Bridget Fox - Liberal Democrats - Islington South & Finsbury
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Only 484 votes in it!
Bridget Fox - Working for you in Islington South and Finsbury
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Welcome to my website!

Over the last 15 years here in Islington, I've met some amazing people and worked with them to make a positive difference in our community. Now I'm working to serve you as our MP. At the last General Election, I came just 484 votes behind Labour. Here you can find out more about my campaigns and why the Liberal Democrats offer the only real alternative to decades of Labour here in Islington.

You can also find me on Facebook and read my personal blog at bridgetfox.wordpress.com


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 the latest from Bridget
No more 'politics as usual'

Like so many of my fellow voters, I've been shocked and disgusted by revelations about greedy and corrupt MPs over the last few weeks.

We need total openness about MPs' expenses, now and in the future. I am disappointed that local Labour MP Emily Thornberry failed to vote for opening up MPs' expenses when she had the chance.

I was one of more than 80 leading candidates from across the country who wrote to the Speaker demanding he publish all MPs' expenses – or resign. Now he has quit. But that is not enough. We need a wholesale reform of politics so that this betrayal of the voters cannot happen again.

That's why I am backing calls for a fairer voting system, so voters are in charge and MPs cannot rely on safe seats; for reform of party funding and the House of Lords; no more buying peerages and policies; and for a recall system, so that voters can force a by-election if their MP has let them down.

The outdated Westminster system means that many seats are 'safe' so the real selection is done by the leading party not the voters. That doesn't encourage independent thinkers. Interestingly, there's evidence that the safer the seat, the more likely the MP is to have dodgy expenses.

On 4 June, thanks to the PR system, there is no such thing as a wasted vote. Londoners from anywhere in the capital who want to vote Lib Dem (or any other party) will know that their vote counts in full. That ought to be the case for any election, but sadly it's not.

In the local and General elections, with the 'first past the post' system, most constituencies are a two-horse race. In Islington, it's Lib Dems vs Labour; the Greens have just one councillor, and Conservatives none. With Emily Thornberry's Islington South & Finsbury majority just 484 votes ahead of the Lib Dems, electors face a clear choice: vote Lib Dem for change, while any other vote helps Labour cling on.

Reform may be starting, urgently, with MPs expenses, but it must not end there. With speculation that hundreds of MPs may be swept away when the General Election comes, the traditional Labour/Tory version of 'politics as usual' is on the way out.

We need politicians from all parties who are willing to make these changes. And if existing MPs won't change the system, then we need to elect a new team who will.
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Sunday 24 May 2009 8:54 pm

On Friday, with GLA member Mike Tuffrey, local parents, councillors and school governors, I was outside Old Street roundabout, all ...

MPs' expenses: Speaker must act or go

Monday 18 May 2009 11:45 am

Over the last few weeks I've received a great deal of feedback from people outraged at MPs' expenses. ...

Celebrating Finsbury's Liberal hero

Saturday 16 May 2009 1:54 am

This week I was honoured to be among the guests for the unveiling of a blue plaque organised by the ...

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The Liberal Democrats exist to build and safeguard a fair, free and open society, in which we seek to balance the fundamental values of liberty, equality and community, and in which no-one shall be enslaved by poverty, ignorance or conformity.

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