http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/articlearchive.php Recent Press Articles from Hounslow Liberal Democrats en-GB Hounslow Liberal Democrats http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Hounslow Liberal Democrats 2008-08-20T14:33+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/articles/000035/using_ecological_footprinting_to_change_mindsets_and_delivering_ambitious_environmental_programmes.html Ecological footprint is, at its most effective, used to communicate macro messages about the need for changes in all our behaviours on many fronts. It highlights the 'big hitters' in terms of resource use in our economy: energy, food and transport. Tackle resource consumption and you will also be tackling CO2 emissions. This deeper understanding is essential if Liberal Democrat councils are to implement informed policies that rapidly deliver substantial environmental benefits. 2007-06-10T00:00+01:00 http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/articles/000037/planning_and_energy.html Last week the government made two announcements - on planning and on energy - which could change the face of Britain radically in the long term. 2007-06-04T00:00+01:00 http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/articles/000036/media_junkie.html One of the downsides of a career in politics is that you become a media junkie. That may be alright for the calm in temperament, but for me, blood pressure is regularly sent soaring by the Paxman sneer, Humphries bias or Toynbee piety. 2007-05-11T00:00+01:00 http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/articles/000034/hounslows_new_tory_mayor_blocks_debate_on_nuclear_power.html Hounslow's new Tory Mayor Councillor Barwood has blocked a Liberal Democrat motion calling on Hounslow Council to oppose expansion of Nuclear power. The Liberal Democrats tabled the motion for debate at tonight's council meeting. 2006-07-25T00:00+01:00 http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/articles/000033/dakers_calls_on_hounslow_nhs_to_explain_closure_of_respected_counselling_service.html As part of a Hounslow Primary Care Trust (PCT) re-tendering exercise shrouded in mystery, Hounslow's Brief Intervention and Counselling Service (BICS) has lost its contract and now faces closure. The service is run by West London Mental Health Trust and is very highly respected by patients and local GPs. Local doctors are furious at the changes, which neither they nor patients were consulted on. 2006-06-08T00:00+01:00 http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/articles/000032/what_do_councillors_actually_do__a_quick_guide_to_what_a_local_councillor_gets_up_to.html Every four years people across Hounslow Borough elect 60 councillors to work in their local areas representing residents, running services like housing and education, and solving problems. 2006-04-27T00:00+01:00 http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/articles/000031/the_morning_after_the_night_before.html Right now as I type it's 5am on Friday and I have been awake for 24 hours. It seems a lifetime ago that I was delivering 'good morning' leaflets in Twickenham, but it was only 6am yesterday. 2001-06-08T00:00+01:00 http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/articles/000030/a_change_of_scenery.html And so to Twickenham - my next-door neighbour, the nearest key marginal, the seat where most of my local party colleagues have spent most of the election and the seat where, if the commentators are to be believed, rival packs of activists roam in search of innocent floating voters. 2001-06-07T00:00+01:00 http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/articles/000029/breaking_the_glass_bubble.html Last night was the second and last debate between the candidates, and it provided more of that most precious of commodities, feedback from the voters. 2001-06-06T00:00+01:00 http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/articles/000028/and_theyre_racing_into_the_closing_stages_now.html Only a couple of days left now until I get my life back - not that I have any idea what I'll do with it once the election monster hands it back to me. 2001-06-05T00:00+01:00 http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/articles/000027/special_delivery.html There is a limit to how often even the most arrogant candidate can stomach seeing photos of themselves - in my case that limit was breached when I returned home from work to find the entire living room floor carpeted with leaflets, each with my photo grinning up at me. 2001-06-04T00:00+01:00 http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/articles/000026/in_the_firing_line_but_nobodys_shooting.html For the first time in this campaign I have opponents, not just photographs on leaflets or in the papers: I've locked horns with them in a public debate, and it's turned them into real people. 2001-05-29T00:00+01:00 http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/articles/000025/donkeys_need_not_apply.html There are not many advantages to being the third-placed party in the national polls, but one is that you rarely have to worry about lapsing into complacency. 2001-05-23T00:00+01:00 http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/articles/000024/doing_the_right_thing.html Sometimes in politics when your opponent is on the ropes you need to show some restraint instead of attacking on instinct. 2001-05-14T00:00+01:00 http://www.hounslowlibdems.org.uk/articles/000023/suddenly_its_all_got_real.html At bloody last - that's all I can say. 2001-05-11T00:00+01:00