Glasgow North East: Eileen Baxendale, Liberal Democrats; Campaigning for Change
I think this is a great idea from the Steamie. I would love to see more newspapers and media outlets adopt innovative approaches to help get more people engaged in politics.
I want to say right from the start that I think it was simply outrageous that the Labour party have allowed the people in Glasgow North East to go without an MP for so long, well over 125 days now. This just shows that the Labour Government has lost touch with the people it serves.
Since this campaign kicked off all those weeks ago, I have been working hard, knocking on doors and listening to people right across the constituency.
The message that I am getting again and again is that people are fed up being overlooked and ignored and that they want change. They want their politician’s focus to be on sorting the economy, creating more local jobs and tackling local crime.
I believe that it is Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats that have the policies and ideas to make a real difference on these issues.
To really tackle these problems we need more than just sensationalist, headline grabbing soundbites. We need a new approach.
On the economy and banking, it is Vince Cable that has been the voice of reasoned authority over recent months. It was he who first warned about the impending economic collapse. Labour were too slow to act and the Tories were simply nowhere on sorting out the economy.
On tackling crime and creating jobs, Liberal Democrats believe that this is best done at a local level. We are committed to putting the heart back into our communities and giving local people a greater say over their own affairs.
Locking everyone up and sending our young people to prison is not the best way to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour. We need more community based initiatives that tackle the root causes of why young people in our society get involved in crime in the fist place.
Labour’s recession has led to tough times for all of us. The Liberal Democrats want to sort out the tax system to give a boost to those on low and middle incomes. We want to raise the income tax threshold so those on less than £10,000 a year don’t pay tax. This would put around £700 a year back into the pockets of those on low and middle incomes.
It is the Liberal Democrats who are the only party offering real progressive change to our society. Unlike the SNP it is the Liberal Democrats who can make a real difference at Westminster and stand up for the people of Glasgow North East.
I want to say right from the start that I think it was simply outrageous that the Labour party have allowed the people in Glasgow North East to go without an MP for so long, well over 125 days now. This just shows that the Labour Government has lost touch with the people it serves.
Since this campaign kicked off all those weeks ago, I have been working hard, knocking on doors and listening to people right across the constituency.
The message that I am getting again and again is that people are fed up being overlooked and ignored and that they want change. They want their politician’s focus to be on sorting the economy, creating more local jobs and tackling local crime.
I believe that it is Nick Clegg and the Liberal Democrats that have the policies and ideas to make a real difference on these issues.
To really tackle these problems we need more than just sensationalist, headline grabbing soundbites. We need a new approach.
On the economy and banking, it is Vince Cable that has been the voice of reasoned authority over recent months. It was he who first warned about the impending economic collapse. Labour were too slow to act and the Tories were simply nowhere on sorting out the economy.
On tackling crime and creating jobs, Liberal Democrats believe that this is best done at a local level. We are committed to putting the heart back into our communities and giving local people a greater say over their own affairs.
Locking everyone up and sending our young people to prison is not the best way to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour. We need more community based initiatives that tackle the root causes of why young people in our society get involved in crime in the fist place.
Labour’s recession has led to tough times for all of us. The Liberal Democrats want to sort out the tax system to give a boost to those on low and middle incomes. We want to raise the income tax threshold so those on less than £10,000 a year don’t pay tax. This would put around £700 a year back into the pockets of those on low and middle incomes.
It is the Liberal Democrats who are the only party offering real progressive change to our society. Unlike the SNP it is the Liberal Democrats who can make a real difference at Westminster and stand up for the people of Glasgow North East.
Labels: Eileen Baxendale, Glasgow North East, Liberal Democrats, Nick Clegg, Vince Cable
posted by Scottish Liberal Demorats at
12:20
2 Comments:
Eileen, tackling crime comes under the Scottish Parliament not Westminster and it's interesting to see that you mention policies because the only two times I've seen you interviewed on TV you hadn't a clue what the policies of your own party were.
To be quite honest what's the point of voting Lib-Dem? An SNP MP can put pressure on his own party in Holyrood to sort out local issues and a Labour MP might have some influence over Gordon Brown in Westminster over reserved issues but the Lib-Dems govern nowhere.
It doesn't matter what policies the Lib-Dems offer, whether or not their candidate has a clue what they are, because they will never be implemented.
I liked you on Brian Taylor's radio show with the other candidates on the 27th of September. When you were asked what should be cut from the Scottish budget to fund the increase in housing you wanted under the Scottish budget you answered, "Trident".
It was a classic, clueless non-sequitur of only rivalled by, "Barcelona 1, Surreal Madrid a fish".
Typo. Brian Taylor's show was on the 27th of October.
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