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"WHEN I was . meeting local people doing their shopping in Clitheroe the other, day, a woman came up to me and said: 'I've never voted Labour in my life. But I will be this time and that's something I . never thought I would hear myself saying’, she contin­


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her vote because she can no longer trust the Conserva­ tives who seem - to use her words-’extreme]. Something quite extraor­


She told me that I had r - i What the candidates have to say A MARCUS JOHNSTONE Labour candidate for the Ribble Valley


Hague does not look like a prime minister to me’, I would be an exceedingly rich man by now. Or possibly it's the Con­


servative promise to cut spending on public services in Ribble Valley by at least £24m. which is driving the local people away from the Conservative Party, i Which local school would


dinary is happening in the Ribble Valley. That woman was not the only local voter whose life-long allegiance to the Conservatives has been shattered and if I was a Tory, I would be deeply worried.Perhaps it's the Conserv­ atives' party political broad­ casts with their American- style scare tactics which are leading people here in Rib­ ble Valley to desert the Tories.Maybe it's the leader of the Conservative Party. If I had a fiver for every person who has said: 'William


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they close? How would they select the 30 Ribble Valley doctors who would receive redundancy notices? And how would they tell 12,000 local pensioners that their £200 winter fuel allowance is being axed? People have also told me


,on the local health service is up 9% and I am proud that investment in the East Lancashire health area is now £384m. Pensioners have had a


that class sizes have fallen. Four years ago, 42% of Lancashire'primary school children were being taught in classes of over 30. Today the figure is just 1.6%. • I am proud that spending


I am proud, for example, MICHAEL CARR Liberal Democrat candidate for the Ribble Valley


"ON June 7th you, the elec­ tors of Ribble Valley, have a


I became your MP in the 1991 Ribble Valley by-elec-


clear choice. You can elect a Tory who


tiori and got rid of the Tory


■ Democrat, who will.fight 'for investment in our schools and the National Health Service and for more


supports further privatisa­ tion of health care and puts income tax cuts before decent public services, or you can elect me, a Liberal


they will be voting Labour on June 7th because of what the Government has


' and Child Benefit has gone up 26% to £15.50. On June 7th, you have


better deal from Labour with increases this year of £5 and £8 and free TV licences for the over 75s. The basic rate of tax is at its lowest level for 70 years


done. Now I know we have still


got an awful lot to do, but I am proud of what the Gov­ ernment has achieved in the four years since I was your Labour candidate in 1997.


clear choice between the shambles which is today's Conservative Party, the uncosted half promises of the Liberal Democrats or my party's determination to continue the job which we started four years ago."


police officers on the beat. In all five parliamentary


elections in Ribble Valley, Labour has finished a poor third. The Labour candi­ date knows he cannot win; that is why he is fighting a safe Labour county council seat in Burnley on the same day. At the last general elec­ tion, the Tory majority was about 6,500. I had over 20,000 votes and Labour about 9,000 votes. Only the Liberal Democrats have ever beaten the Tories when


, ■ NIGEL EVANS Conservative candidate for the Ribble Valley


“OF the three candidates, I am the only one who lives in the Ribble Valley, which gives me a better understanding of the local issues and concerns facing us here in the


Ribble Valley. One of the most urgent problems


facing us is the impact of foot and mouth disease on our farmers, the tourism industry and other rural businesses. I will continue to fight tirelessly for the introduction of a business survival package, which these businesses so desperately


require. I will continue to fight to save


' In turn, this has led to many local schoolchildren being denied


our green fields. Over the last few years we have seen many' of our green fields dug up and replaced with new housing developments.


local school places due to a lack of demographic planning by Lan­ cashire Education Authority. I will continue to campaign for our local school children to go to their local


schools.The last four years have seen our NHS under enormous pressure, and the morale of our doctors and nurses at an all-time low. Waiting lists have increased, and patients with in-growing toenails are given priority over patients waiting for heart by-pass operations. Under a Conservative Government, this perversion of priorities will change. Patients.with the most urgent operations will be given priority


treatment. in. Under Labour, violent crime has . . , creased massively. The number of


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A memorable service marks church facelift


A MEMORABLE service of celebration and thanksgiving marked the refurbishment of Whalley Parish Church. There was a good congrega­


tion and the vicar, the Rev. Chris Sterry, thanked everyone


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part in the service, which-Was- '.:^orjji ^ Mr John Pilkington, followed by refreshments.


