Our News (Dundee Liberal Democrats)

Dundee Liberal Democrats <info@dundeelibdems.org.uk>

May 23, 2012:
- Argentinian actions fatally undermine trade talks
  
  "I want confirmation from the Commissioner that the EU will suspend the talks until Argentina starts behaving like a serious trade partner rather than a trade wrecker."
May 22, 2012:
- Engaging in youth-bashing is not helpful
  
  "At a time when young people need more opportunities, more jobs and more hope, the last thing we should be doing is engaging in some youth-bashing on the basis of pretty subjective maths."
- Support for supermarket watchdog welcomed
  
  "The Liberal Democrats have been calling for the creation of an adjudicator to protect our farmers for some years and we are now delivering in government."
- SNP must act now on Victims Bill
  
  "The bill has moved at a snail's pace since I asked the First Minister about reinstating it into the legislative programme last September."
May 20, 2012:
- No celebration over Megrahi death
  
  "It should act as spur to establish the facts, including whether crucial forensic evidence was withheld from the trial."
- Government confidentiality may have been breached
  
  "If official phones have been hacked the Scottish Government may have been exposed to considerable risk."
- For result of referendum to be accepted by all, question must be agreed by all
  
  "As it currently stands it difficult to see how there will be a consensus. People will simply conclude that he is so desperate he will do anything to win, including rigging the referendum."
May 19, 2012:
- Plan to ban photography on Glasgow underground branded 'nonsense'
  
  "Whichever bright spark came up with this needs to be told to drop it."
May 17, 2012:
- Calls for clearer action on nuisance calls
  
  "Many of the big energy companies have recently stopped cold-calling in person thanks to a strong and vocal local campaign."
- Concern over cases of self-harm for over-60s
  
  ""A recent study by the British Medical Journal showed that older people who self-harm are three times as likely to take their own life than are younger people who self-harm"