Dominic Raab might feel his week has already been challenging, but if the former foreign secretary had followed Monica Harding around his constituency on the morning before his demotion, he could be forgiven for being more downcast still.
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The Liberal Democrats have accused the Conservatives of failing to protect local small businesses, after figures revealed that 3,215 businesses in the area have closed over the last three years.
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What are your biggest concerns? We asked the constituents in Esher & Walton – and you answered…
The main job of an MP is to listen to then represent the people in their constituency. That’s why Monica Harding’s team carried out a constituency-wide survey - calling on residents across Esher and Walton and asking them to fill out a short questionnaire - during the weeks before the general election was called, to identify their worries on local and national issues.
Imagine living under a cloud of uncertainty about whether you could stay in the community in which you live - a community where you may have lived for decades, had a family, built up wide networks of friends and neighbours - but where now, through no fault of your own, are unsure whether you can remain.
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Lib Dems close in on taking Esher & Walton.
A seat poll conducted by Survation and commissioned by the Liberal Democrats for the parliamentary constituency of Esher and Walton has shown the Liberal Democrats are best placed to defeat Dominic Raab.
We had a fantastic visit to Hinchley Wood School with Jo Swinson and Ed Davey, today. A big thank you to Ben Bartlett, the headteacher, and all the wonderful staff for hosting us all.
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Monica Harding’s general election campaign had a prime slot on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on Tuesday morning.
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Both the Conservatives and Labour are stuck in the past, failing time and time again to deliver a better future. Vote for me to stop Brexit and help me build a brighter future for all.
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This was a slickly run sit-down dinner, drawing hundreds of mostly well-heeled locals exuding crossness about Brexit; were I a local Conservative, I would be worried .
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Esher and Walton voted 60% to Remain in the EU. 40% voted to Leave, but not for No Deal - that was never part of the Referendum campaign. The Brexit-Tory party and its hard-right Brexiteer MP Dominic Raab are not representative here.
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Boris Johnson this week announced a funding boost for schools and colleges. £14 billion over three years, ran the headlines! Except it’s not £14 billion. And it may never reach our cash-strapped schools and our underpaid teachers. No sooner was it announced than the Government’s spin was discredited by many, including the IFS:
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Boris Johnson has finally achieved his life’s ambition. The votes of just 160,000 Tory Party members (that’s less than 0.3% of the UK’s electorate) have secured for him the keys to Number 10. And with the keys, the Brexit mess he and his fellow hardline Brexiteers have created: a divided country, an imploding party and a dangerously uncertain future for Britain in Europe, and in the world. Boris Johnson has come full circle - he created the Brexit shambles, now it is time for him to own it.
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Latest From Monica Harding For Esher & Walton Spring 2019. What a mess we’re in. Whichever way you voted on Brexit, there’s no arguing that the Government’s handling of it has been a disaster.
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A mum of four, as well as a Vice Chair of Governors at a local school, I’ve seen how Tory funding cuts are impacting our schools at first hand. You may have seen the A mum of four, as well as a Vice Chair of Governors at a local school, I’ve seen how Tory funding cuts are impacting our schools at first hand.
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On 14th January 2019, the day before voting against his own Government’s Withdrawal Agreement, Dominic Raab gave a speech at the Centre for Policy Studies about his vision for “a bright future for small businesses, workers and consumers” in a post-Brexit UK.
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Local schools face funding crisis - a letter from the headteacher of Hinchley Wood School.
In short, schools are still not being provided with adequate funding and resource to deliver the level of provision and support that is expected and that our families and children deserve.
Wherever this year takes us you can be sure that I and the Liberal Democrats in Elmbridge will be fighting hard for a better future for you and the UK.
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Ed Davey, spoke to Politics students at Esher College in support of their Raise the Rate campaign
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