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Wrilc lo: The Editor, Clitheroe l


We share our neighbours’ despair


IT would have been more honest if Miss Ann Steven-. son's letter’had been writ7 ten as a justification of veg­ etarianism instead of a vili­ fication of our hard- pressed, over-worked and under-paid farmers. Has she never heard of


evolution? Has she ever read Wordsworth, who says growing things enjoy the air they'breathe. Has she ever heard of plants enjoying the minerals in the soil, of the sub-sound scream when .corn is cut, a tree is felled? What would our country­


.about money. Has she checked what farmers have been earning for the past few years? This terrible foot and mouth disease out­ break has decimated the incomes of village shop­ keepers, butchers, the mar­ kets and many other liveli­ hoods in our beautiful Rib­


converted to the roast beef of Great Britain, and the lamb created a race of strength, valour and deter­ mination. Don't let a few cranks destroy it. Miss Stevenson talks


ble Valley. We do not come under


side look like if it were not grazed by sheep and cattle and allowed to become over-grown and over-run ■ with vermin? If meat were not good for


us, our bodies would reject it, crocodiles would not eat humans, sharks would not feed on bathers and bears would not grab salmon out


the above categories, but. these people are our friends and neighbours and we share in their despair and pray that soon life will return to normal for all of


us; MR AND MRS


. ERIC WALMSLEY, Brooksidc, Holden.


Sheep must have walked


of the water. It is as nature has made


' us and for a minority to try to deny, us a perfectly nat­ ural way of life is just not on. By all means, enjoy your fads, but keep them to yourself. This country is in danger of being run by minorities, who because they are somewhat different get; disproportionate media


. The roast beef of Old England, which should be


coverage.


a few miles STRAIGHT to the point: foot and mouth, what a


load of rubbish!' I walked my dogs down a


local lane at 9 p.m. One of the fields was totally empty of any form of beast. I walked the dogs down


the same lane the following day and the same field was


full of sheep. ' These sheep must have


walked a few miles during


the night and broken down a few fences. Movement of stock? Watch the night- shift. Don't listen to what they say, watch what they


dol EAGLE EYES,


Clithcroc. Get these gill


nets banned! WHEN are we anglers, nat­ uralists, ramblers and the general public goingrto protest and demand action to get the gill nets being used around the coastline of the United Kingdom


banned? In the North-West, on


the Lancashire coast at Heysham, we have a bass nursery. Now you would think the powers that be would ban the nets of death in such an area. No, they continue to let these gill netters cause the slow death of undersize bass, sea birds and crustaceans. I was at Heysham last


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Heysham Power Station, seeking their help to get this horrid practice outlawed. Please help me get gill


nets banned by writing to your MP and those groups listed, not forgetting your local newspaper.


1 If enough people demand


• Letters with noms de plume will be accepted for publica­ tion, providing a name, address and telephone number are included.


action, things will happen. For 10 years I fought to get storm overflow pipes banned at sewage works. In 2002 they will be banned. But it doesn't happen


overnight.


MARTIN JAMES, Grindleton.


• The Editor welcomes letters on any subject, but correspondents are reminded that contri­ butions may be edited or condensed.


