News - Medway Liberal Democrats

Graham Colley, Lib Dems PCC candidate for Kent calls for inquiry into Clapham Common vigil

Graham Colley the Liberal Democrat, Police & Crime Commissioner (PCC) candidate for Kent has added his criticisms of the Metropolitan Police action Clapham on Saturday evening and through LibDemLawyers/Rights-Liberties-Justice takes action. " The use of force by the Met Police to exert authority, exemplifies the violence against which the women were protesting. Whilst the Met got this badly wrong and continue to do so, the problem is far deeper than this incident."

by Graham Colley

16 Mar 2021

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Graham Colley, Lib Dem PCC candidate for Kent warns against return to ‘damaging’ Whitehall police targets

Graham Colley, the Liberal Democrat candidate for Police & Crime Commissioner for Kent, is calling on Priti Patel not to impose centralised crime targets on local police forces, warning it "would be a grave mistake" that "risks seriously undermining" police officers.

by Graham Colley

15 Mar 2021

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Lib Dems PCC candidate for Kent has called for the withdrawal of the Police, Courts & Sentencing Bill

Graham Colley, Liberal Democrat candidate for the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) Election for Kent has called for the withdrawal of the Police, Courts and Sentencing Bill, which was only published on 9th March and is having its second reading in Parliament today, 15 March, with little time for consideration of its sweeping powers.

by Graham Colley

15 Mar 2021

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Liberal Democrats welcome new protections on revenge porn and cross-examination

Liberal Democrats have welcomed the key protections being introduced today in the landmark Domestic Abuse Bill that would extend the crime of revenge porn to include threats to share intimate images, and widen the ban on cross-examination of survivors of domestic abuse in the civil courts.

by Graham Colley

14 Mar 2021

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'Medway's Woodland & Trees Need Protecting' say Lib Dems on International Forest Day on March 21st

Every 21 March the United Nations raises awareness of the importance of all types of forests.

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by Medway Liberal Democrats - Alan Wells/Graham Colley

12 Mar 2021

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Medway Liberal Democrats are supporting Global Recycling Day on 18th March

Local Liberal Democrats strongly support 'Global Recycling Day' on 18th March. Recycling plays an important part of keeping our environment safe and clean across our towns and we have consistently been unequivocal in our support for raising awareness of local environmental issues.

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by Medway Liberal Democrats - Alan Wells/Stuart Bourne

9 Mar 2021

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