual assault against Mike Hancock, which he denies. Twelve...
View ArticleLib Dems lead in Portsmouth, confidence and supply with Labour in Trafford
Gerald Vernon-Jackson is back in charge of Portsmouth City Council tonight, leading a minority administration. He served in this role from 2004-14 so he certainly knows the ropes. He now leads a...
View Article8 January 2019 – today’s press releases
It seems that, no matter how late I publish this feature, the Press Team are still up and working. Last night, the final press release came out at 11.58 p.m., so is included in today’s batch… Drone...
View ArticleLibDem council chief: Government ‘must not crucify Portsmouth’ over Brexit
Embed from Getty Images The BBC reports: The leader of Portsmouth City Council says he can not allow government inaction to “crucify Portsmouth” in the event of a no-deal Brexit. Gerald Vernon-Jackson...
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