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by jackdavies on 27 January, 2024

Lib Dems take control of Town Council

by jackdavies on 12 May, 2023

Thank you to everybody who voted on Thursday. I’m pleased to say that I was re-elected to both the Town Council and District Council. The Lib Dems have also won a majority of seats on Lymington and Pennington Town Council.

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The Bench that time forgot…

by jackdavies on 4 May, 2022

As I walked down to meet residents of Clausen Way in Pennington about Bargate’s plans for 110 homes on land south of Milford Road, I came across a bench looking significantly worse for wear. The bench was useable but the wooden slats which formed the seat were loose and the wood was worn away. There […]

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Freedom. Justice. Honesty.

by jackdavies on 17 May, 2021

I have lost count of the number of articles and comments on social media after any election where the Liberal Democrats inexplicably don’t gain a hatful of seats claiming that the party has an identity crisis and voters don’t know what the party stands for. In this article, I will address these claims and offer […]

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As for the design of the scheme, I won’t moan about the Architects. They do a good job on many different projects but this one must have been impossible to design. How on earth do you mesh a wine bar with toilets and shower facilities into a building and not make it an overbearing monstrosity?

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Local Elections Reaction

by jackdavies on 9 May, 2021

Politics shouldn’t be about Red vs Blue or Yellow vs Blue. Politics should be about grown-up debates concerning the issues which matter in our community and the country where we can disagree amicably while still putting forward a positive vision of what we want our area and country to look like in the years ahead.

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Window Poster

by jackdavies on 27 March, 2021

To show your support for my campaign, please print off this window poster and put it in your window.

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We can’t just go back to how things were before the pandemic with constant cuts to local services and tax rises with a focus on the transactional relationship between public services and taxation. There has got to be a new vision for the future which seeks to break the rut we have been in for the past decade. The County Council elections coming up in May give us a great opportunity to do just that for Hampshire.

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Torreyana Gardens Play Park Update

by jackdavies on 22 October, 2020

A few months back I was contacted by residents of Torreyana Gardens regarding the locked play area which was overgrown and not being used. I liaised with officers at New Forest District Council and I am pleased to say that the Play Park opened in mid-September and is now maintained by the District Council. There […]

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