TimWard, a councillor from Cambridge, said he wanted local authorities not civil servants in Whitehall deciding speed limits as the Lib Dems were "not the party of centrally dictated targets".
In the Falcons' pre-season run-out against Rotherham, established names including last season's Premiership top points scorer Jimmy Gopperth and Micky Ward found themselves on the bench, while players such as Manning, Will Welch and former Toulon man Tim Ryan got the nod.