The Chelmsford & Maldon Liberal Democrats are delighted to be welcoming prominent anti-Brexit campaigner, Jason J Hunter, for a special Brexit Briefing.

Jason is a passionate anti-Brexit activist, appearing regularly on radio phone-in shows on stations such as LBC and TalkRadio, even questioning Jacob Rees-Mogg on The Jeremy Vine on 5 TV show. He is also one third of the social media-based '3 Blokes in The Pub'. The first episode is available on YouTube here. You can also follow Jason on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/jasonjhunter.

Essex County Council has finally agreed to a full review of the notorious Army & Navy roundabout. Last week, in a dramatic about face, they closed the flyover indefinitely, after Chelmsford Liberal Democrats published a video showing that the structure was more damaged than the Council had admitted. One of the support columns appears to have moved, since the flyover was closed in August. Watch the video here.

Welcome to the 2018 Chelmsford Autumn Survey.

If you are a resident of Chelmsford, let us know what you think about what's going on where you live by filling in this survey.

The results of the survey will help us to ensure that we are working on the issues that matter most to you and your family so that local residents can get the best for Chelmsford.

Chelmsford residents showed their unhappiness with the Government's Brexit plans, in a poll in the High Street on Saturday. Chelmsford Lib Dems were out and about asking residents for their views. Many signed up to the Lib Dem campaign for the public to have final say on the Brexit deal, not a Westminster stitch-up.

The Local Government Association has released a 'Green Paper' on Adult Social Care. We need urgent action to save the services caring for older and disabled people from collapse.

Cllr Mike Mackrory, Lib Dem Leader of the Opposition at Essex County Council, welcomed the Green Paper. He said, "This nationwide consultation must kick-start a desperately-needed debate on how to pay for adult social care. These services are at breaking point, following years of cuts by councils and rising demand and rising costs for care and support."

The Government have refused to guarantee that MPs will see the full impact analysis of a "no-deal" Brexit before the final vote on departure from the EU. This makes a mockery of the discredited mantra 'Taking Back Control'.

The Government must stop these murky games and pledge to release this analysis.

Conscience should come before one's own ambitions; and equality, tolerance & justice are far more important than one's own career path. The future of our great United Kingdom and our future generations is far more important than anything else in my view, and worth fighting for every step of the way, writes Kishan Devani.

Politics surely should be about policies and not personal attacks - what a shame it hasn't remained that way? What I did not realise is that this was just the beginning of a long and rocky ride over the coming months where I saw a real lurch to the right, in the words of the former Conservative MP, Stephen Phillips QC, the Conservative party has started to mould itself into 'UKIP-Lite'.

This is the base of one of the main pillars supporting the Army & Navy flyover in Chelmsford. This photo was taken on Saturday 1st September 2018, AFTER three weeks of maintenance works had been carried out in July and August. It shows crumbling concrete below the pillar. Other photos taken at the same time show large cracks in other parts of the structure.