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The Conservatives’ decision to leave the European People’s Party leaves them with some unsavoury
allies in Europe who hold controversial views on Islam, race relations, climate change and homosexuality. In
addition the small size and influence of the parties they could be joining forces with would be a far cry from
the large and influential parties the Conservatives are leaving behind.
The global economic crisis has shown the need for effective cooperation with our partners. Yet the Tories appear increasingly more isolationist.
Thu Jun 25 2009, 11:46AM
Thank you
Thank you to everyone who voted Labour in last week's European Election. It is a great privilege to represent the West Midlands region and I feel honoured to have been entrusted with that role for another another term.
It was clearly a disappointing night for the Labour Party and the West Midlands has lost a great representative in Neena Gill. Neena always put the interests of the West Midlands region first and I am proud to have served along side her. The fact that Neena will be replaced by a by a member of a party which actively campaigns to reduce the influence of the West Midlands in the European Parliament makes that loss even more difficult.
I wish to thank to everyone who took part in the campaign. A lot of labour supporters worked very hard at knocking on doors, making phone calls and delivering leaflets. No political party would function without volunteers and activists and we must never take the work that they do for granted.
I will continue to work as hard as I can to serve the people of the West Midlands and to ensure that they still have a constuctive voice in the European Parliament.
Wed Jun 10 2009, 01:58PM
Labour deny Le Pen right to open new Parliament
Local Euro MP and Labour’s Number 1 Candidate for the West Midlands Region in the European Elections today welcomed a rule change that will prevent French fascist and convicted holocaust denier Jean Marie Le Pen from opening the first session of the European Parliament in July.
The key amendment will mean that the outgoing President of Parliament, instead of the oldest member, will open the constitutive session of the Parliament following the European elections on June 4th.
Wed May 06 2009, 12:36PM
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