28 April 2005
Don't Hold Your Nose!
Sorry about the short gap in transition, my feet have not touched the ground since Sunday! I have been at six hustings, addressed two other meetings and still been holding down my teaching job! Anne Campbell finally turned up to sit on a panel at Anglia Polytechnic University. She and David Howarth (Lib Dem) almost threw their toys out of the pram arguing over the small reactionary policies the council had Labour or Lib Dem council had made. They both sounded like they were better suited to the village council. It is a disgrace that the Labour party could not get are representative to the Make Poverty History hustings at which those protecting liberal market economies found it very difficult to justify their position. It was a frustrating event as most of the debate kept being drawn away from the economy that produces poverty and war. The Lib Dem has found it more and more difficult to balance his argument as the week has gone on. He has had to talk up foe left credentials, whilst not agreeing to much with everything that Martin from the Green party and I say! I hope our productive dialogue with the Greens can continue after the election as although we don’t agree on everything our outlook is to similar to continue apart!
Yesterday was manic. The students are back from Easter and I had a good interview with both student papers as well as a slot on Cambridge Community Radio. We have a good team of activists in the university and they are now managing to cover the campuses.
The contacts we have in the FBU are being supportive and the pensions action group I have been involved in building through the trades council held a packed hustings last night. The Lib Dem, when pressed on the retirement age, exposed himself to be pretty much in line with the government.
We are ahead in the pole on the Cambridge Muslims online website and are receiving a lot of encouraging support from a wide range of different communities. We feel we could decide be the deciding factor in who wins this seat and although this is not our long term political goal it is a helpful reminder to the many voters whom are not going to vote or willl be holding their noses. The contacts we have in the FBU are being supportive and the pensions action group I have been involved in building through the trades council held a packed hustings last night. The Lib Dem, when pressed on the retirement age, exposed himself to be pretty much in line with the government.
Our postal leaflet is getting out and we have had good feedback about it. We have also received more coverage in the local paper. We are now gearing up for the final push! Several Cambridge members have been through East London or live or have relatives their and the positive reports are keeping us inspired. Good luck to all of those working on the other campaigns!
Yesterday was manic. The students are back from Easter and I had a good interview with both student papers as well as a slot on Cambridge Community Radio. We have a good team of activists in the university and they are now managing to cover the campuses.
The contacts we have in the FBU are being supportive and the pensions action group I have been involved in building through the trades council held a packed hustings last night. The Lib Dem, when pressed on the retirement age, exposed himself to be pretty much in line with the government.
We are ahead in the pole on the Cambridge Muslims online website and are receiving a lot of encouraging support from a wide range of different communities. We feel we could decide be the deciding factor in who wins this seat and although this is not our long term political goal it is a helpful reminder to the many voters whom are not going to vote or willl be holding their noses. The contacts we have in the FBU are being supportive and the pensions action group I have been involved in building through the trades council held a packed hustings last night. The Lib Dem, when pressed on the retirement age, exposed himself to be pretty much in line with the government.
Our postal leaflet is getting out and we have had good feedback about it. We have also received more coverage in the local paper. We are now gearing up for the final push! Several Cambridge members have been through East London or live or have relatives their and the positive reports are keeping us inspired. Good luck to all of those working on the other campaigns!
