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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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Wed 10th Mar 2010
Graham Watson Liberal Democrat MEP, has welcomed today's European Parliament vote in favour of exempting struggling small businesses from producing onerous annual accounts.
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Fri 5th Mar 2010
Graham Watson, Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for South West of England, has taken genuine Cornish pasties to his colleagues in the European Parliament in Brussels. It is a great show of support for the Cornish Pasty Association (CPA) which is currently waiting for the European Commission to grant final approval for the PGI status for the Cornish delicacy.
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Tue 2nd Mar 2010
Year 10 pupils at Pilton Community College will find out if they have got what it takes to be an MEP on Thursday (4 March), when Lib Dem Euro-MP Graham Watson leads an "Inspire Workshop" at the school.
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Tue 2nd Mar 2010
The South West will have an opportunity to voice its opinions on the future of Europe's Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) on Friday (5 March), at a special event being held at Bicton College in East Devon.
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Tue 2nd Mar 2010
Graham Watson MEP has slammed anti-European MEP Nigel Farage for his refusal to apologise for insulting Herman Van Rompuy and the Belgian people.
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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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"Anyone who wants to pass laws in this country should pay this country's full taxes and not hide behind the special offshore status of non-doms. Non-doms have to tell the taxman that their first allegiance is to another country. No-one should be a British lawmaker whose first allegiance is not to Britain. "
Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat Shadow Home Secretary
www.libdems.org.uk - 2 March
"I think people are entitled to expect a sensible, stable government at a time when the country is facing very, very acute choices. We take what the markets are worrying about immensely seriously. We will not take any risk with the creditworthiness of the economy. "
Nick Clegg, Leader of the Liberal Democrats
Financial Times - 3 March
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