Elected on a regional basis and therefore covering the whole of London, it’s not often I get the opportunity to do campaigning in my own ward. I did manage it today and spent some time at the stall in Goodge Street, just over the road from such central London landmarks as Heals and Habitat, not to mention the flagship Paperchase store. It was good to spend time giving out leaflets and talking to people with Labour Party members from my own area. Should really try and do more of it.
Two of the our real stars were there – Councillor Penny Abraham who will be standing down at the London borough elections in May after long and sterling service to the people of Bloomsbury and Camden, and Milena Nuti who is a candidate in those very same elections.
Since Bloomsbury is one of the split wards on Camden Council we always work hard, trying to increase the two Labour councillors to three and oust the Conservative. In addition to Milena, the other two candidates are Dave Horan and Abdul Quadir. The other sitting Labour councillor, Fazlul Chowdhury, is not standing again in Bloomsbury.
We are, of course, campaigning for the General Election as well as the council. MP Frank Dobson is highly regarded and very well liked with a safe majority, so I confidently predict Holborn and St Pancras will return a Labour MP again.
Filed under: Labour Party | Tagged: Camden Council, Frank Dobson, Habitat, Heals, Holborn and St Pancras constitutncy, Labour Party, London, Milena Nuti, Penny Abraham
