http://www.borrowman.org.uk/newsarchive.php Recent News Stories from Duncan Borrowman en-GB Duncan Borrowman http://www.borrowman.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2008 Duncan Borrowman 2008-07-25T00:29+01:00 United Kingdom http://www.borrowman.org.uk/news/000069/time_to_stop_putting_democracy_up_for_sale.html The Government must stop forcing Bexley Council to sell local residents' electoral register details to direct mail companies 2008-07-14T11:56+01:00 http://www.borrowman.org.uk/news/000068/local_lib_dem_aims_to_save_lives.html Old Bexley & Sidcup Liberal Democrat Parliamentary hopeful Duncan Borrowman is backing MP Adrian Sanders' Parliamentary campaign to introduce a 999 text service. 2008-07-13T12:23+01:00 http://www.borrowman.org.uk/news/000067/duncan_borrowman_welcomes_cutty_sark_donation.html Old Bexley & Sidcup Liberal Democrat candidate Duncan Borrowman has welcomed the gift of £3.3 million to the Cutty Sark trust by Israeli shipping magnate Sammy Ofer. 2008-06-25T16:01+01:00 http://www.borrowman.org.uk/news/000066/tory_airport_plan_to_blight_bexley.html Boris Johnson's office has admitted that the Conservative Mayor of London wants a new airport somewhere east of London and has refused to rule out the Thames Gateway area. 2008-06-06T03:01+01:00 http://www.borrowman.org.uk/news/000065/time_to_tackle_knife_crime_and_antisocial_behaviour_head_on.html Commenting on the sad death of Robert Knox in a callous knife attack, the stabbing of a Sidcup publican and the knife battle in Bromley this week, Duncan Borrowman said: "These appalling acts all happened in very different circumstances, but we must act. As well as removing knives off our streets, and I support the London Mayor and the Police in their actions to do this, we must change the culture of our pubs and clamp down on excessive drinking and the 'lad' mentality that has swept through many of them. Many pubs and bars are no longer pleasant places to go. The licensees need to regain control and we must end violent and aggressive behaviour." 2008-05-29T00:48+01:00 http://www.borrowman.org.uk/news/000064/duncan_borrowman_slams_post_office_closure_consultation_sham.html Old Bexley & Sidcup Lib Dem Parliamentary candidate Duncan Borrowman has labelled the consultation process on Post Offices closures a sham, following news that 7 branches across have been saved and 155 are to close across London. Including two in Bexley Borough - Brampton Road and Foots Cray. 2008-05-08T02:14+01:00 http://www.borrowman.org.uk/news/000063/duncan_borrowman_challenges_mayor_and_conservatives_for_action_not_words.html Old Bexley and Sidcup Lib Dem Parliamentary candidate has called for action not words from the Conservatives over Queen Mary's Hospital. 2008-05-06T23:40+01:00 http://www.borrowman.org.uk/news/000061/duncan_borrowman_condemns_bnp_candidate_for_outrageous_comments_on_rape.html Duncan Borrowman, the Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Old Bexley & Sidcup, has condemned a leading BNP candidate in this May's London Assembly elections for his foul depiction of rape. 2008-04-02T01:14+01:00 http://www.borrowman.org.uk/news/000060/tory_bexley_cuts_to_services_for_most_vulnerable_condemned_by_duncan_borrowman.html Cuts to services by Conservative-controlled Bexley Council have been condemned by Old Bexley & Sidcup Lib Dem Parliamentary Candidate Duncan Borrowman. 2008-03-03T21:36+00:00 http://www.borrowman.org.uk/news/000059/duncan_borrowman_brian_paddick_and_simon_hughes_march_to_save_queen_marys.html Duncan Borrowman joined politicians from different parties, Bexley Pensioners Forum and local residents in a march through Sidcup on Saturday to demonstrate against the proposed cuts to Queen Mary's Hospital. 2008-03-03T07:31+00:00 http://www.borrowman.org.uk/news/000058/statement_on_further_investigation_of_derek_conway_by_parliamentary_commissioner_for_standards.html Duncan Borrowman, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Old Bexley & Sidcup has issued the following statement: 2008-02-28T20:57+00:00 http://www.borrowman.org.uk/news/000057/statement_on_sir_iain_blairs_comments_regarding_derek_conway.html Commenting on the statement by Sir Ian Blair regarding a possible police investigation into Derek Conway. Duncan Borrowman, Liberal Democrat Parliamentary Candidate for Old Bexley & Sidcup said: "I asked Scotland Yard to investigate the case a month ago, and they should get on with that investigation. They should not be waiting for the protocol of the Parliamentary Standards Commissioner inviting them to look at the case. The Parliamentary Commissioner does not have the ability to undertake the same investigations as the police, it should be for the police to decide whether there is a criminal case to investigate following the report of the Standards and Privileges Committee." 2008-02-28T20:54+00:00 http://www.borrowman.org.uk/news/000056/duncan_borrowman_condemns_foots_cray_post_office_closure_plan.html Liberal Democrat campaigners have condemned plans announced today by Royal Mail to close Foots Cray Post Office. 2008-02-19T12:18+00:00 http://www.borrowman.org.uk/news/000055/liberal_democrats_select_tom_papworth_for_bexley_and_bromley.html Local councillor Tom Papworth has been selected to fight the Bexley and Bromley constituency in the London elections. The Liberal Democrats came second in Bexley and Bromley at the last London Assembly elections, pushing Labour into fourth place. 2008-02-13T22:22+00:00 http://www.borrowman.org.uk/news/000054/lib_dems_launch_campaign_to_save_queen_marys_hospital.html Two Liberal Democrat Parliamentary candidates have launched a campaign to save the Accident and Emergency Unit at Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup. 2008-02-05T14:25+00:00