On Sunday – 30th September, your local lib dems are running a coffee morning to raise funds for Macmillian’s important Cancer support work. 11.00 am – 2.00pm – all welcome!

Last year they raised a staggering £10million through this ‘World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’ event. We’re doing ours on Sunday due to work commitments. Address- 82 Glebelands Road, Prestwich, M25 1NJ. Tel 773 5450 (mail@anngarner.net).

Fiona has donated wine and a wicker basket towards the raffle – huge thanks.

I’m going to get different kinds of sweets for a guess how many and draw a donkey for a ‘pin the tail’ game – so if its not in your diary, please mark our event as worth coming to – and if you can also help, yes please!

Fiona and I have also put our diaries together for our next Lib Dem Women’s event – Jean has offered to talk us on a tour of John Rylands library followed by lunch in the historic Town Hall.

Hope to hear from you soon,

Ann – Membership Development Officer

A Parliamentary by-election will take place shortly in Manchester Central constituency. We have an excellent candidate, former leader of Manchester Lib Dems – Marc Ramsbottom

Marc’s campaign has a new HQ: Unit 4, Chancel Place, Store Street, Manchester, M1 2WB (behind Piccadilly Station)

From this Friday, 28th Sept, Marc needs help bundling up 30,000 surveys for Royal Mail delivery!

If you can help, please meet at new HQ from 10am. Turn up any time that suits you! There’s plenty of parking and we’ll have the kettle on!

Please click on the link below to let us know when you are coming:
http://doodle.com/fzmc87h55raawtvx?lt=2

Greater Manchester Liberal Democrats have selected retired former police Inspector Matt Gallagher to be their candidate for Police and Crime Commissioner.

Matt Gallagher said,

“I have 30 years police experience, and a detailed knowledge of the Greater Manchester Police. That is why I am best candidate to work with police officers and cut crime across Greater Manchester.”

He added,

“Survey after survey shows that the public would prefer to see a former copper as Police Commissioner than a failed former politician. The people of Greater Manchester now have that choice.”

Matt has a strong public service record. His grandfather was a police officer, his wife and daughter are mobile carers and his son is a Royal Marine Commando.

Mr Gallagher served for thirty years with GMP, six as a front line inspector in the force’s elite Tactical Aid Unit, where he confronted the city’s drugs gangs and organised football hooligan’s, and targeted anti-social behaviour and gun crime.

South Manchester MP John Leech added,

“I supported Matt because he was made for this job. 30 years a copper, six years in the Tactical Aid Unit. Better a copper with an understanding of the job that a failed former minister.”

He beat former Councillors Jackie Pearcey and Qassim Afzal polling over half of the first preference votes.