President of the Liberal Party attacks Yes Campaign smears

Cllr Steve Radford Liberal Party President
41 Sutton Street
Tuebrook
Liverpool
L13 7EG
0151 259 5935

Dear Editor

As an act of extreme desperation, the Yes campaign have suggested that anyone campaigning for a No vote are Tories or members of right wing fringe parties ,like UKIP

May I make it clear that The Liberal Party is committed to a NO vote because we realise what is on offer is not devolution of powers from Westminster but a sucking up of powers from local councils, many of whom will be abolished or merged at great expense

I was personally out campaigning in Darlington market on Saturday. It was ordinary Labour voters who had or were about to vote NO because they saw little point creating another 25 Assembly members with little powers but no doubt parliamentary salaries and expenses!

The North East , Yorkshire and North West do deserve proper devolution and strengthening local government.
However this is not on offer , this shadow of an assembly deserves putting in the dustbin of history

The smear campaign is a desperate attempt to divert peoples attention to the lack of powers this talking shop will have

Cllr Steve Radford
President of The Liberal Party (and a Liverpool Councillor for 25 years)


Cllr Steve Radford
President of The Liberal Party
41 Sutton Street
Tuebrook
Liverpool
L13 7EG

0151 259 5935

Dear Editor

Having spent Saturday morning campaigning in Darlington Market I was taken back by the strength of feeling by voters, many of whom had already cast a NO vote

They were giving me the reasons why they had voted no

"jobs for the boys"
"just another talking shop"
"It will have no powers but just be a waste of more money"
"Oh no not another layer of government"

Without doubt had the government come up with a clear devolution of powers the result would be different.
They have taken the electorate as fools and have only succeeded in deluding themselves

Cllr Steve Radford
President of The Liberal Party