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Graham Watson MEP- Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for South West England and Gibraltar
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A whole host of myths including driving on the wrong side of the road and the dissolution of Britain!
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Fri 5th Feb 2010
Graham Watson MEP today paid tribute to leading Liberal Democrat Sir Chris Clarke OBE, who died on 15 December 2009. Speaking at the memorial service held today at Wells Cathedral, Watson said;
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Wed 3rd Feb 2010
South West Lib Dem MEP Graham Watson is celebrating a hard won victory in the battle to secure equal rights for same sex British couples living in France.
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Wed 20th Jan 2010
Speaking in a debate on an Oral Question secured by the Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament last night, Graham Watson MEP said:
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Thu 14th Jan 2010
Local Councillors and residents from Winterbourne Stoke will this week submit plans to the South West Regional Development Agency that could see the village and surrounding area get access to internet speeds sixty times faster than existing average speeds.
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Mon 11th Jan 2010
As a member of the European Parliament I was interested to see the work of Bristol City Council in involving residents in the implementation of the EU noise directive, through the EU funded Citizenscape project.
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Graham raises the case of two constituents in Parliament and calls for minimum standards in criminal proceedings
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Graham calls for action over "Third Pole" shrinkage, Tues 20 October, Strasbourg
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"I hate to say it, but only one party leader seems to have grasped that, if you construct a system where unskilled people are worse off by taking a job than by staying on welfare, they remain trapped in poverty - and that is Nick Clegg. "
Lord Norman Tebbit
Daily Telegraph online - 13 Jan
"It's unbelievable that the Tories are still planning to cut taxes for a handful of millionaires when the majority of people across the country are feeling the squeeze. We need fair tax cuts that put money back in the pockets of ordinary people. The Tory sums simply do not stack up. It is irresponsible and highly misleading for George Osborne to continue to pretend that they do. "
Vince Cable MP
Responding to Conservative Spending Plans - 4 Jan
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