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• servative Government will fight crime hard. Furthermore, no gov­ ernment must forget that crime is as devastating to rural dwellers as it is to those who live in larger


Under Labour, greengrocers who sell in pounds and ounces are prose­ cuted, while violent criminals walk free from jail before they have even served half their sentence. I will campaign to restore police numbers to the high levels they were before Labour came to power. Only a Con-


tion of a single currency, against the harmonisation of our taxes, and I will fight to be in Europe and not


run by Europe. I will continue to be a strong


voice for the Ribble Valley in West­ minster, speaking up for our pen­ sioners, farmers and those who work in our manufacturing indus­ try, and especially our defence


industry. Marcus Johnstone, the. Labour


towns or cities. • On Monday, Lionel Jospin, the


• out of the bag over EU plans to set up economic government with more of our sovereign powers trans­ ferred to Brussels and our taxes harmonised with the rest of Europe.


French Prime Minister; let the cat V'/C KSTl


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iurupe. I will fight against the introduc- ond chance.


candidate, thinks that you should vote tactically for him on June 7 th because Labour came a poor second in the last constituency-wide poll (the European elections). Labour do not deserve a second chance to deliver on the promises they made in 1997. Do not give them that sec-


poll tax. Many people have signed


my petition calling for per­ sonal care costs for elderly people, who cannot look after themselves, to be met by the state. In Scotland, where Liberal Democrats are in the government, we have achieved this. If elect­ ed, I will continue to cam­ paign for this. Liberal Democrats would increase .the state pension by £5 for a single person, £10 for the over 75s and £15 for the over 80s. For couples, the increase would be £8, £18 and £28 respectively. Liberal Democrats will


recruit 27,500 more nurses, 4,600 doctors and 10,250 allied medical professionals. We will scrap the charges for eye and dental examina­


tions and provide a further 10.000 hospital beds to reduce waiting times. We will recruit a further


5.000 teachers, cut class size in primary schools and increase funding for books and equipment. We.will also tackle the. bureaucracy which burdens teachers. In Scotland, the Liberal Democrats have scrapped tuition fees for students. We will do it here too. Our plans for improving


public services will cost money: Unlike the Tories, who claim that they can cut taxes and have good public services, and Labour, who hide their tax increases, Liberal Democrats would fund the improvements in education and health by increasing the basic rate of income tax by lp and rais­ ing the highest, rate of income tax for those earn­ ing over £100,000 a year from 40p to 50p." ,


to feature in exhibition


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ARTIST Miss Susan Tat- tersall has the beauty of the Ribble Valley - on her


doorstep. , But she prefers to go fur­


ther afield in search of the subjects for her paintings, which have been chosen for a big exhibition by the British Watercolour. Society at the King's Hall, in Ilkley Wint.er Gardens. The Rialto in Venice, the


Palazzo Vendramin and the Palazzo Foscarini are among six works she will have on display at a show being opened on Saturday, • June 9th, by Tom Owen and Keith Clifford from the cast of "Last of the Sum­ mer Wine".


Bawdlands, Clitheroe, is'an adult education Painting for Pleasure tutor at Rib- blesdale School, Clitheroe, on Wednesday and Thurs­ day nights and at Whalley on Tuesday nights. * But she is leaving to con­


Miss Tattersall (46), of •;


career change, having left horticulture more than 10 years ago to retrain as a teacher. The show continues until 1


I t will be her second ; June 17th.


Uniforms will1 go worldwide


OUT-OF-DATE uniforms worn by staff behind the counter of the Clitheroe branch of the Skipton Building Society may pop up in odd corners of the world.


I used in Britain or places such as Pakistan, Africa and the Baltic States.


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all its old uniforms to the Salvation Army's Textile Recycling Scheme, which employs more than 200 peo­ ple recycling clothes to be


The society is donating .


centrate on making paint­ ing a full-time career.


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week and witnessed some 20 or more big crabs caught in a net with no chance of escape All they could hope for was a slow death. I had no knife or scissors, so I wasn't able cut these poor


creatures free. Let us see PETA do


something about this cruel practice. I am writing to my Member of Parliament when he gets elected oh June 7th, my local sea fish­ eries officer at Lancaster University, the RSPB and the v management of


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