http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/articlearchive.php Recent Press Articles from High Peak Liberal Democrats en-GB High Peak Liberal Democrats http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 High Peak Liberal Democrats 2010-07-31T21:26+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/articles/000045/lets_respect_nick_clegg_a_politician_who_put_the_public_interest_first.html NICK Clegg polarises opinion like no other politician. The man who won plaudits for his persuasive call for a "new politics" in the first televised leaders' debate during the election is now on the receiving end of brickbats in equal measure. 2010-07-17T15:02+01:00 http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/articles/000044/coalitions_are_here_to_stay_says_nick_clegg__deputy_pm_claims_libcon_government_marks_end_of_tribal_politics_and_shift_to_more_complex_relationships_between_parties.html The Liberal-Conservative coalition government is not a one-off but marks "a permanent move that breaks the duopoly of the old parties for good", Nick Clegg, the deputy prime minister, says in a Guardian interview today that marks his first two extraordinary months in office alongside David Cameron. 2010-07-10T11:23+01:00 http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/articles/000043/so_whats_clegg_done_wrong.html A coalition presupposes compromise. And the reason this coalition has the right-of-centre complexion it does is that this is how the country voted 2010-07-03T10:52+01:00 http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/articles/000042/jobs_hopes_collapse_as_bridge_plan_fails.html Plans for vital access to unlock land on industrial estate are abandoned. A TOWN'S regeneration hopes have been dealt a hammer blow after plans for a new bridge were abandoned. The proposed bridge over the River Goyt, pushed for by local councillors for over 12 years, was intended to provide a more suitable access to Whaley Bridge's Bingswood Industrial Estate. 2010-06-19T13:17+01:00 http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/articles/000041/having_a_field_day_for_third_time_at_furness.html FURNESS Vale Field Day Committee are delighted that they will once again be holding their Field Day event on Saturday May 22. 2010-05-20T16:44+01:00 http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/articles/000040/election_2010__borough_election.html IT was success for the Liberal Democrats in the High Peak Borough Council by-election for the New Mills West Ward. 2010-05-15T16:02+01:00 http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/articles/000039/election_2010__lib_dem_praises_the_spirit_of_cooperation_between_rivals.html LIBERAL Democrat candidate Alistair Stevens was happy with the result, as he increased his party's share of the vote. 2010-05-15T15:48+01:00 http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/articles/000038/the_new_politics_is_pragmatic.html The ideological loyalty of my generation is passing. I have doubts over this pact, but we have to try 2010-05-14T13:08+01:00 http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/articles/000037/new_cabinet_who_got_which_job.html Within hours of arriving at No 10, David Cameron, the new Prime Minister, started to shape his Government. Here is the full list of full ministers and others attending Cabinet meetings. 2010-05-13T10:33+01:00 http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/articles/000036/electoral_reform_alternative_vote_system_would_have_had_minimal_impact_on_outcome_of_general_election.html Analysis by Electoral Reform Society shows Liberal Democrats would only have gained 22 more seats under more proportional voting system 2010-05-10T16:35+01:00 http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/articles/000035/vote_lib_dem_and_that_is_what_you_will_get_says_clegg__leader_hits_back_after_tory_jibes_over_wasted_votes.html Nick Clegg today challenged claims made by the Conservative leader David Cameron that a vote for him would keep Gordon Brown in power as all three parties began to digest the constitutional implications of the surge in support for the Liberal Democrats. 2010-04-20T13:02+01:00 http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/articles/000034/brown_fails_to_rule_out_coalition_with_clegg_as_historic_poll_puts_lib_dems_in_front_for_first_time_in_104_years.html Gordon Brown today repeatedly refused to rule out the possibility of a coalition with the Liberal Democrats as Nick Clegg's party dramatically seized the lead in the Election campaign. 2010-04-19T14:09+01:00 http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/articles/000033/candidates_face_electors_questions.html MEMBERS of High Peak's community and voluntary sector organisations will have the chance to question High Peak's parliamentary candidates. 2010-04-16T11:32+01:00 http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/articles/000032/leading_article_the_dividing_lines_are_clear__and_theres_no_reason_to_fear_the_prospect_of_a_hung_parliament.html With the manifesto launch by the Liberal Democrats, all three mainstream parties have now set out their electoral stalls. And tonight the three leaders will stand side by side on a stage in Manchester for the first of three televised election debates - an encounter without precedent in this country. Whether the content of the manifestos or the debate performance will make the greater impact - and it is hard to believe it will not be the debates - this is a campaign in which the third party has more direct access to the voting public, on a more equal basis, than ever before. There is a possibility here for a new dynamic, and one that would be thoroughly welcome. 2010-04-15T06:57+01:00 http://www.highpeaklibdems.org.uk/articles/000031/high_peak_candidates_to_face_the_public.html HIGH Peak's Parliamentary Candidates are set to take part in question time style-debates and be grilled by members of the public in the run-up to the General Election which will be held on May 6 2010-04-12T21:44+01:00