http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Chris Nicholson en-GB Chris Nicholson http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Chris Nicholson 2010-07-29T16:48+01:00 United Kingdom http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/news/000112/undecided_voters_swing_to_lib_dems_following_final_leaders_debate.html Last night was the final of the three televised Leaders' debates. Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, debated with Gordon Brown and David Cameron about the economy. Subjects discussed included breaking up the banks, creating more jobs and reinvigorating the British economy. 2010-04-30T18:09+01:00 http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/news/000111/third_and_final_party_leaders_tv_debate_the_economy.html On Thursday 29th April from 8.30pm, BBC One will host the final live Prime Ministerial Debate of the General Election from the Midlands. Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will again be going head to head in the run up to the General Election next Thursday. 2010-04-28T14:25+01:00 http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/news/000110/clegg_scores_second_win_in_party_leaders_debate.html An average of five polls conducted immediately after the Sky TV Leaders Election debate on Thursday night put Nick Clegg as the winner, with all instant polls showing him ahead of Gordon Brown. After the Foreign Affairs-led debate from Bristol dominated by issues like Iraq, immigration and climate change, Nick Clegg won 3 of the 5 polls on the night, building on his position after the first debate. 2010-04-23T15:06+01:00 http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/news/000109/second_party_leaders_tv_debate_foreign_affairs.html The second Party Leaders Debate is taking place this Thursday starting at 8pm on Sky News. Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will again be going head to head in a TV debate in the run up to the General Election on May 6th, this time leading on Foreign Affairs. 2010-04-21T11:08+01:00 http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/news/000108/nick_clegg_storms_first_ever_party_leaders_debate.html The polls following the first ever Party Leaders General Election debate on ITV are showing that Nick Clegg has won a convincing victory over David Cameron and Gordon Brown. The debate was the first ever Leaders debate during a UK General Election campaign, and the pollsters are giving it as a big victory for Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats. 2010-04-16T00:01+01:00 http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/news/000107/first_party_leaders_tv_debate_domestic_affairs.html Tonight on ITV, Nick Clegg, Gordon Brown and David Cameron will be going head to head in a TV debate. This is the first of three debates that will be taking place in the run up to the General Election on May 6th. 2010-04-15T00:01+01:00 http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/news/000106/fairness__the_liberal_democrat_manifesto_launch.html Nick Clegg has launched the Liberal Democrat General Election manifesto. The manifesto sets out four clear priorities of fair taxes, a fair chance for every child, a fair economy, and a fair deal by cleaning up politics. 2010-04-14T10:24+01:00 http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/news/000105/apply_for_a_postal_vote_now_deadline_20th_april.html With the General Election on 6th May, there is still time to arrange a postal vote. Voting by post is an easy and convenient way of voting if you are unable to get to the polling station on polling day - for any reason. 2010-04-12T19:38+01:00 http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/news/000104/chris_disappointed_by_inadequate_digital_economy_act.html Last week, the government used the so called "wash-up" process to rush through the Digital Economy Bill with limited Parliamentary scrutiny before the General Election. Coming so close to the end of this Parliament, few MPs chose to stay and discuss the bill. 2010-04-12T11:43+01:00 http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/news/000103/victory_vince_cable_wins_channel_4_chancellors_debate.html The first ever TV debate between the three candidates to be the next Chancellor has seen Lib Dem Vince Cable win a clear victory. In a Channel 4 on-line poll carried out immediately after the debate, Vince out-polled both Alistair Darling and George Osborne. 2010-03-29T22:32+01:00 http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/news/000102/ask_the_chancellors_live_debate_on_channel_4.html At 8pm on Monday 29th March, Channel 4 will stage a live debate between the would-be Chancellors, Liberal Democrat Vince Cable, Labour's Alistair Darling and Conservative George Osborne. Krishnan Guru-Murthy will be asking the questions. 2010-03-28T10:38+01:00 http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/news/000101/chris_makes_crystal_clear_demands_on_ice_rink.html Streatham residents have been waiting a very long time for progress on the Streatham Hub development, and were hopeful that this month they would see a definite proposal for how the Hub development would proceed. 2010-03-24T19:00+00:00 http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/news/000100/chris_nicholson_parliamentary_candidate_for_streatham_supports_cancer_research_uks_beat_cancer_campaign.html Cancer is the biggest cause of death in the UK. The Liberal Democrats believe in making cancer care a priority throughout NHS. They advocate more screening campaigns to detect cancer early and would remove the upper age limit of 70 for breast cancer screening and 65 for cervical cancer screening as the cancer is more common later in life. The Liberal Democrats are committed to a more efficient NHS where new techniques enable 2010-03-16T17:34+00:00 http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/news/000099/royal_mail_claim_post_back_to_normal_lib_dems_say_normal_service_not_good_enough.html At a meeting with Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Streatham Chris Nicholson. Royal Mail boss Paul Wood claimed that the postal service in Streatham, Brixton and Clapham is now 'back to normal'. The meeting was demanded by Chris Nicholson following complaints by local residents, echoed by comments to the Streatham Guardian, that mail was often taking several weeks to arrive or was misdelivered.Whilst acknowledging that the service had been poor at the end of last year due to strike action, and at the start of this year due to the bad weather, Area Manager Paul Wood said the service had been back to normal since the end of January. 2010-03-15T11:43+00:00 http://streathamlibdems.org.uk/news/000098/royal_mail_in_streatham_not_delivering__chris_nicholson.html Chris Nicholson is calling for an urgent meeting with Royal Mail bosses about the continuing poor service provided to local residents in the Streatham constituency which covers Streatham and parts of Clapham, Brixton and Balham. 2010-02-23T16:50+00:00