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This is the website of Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Southampton Itchen and Councillor for West End South, Southampton - David Goodall. I believe that it is important to keep in touch with local residents, and to campaign on the issues that matter to them. So please :-
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Liberal Democrats take election pledges into Government
Fri 14th May 2010
On the 7th May 2010 after the election was over two things were clear, one, Labour had lost and two, as no party had passed the 326 wining mark so no party had won it either. And it meant that the Liberal Democrats were placed by the public's decision in the General Election of trying form a working relationship with one of the other parties to form a stable government.
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All Polls still say Hung Parliament
Written by Vicky Kenrick and published in charter2010.co.uk on Sun 2nd May 2010
Final clutch of Sunday newspaper opinion polls before election day suggests Britain is still heading for a hung parliament. In each case the Conservatives have the edge, but they could be anything up to 60 seats short of a bare overall majority, if the reported percentages were repeated with a uniform national swing on Thursday.
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Local business succeeds despite recession
Thu 29th Apr 2010
Today Southampton Itchen's PPC David Goodall visited Morgan Technical Ceramics - Electroceramics, Bursledon Road, Thornhill following an invite from the General Manager, Tony Beswick. Morgan Technical Ceramics is one of the key employers in the area and with its core design and manufacturing base just the sort of business the country needs to improve the UK's economic future.
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Riverside Tales - The River Itchen
Wed 28th Apr 2010
Today Southampton Itchen's PPC David Goodall went to the launch of a important report about the health of the river Itchen itself. The report says that Britain's rivers are under serious threat. Many are below their usual levels for the time of year and the need to conserve our rivers and reduce water demand has never been stronger.
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Clegg Scores Second Win in Party Leaders Debate
Fri 23rd Apr 2010
An average of five polls conducted immediately after the Sky TV Leaders Election debate on Thursday night put Nick Clegg as the winner, with all instant polls showing him ahead of Gordon Brown. After the Foreign Affairs-led debate from Bristol dominated by issues like Iraq, immigration and climate change, Nick Clegg won 3 of the 5 polls on the night, building on his position after the first debate.
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Nuclear safety - an inconvenient maybe
Written by Rebecca Pool and published in The Institution of Engineering and Technology - E & T Magazine on Mon 19th Apr 2010
In December 2007, a team of German epidemiologists reported a 220 per cent increase in leukaemia amongst children living within 5km of nuclear power stations in Germany. They also showed that the closer the children were to each of the 16 reactors, the higher the risk of contacting all types of cancer, especially leukaemia.
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"How can you possibly take on such a large financial commitment as Trident without considering the military and political implications? If fierce cuts are to be made in Britain's conventional forces, surely we have to consider whether replacing Trident can be justified. "
Sir Menzies Campbell
Response to announcement that the Ministry of Defence will be responsible for the cost of replacing Trident - 30 July
"With most of their leadership contenders claiming to back AV for a fairer voting system, it is astonishing they now wish to block the legislation to make that happen. Each and every Labour MP campaigned on a manifesto committing to a referendum. Now they have the opportunity to make this happen but have chosen to say no for opposition's sake. "
Simon Hughes MP
Comment on Labour's decision to oppose legislation for a referendum on the alternative vote - 28 July
"With more than half of ASBOs breached in 2008, this was a policy more about posturing than effective policing. Local communities know that other measures, such as Acceptable Behaviour Contracts can nip problems in the bud before they escalate. "
Co-Chair of the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Committee for Home Affairs and Justice, Tom Brake MP
Commenting on speech by the Home Secretary in which she said it was 'time to move beyond Anti Social Behaviour Orders (ASBOs) - 28 July
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