JUNE 2019 ISSUE 052
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WINCHESTER LIB DEMS: ‘REMAIN’ IS STILL OUR FOCUS By KEVIN GOVER News Editor THE Liberal Democrat’s message of ‘Remain’ appears to have struck home in the EU elections in Winchester, taking a 40.4% share of the European Election vote on Thursday 23rd May. That’s a 23.6% increase on last time. Of the rest, Nigel Farage’s Brexit party took 29.1% of the share, despite the party only being in existence for six weeks. The Green Party saw only a slight increase of 0.7%, to come in third with a 12% share. The Conservatives took a 10.2% share of
the vote, coming in 4th place - but more importantly taking a huge hit on the vote share, down 26.8%. UKIP also took a huge hit, down 21.5% of the share to
Most of us locally want to stop Brexit
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come 7th. Although he was not fortunate to be elected as an MEP himself, Lib Dem spokesman in Winchester, Martin Tod, gave this reaction to Winchester Today: “I’m delighted that we elected three MEPs and also very pleased that the Liberal Democrats topped the poll in Winchester with the highest Lib Dem vote in the whole of the South East. “The message in Winchester is crystal clear - most of us locally want to stop Brexit - and I intend to keep working to make that happen.”
THAT’S THE WAY TO SPIN IT! Ben Scorey, Joseph Scorey, Florence Caine, George Caine, Hannah Caine and Ed Caine are all transfixed by the plate spinning skills of Juggling Jake at the Kings Worthy Church and Village Fete on Bank Holiday Monday. (below) Amanda Hassell takes a few minutes away from running the fete to pose for the camera.
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