http://bishopaucklandlibdems.org.uk/articlearchive.php Recent Press Articles from Mark Wilkes & Bishop Auckland Liberal Democrats en-GB Mark Wilkes & Bishop Auckland Liberal Democrats http://bishopaucklandlibdems.org.uk/ Prater Raines Ltd http://www.praterraines.co.uk/ (c) 2010 Mark Wilkes & Bishop Auckland Liberal Democrats 2010-03-10T08:02+00:00 United Kingdom http://bishopaucklandlibdems.org.uk/articles/000006/nigel_farages_insults_to_european_council_president_an_embarrassment_for_britain.html UKIP might not consider Nigel Farage's insults to European Council President Van Rompuy "unparliamentary" but they are degrading and humiliating for other British nationals and for Britain 's reputation in Europe. 2010-02-25T00:00+00:00 http://bishopaucklandlibdems.org.uk/articles/000002/eu_commissioner_hearings.html For the last ten days there has only been one show in town - the grilling by MEPs of the 26 proposed new commissioners, in a process ably led by our own MEP Andrew Duff. 2010-01-19T00:00+00:00 http://bishopaucklandlibdems.org.uk/articles/000005/dday_1_confusion_in_copenhagen.html What a mess. 2009-12-20T00:00+00:00 http://bishopaucklandlibdems.org.uk/articles/000004/dday_in_copenhagen__part_ii_more_news__and_its_not_good.html Spirits are rather low here this evening. 2009-12-18T00:00+00:00 http://bishopaucklandlibdems.org.uk/articles/000003/dday_in_copenhagen_update_from_denmark.html Well, it took a little longer than expected to get here. Being of a green disposition I opted for the overnight train from Strasbourg to Copenhagen, but heavy snow meant that it was more of a overnight-and-through-the-day train. Never mind - I'm here now, and we'll soon know if the trip was worth the effort. 2009-12-17T00:00+00:00 http://bishopaucklandlibdems.org.uk/articles/000007/the_copenhagen_climate_summit_what_would_be_a_good_deal_and_how_can_europe_contribute_to_it.html Since the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) published its 4th Assessment Report in 2007, important new observations of the accelerating and worsening impacts of climate change have reinforced the urgency of a successful post-Kyoto international climate agreement in Copenhagen. 2009-12-01T00:00+00:00 http://bishopaucklandlibdems.org.uk/articles/000001/20_years_since_the_fall_of_the_berlin_wall.html Lib Dem MEPs were in Berlin recently following the German elections which raised our sister party the FDP into partners in government. Berlin is gearing up for the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall (9th November), and as a reminder of what life was like in East Germany before the fateful events of 1989 we visited the non-descript office block which houses the Stasi archives. 2009-10-19T00:00+01:00