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Cyprus Airways is facing bankruptcy thanks to EU legislation which prohibits State aid for companies! More than 300 Cyprus Airways staff face the sack next year unless Cyprus, like many other EU satellite States (but not Britain of course which always plays cricket) is willing to stick two fingers up to ruinous EU legislation....
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Although the Right Honorable David Cameron MP did not actually dare to repeat the words, “cast iron guarantee”, nevertheless he DID assure us (in English as plain as English can be) that there would be a referendum on any FURTHER transfer of sovereignty to the EU. Now what do we find? Europe Minister David...
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That ever curiouser EU hybrid puppet, officially stamped on its forehead with the tiny EU logo “Cameron-Hague”, but more popularly known in its Prime Ministerial guise as “Dave” or with its “yes-man” head plonked on, in which case it goes by the name of “William” (after all, did you ever see them both together?)...
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Climate campaigners in Eastleigh were left reeling today as the Towns MP Chris Huhne, who is also Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, announced he would be would be axing a major renewable tidal energy project in favour of building eight new nuclear power stations. In a special election hustings debate on...
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Eastleigh’s Liberal Democrat MP Chris Huhne looks poised to rip up another election pledge after Business Secretary Vince Cable showed the government the green light to raise university tuition fees. Prior to the election Liberal Democrat policy was to oppose any rise in fees and accordingly last January Mr Huhne pledged his opposition as part of a...
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Chris Huhne has said that the coalition may be forced to cut cuts if the cuts they have approved prove too cutting. The Liberal Democrat MP for Eastleigh and Secretary of State was talking to the Daily Telegraph ahead of the spending review to be announced on October 20, suggesting there was a need...
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Communities’ secretary Eric Pickles has announced plans to crackdown on ‘free’ council newspapers like Eastleigh’s ‘Borough News’ – which he described as ‘Town hall Pravdas’. Critics of free council papers say they are biased in their support of council projects and provide unfair completion to local businesses and media outlets. A recent edition of...
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Eastleigh residents are being asked if they want to directly elect their own Mayor, although they are being denied the chance to hold a referendum in order to decide. Recent legislation requires all councils to make changes to the way they choose their leader. They have to adopt one of two options – the...
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County Council Chiefs are preparing to swing the axe in anticipation of government public sector spending cuts to be announced in October and are already planning which services are going to get the chop. This year Hampshire has already seen in year funding cuts of £8.4million revenue and £9.6million capital, mainly effecting Children Services...
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Chris Huhne has denied that he owes his election victory in Eastleigh to tactical voting by Labour supporters and has said he does not fear a backlash from them in the next election. The Eastleigh MP who is due to speak at the Liberal Democrat party conference today, was debating in a fringe meeting...
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Eastleigh’s MP, Chris Huhne, has defended the government’s plans to raise VAT to 20 % while speaking in Parliament during the budget debate. Facing criticism from the Labour benches the Energy secretary denied that his party has performed a U turn on VAT and spending cuts claiming the facts had changed since the election*...
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With the start of the election campaign now only weeks away, a video of Eastleigh MP Chris Huhne explaining why he loves the town so much has been uploaded to ‘youtube’. It seems the thing the Liberal Democrat Home affairs spokesman loves most about Eastleigh is …the Climate! Mr Huhne also praises the Lib...
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As a full time assistant on the pharmacy counter in the Swan Centre’s Boots branch, Dominic Smith, is a familiar face to most Eastleigh townsfolk. However many would be surprised to discover he is one of growing number of people who despite being in full time work have fallen into the poverty trap. These...
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Eastleigh’s UKIP candidate Ray Finch has fired the first shot in the Eastleigh General Election campaign. In the wake of the ‘Ashcroft’ furore and in response to an Eastleigh News story the minority party representative has launched a stinging on attack on his main party rivals. In an email reproduced below, he accuses the...
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