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Moments of Clarity (Free subscription) | 22/11/2008
The Guardian reports on this; "The Global Peace Festival, at the Excel Centre in the London docklands, is expected to attract thousands of activists from across Europe and features addresses from Preston Moon, the third son of the church's founder, and Tom Brake, the Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman." Words fail....they really do...in my eyes the GPU episode was bad but this is dreadful. The...
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York Liberal Democrats News Stories (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
Commenting on the Migration Advisory Committee’s recommendations for the types of jobs that can be filled by non-EU workers, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson, Tom Brake said: "Strict rules governing visas are undermined by the Government’s persistent failure to reintroduce exit checks."
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Jonathan Fryer (Free subscription) | 03/09/2008
Tom Brake, MP for Carshalton and Wallington and the Liberal Democrat spokesman for London and the Olympics, was filmed by at least 40 CCTV cameras on his journey from Wallington to Westminster this morning, he informed attendees at the Wednesday Circle lunch at the National Liberal Club today. And those were just the ones he [...]
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Iain Dale's Diary (Free subscription) | 02/09/2008
LibDem MP Tom Brake is in a spot of bother over his use of personal data from a medical petition for party political use. He effectively gave the data away to another organisation without the signatories' permission (from his MP's office in which capacity he received the data to his local LibDem HQ who sent out the letter with 'Labour can't win here' etc festooned across the letterhead). He then asks...
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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 28/08/2008
Commenting ahead of the Government’s announcement on the funding of school sports tomorrow, Liberal Democrat Olympic Spokesperson, Tom Brake said: "An even bigger medal tally in London 2012 and a healthier nation will only be achieved by increasing participation in all sports. "The Government must boost links between sports clubs and schools to increase the range of sports on offer and reduce the...
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Anorak News (Free subscription) | 24/08/2008
A PORTRAIT of child murderer Myra Hindley has been broadcast on a video shown at a London 2012 event in Beijing. The Liberal Democrat’s Olympics spokesperson said it was a “regrettable choice”. (Picture: Beau Bo D’Or Website) Says Tom Brake MP: “Of all the many masterpieces that could could have been used this was the most regrettable and [...]
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Long Despairing Young Something (Free subscription) | 16/07/2008
So, before I was so rudely interrupted by Tom Brake's legislatory indiscretion, I was writing about some energy news the blogosphere has missed. A more cynical mind would suggest that that omission was a tad convenient... Microgeneration is one of those policies that ticks all the liberal boxes. The mere idea of millions of individual households all selling electricity they generated themselves
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Scully's Blog Spot (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
Last month Carshalton & Wallington MP, Tom Brake and his colleagues waved in a European Directive which tackled unfair trading. One of the proscribed activities was the selective quoting of reviews for theatre advertising. A recent Guys and Dolls revival was described as 'hilarious' despite the whole quote explaining that 'the original fifties musical was hilarious whereas the new production falls...
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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 20/06/2008
Commenting on today’s [Friday] National Audit Office report into preparations for the London Olympic Games, Liberal Democrat Olympics Spokesperson, Tom Brake said: "The report makes clear that while progress has been made in many areas, there is still uncertainty over the funding for the Olympic Village, a lack of firm plans for the future of certain venues and no fully costed plans for security....
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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 09/06/2008
Commenting on the launch of the Government’s Olympic Legacy strategy today, Liberal Democrat Olympic Spokesperson , Tom Brake said: "We’ve been waiting three years for these legacy plans to be announced. "While the announcement on swimming for the elderly is welcome, there’s a surprising lack of detail on pretty much everything else. "The biggest financial gains from the Olympics are meant to be from...
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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 11/03/2008
Today Liberal Democrat Mayoral Candidate Brian Paddick will present a petition to Downing Street protesting against the closure of London's post offices. He will be joined by Liberal Democrat MPs Tom Brake and Sarah Teather . Brian Paddick slammed Ken Livingstone for failing to meet with the relevant Government minister to discuss saving 169 of London's post office, despite having the powers to do...
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Jonathan Fryer (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
The MPs Tom Brake and Michael Moore, the party's International Officer Clare Preece, Jochem de Groot from Liberal International and I met up with the Liberal Mayor of Chisinau, Dorin Chirtoaca, his colleague, the Chairman of that city's Council, Mihai Ghimpu, and other Moldovan visitors at the House of Lords this afternoon. Having visited the tiny [...]
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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 26/02/2008
Commenting on the Government's publication today of its citizenship Green Paper, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson , Tom Brake said: "Today's Green Paper is an admission by the Government that its chronic mismanagement of the immigration system has shattered public confidence and left public services in some parts of the country severely overstretched. "Their solution appears to be to heap...
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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 22/02/2008
Responding to the decision to extend the control order regime used to restrict terrorist suspects by an extra year, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson , Tom Brake said: "This is another missed opportunity for the Government to revise the fundamentally flawed control order regime. "When they were introduced in 2005, Tony Blair promised that there would be the chance to make improvements to...
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Liberal Democrats (Free subscription) | 18/02/2008
Commenting on the publication today of the Government's Tackling Violence Action Plan, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson , Tom Brake said: "If Jacqui Smith was really serious about tackling the violence on our streets, she would spend more time implementing the mountain of legislation this Government has already passed and less time announcing yet more so-called crackdowns. "Better enforcement...
