Martin Thompson: the ONLY local candidate in the Church Street by-election

Let us give you three positive reasons to vote for Martin Thompson in the Church Street by-election on Thursday 24th July:

• Martin is the ONLY candidate who lives in the area. He has lived locally for almost 20 years.

• Martin has a track record of fighting for local people. He campaigns to protect local shops and Church Street Market from the threat of ever more supermarkets. He has also campaigned against the closure of Lisson Grove post office.

• Martin will be a more independent voice on the council, speaking up for and championing the Church Street area.

The Conservatives? Their candidate lives five miles from Church Street, near Brent Cross Shopping Centre. He does not even live in Westminster.

The Tories have been in power in Westminster ever since the council was set up in the Sixties. That's over 40 years in charge, and what does Church Street have to show for it? Within the last few days, the area was officially named amongst the most deprived in the whole of England.

The Tories have failed Church Street for over 40 years. Their candidate lives five miles away, outside Westminster. Don't reward them with your vote. They don't deserve it.

And Labour? Their candidate lives two miles from Church Street, near Soho.

Labour have let down our area. Lisson Grove post office has now closed down permanently thanks to Labour's nationwide post office closure programme. Taxes and prices are going up just as the economy starts to hit the rocks. What bright ideas are Labour councillors talking about? The latest is a call from their leader for a new supermarket on Church Street! They have run out of ideas and run out of steam.

No wonder local people are giving up on Labour.

Labour have sided with phone giants against local communities, says LibDem Martin Thompson New! Tue 8th Jul 2008 Martin Thompson, Liberal Democrat candidate in the upcoming Church Street by-election, is criticising Karen Buck, Labour MP for Regent's Park and Kensington North, for supporting the interests of phone company giants over local communities in a row over the power of people to stop inappropriately sited phone masts.

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Save Marylebone Farmers Market, say local Liberal Democrats Sun 6th Jul 2008 Local people are being asked to show their support for Marylebone's weekly farmers market as Westminster City Council publishes a consultation today [7th July 2008] that proposes construction work on the site of the market.
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LibDem is the only local candidate in Church Street by-election Sat 28th Jun 2008 Liberal Democrat Martin Thompson is the only candidate in the Church Street by-election who lives locally, according to the official list of candidates produced by Westminster City Hall.
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Gordon Brown's first year in Number 10 'has delivered nothing for Church Street residents' Fri 27th Jun 2008 Church Street has not benefited from Gordon Brown's first year as prime minister, Liberal Democrat candidate in the Church Street by-election Martin Thompson said today.
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LibDems select local campaigner Martin Thompson as their by-election candidate Fri 27th Jun 2008 Local campaigner Martin Thompson was today [27th June] confirmed as the Liberal Democrat candidate in the by-election to be held in Westminster's Church Street ward on Thursday 24th July.
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Official report confirms that Church Street and Queen's Park wards have been "utterly let down" by Westminster Conservatives, says local LibDem Martin Thompson Tue 24th Jun 2008 Every part of Westminster 's Church Street and Queen's Park wards are amongst the most deprived areas in Westminster and England, according to a shocking new health profile of the area, released today [24th June] by the Government.

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Labour and the Conservatives both wrong on new supermarkets for Church Street, says LibDem Martin Thompson Mon 23rd Jun 2008 Labour and Conservative politicians in Westminster are wrong to want more new supermarkets in the Church Street area, according to local Liberal Democrat campaigner Martin Thompson.
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