Hustings in Lambeth and Cats out of bags

I have not been able to get around Princes Ward too much in the last few days due to the Euro election campaign and various commitments such as the CND/PSC/STWC demo on Saturday and the International Day Against Homophobia yesterday (more on that later). However, I will be taking part in two hustings in Lambeth, one for the newly formed Lambeth Disability Forum at 1pm in 336 Brixton Road on Wednesday 28th May, together with councillors and an ex-councillor from the Labour, Lib Dem and Tory parties, which will be on both the by election and the European election. The other will be this Wednesday in Stockwell on the European election -details below.

While on the subject of hustings. I went to the London LGBT hustings for the European election on Friday night, where Jean Lambert MEP represented the Greens. One of the questions was on the political groups in the European Parliament and how the respective UK parties got on with them. This put the Tory candidate in rather a spot, as the Tories are about to leave the European People's Party and go looking for new partners. Seeing that the audience consisted of the Gay and Lesbian Humanist Association, the Tory candidate (Warren Lightfoot) justified this on the grounds that the Tory party was not a "confessional party" whereas the Christian Democrat parties in the EPP were, there was also the case that they were fully in favour of a federal Europea and the Lisbon Treaty whereas the Tories were not. But the Labour MEP's answere was even more revealing (Mary Honeyball) and drew howls of knowing laughter from the audience. She had no problem in stating that the Labour Party was by far the most right wing party in the European Socialist Party! As if we could not have guessed.

Durand Primary School invites you to attend:


A European Elections Debate

featuring MEP Candidates from the main political parties.

Anne Fairweather- Labour Candidate
Jonathan Fryer- Liberal Democrat Candidate
Graham Postles- Conservative Candidate
Joseph Healy- Green Candidate

The Debate will be chaired by Robin Oakley OBE, European Political Editor at CNN International and former Political Editor of the BBC

20th May
19:30pm

Main Hall
Durand Primary School
Hackford Road
Stockwell
London
SW9 0RD

Click here to view a map, the school is 5 minutes walk from Stockwell Tube:
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(Refreshments available)