I saw this excellent flyer by former Guardian journalist Martin Linton MP whilst out campaigning in Battersea this Thursday. These are the clearest, snappiest and most hard hitting reasons I’ve seen for why people should vote Labour this Thursday. Please let me know what you think…
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The “Independent on Sunday” today published their list of ten leading MEPs and yours truly appeared http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/the-european-elections-is-cameron-leading-his-meps-astray-1693501.html I’m naturally very pleased. Since I was tagged as “web-savvy” and this very blog got an hon mensh, it just goes to show the increasing importance of “new media”.
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Yesterday was a women’s day, Harrow Labour Women’s Forum following hard on the heels of the Somali women’s event. I always enjoy talking to women’s groups. Despite what certain men may think there is still a need for women to get together to talk about things which concern them and give each other mutual support. This meeting in the [...]
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Yesterday afternoon I was very pleased and honoured to speak at a meeting of Somali women in Harrow at the Harrow East Labour Party premises in Wealdstone. They were a very lively group, full of passion and aspirations for themselves and their community; it was great to meet such a group of women. As you may [...]
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Yesterday evening I was fortunate to be invited to a hustings meeting organised by the Muslim Forum of Middlesex. My thanks to Jamil Versi who not only chaired the event but was also one of the main organisers. Before talking about the hustings meeting itself, you should know that the Conservatives did not turn up. [...]
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Brixton Market with Harriet Harmen, Ben Bradshaw and other Labour MEPs and candidates: | View Show | Create Your Own A hectic morning yesterday, talking and canvassing opinion amongst Brixton’s widely varied market stalls, shops and trading posts. We met some inspiring people – a nurse who had worked for over 25 years in the [...]
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09:14 Off to Brixton to campaign with Harriet Harman # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter
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One of the things that I am proud the European Parliament achieved in the last session was to ban the trading of seal products throughout the European Union. Pictures of the the violent clubbing to death of seals, after which they are skinned alive struck many MEPs as unacceptable behaviour. The Canadian Governor General Michaelle [...]
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Treading the streets in Wimbledon, I had a chance to speak to a few constituents on their doorsteps. I did my best to underline the differences between Europe and Westminster and what it will mean if less Labour people are elected as Labour MEPs. It was good to see Christine Bickerstaff again – we were both [...]
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Contrary to expectations Bank Holiday Monday was hot with bright sunshine all day. Where better to go than East Ham High Street for a Labour Party street stall and canvass True red Labour Newham did not disappoint. About 50 members of the local Labour Party turned out to help us distribute leaflets, including Newham’s Executive [...]
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