Hustings for the local and national elections in May 2015 are planned as follows:
Levenshulme Local Election
Tuesday 21st April
19.30 at the Klondyke, 1 Burnage Range
Organised by Levenshulme Community Association
Gorton South Local Election
Thursday 23rd April
19.30 at St. Peter’s Church, Stockport Road
Organised by Levenshulme Community Association
Manchester Gorton Parliamentary Election
Wednesday 29th April
19.30 at the Jain Centre, Stockport Road
Organised by Levenshulme Interfaith Group
Sorry I can’t make the parliamentary hustings- I’ll be in London. Many thanks for those who have arranged it. I hope the conversation will focus on wider concerns- the corporate take over and threat to environment, working conditions, food standards, public services and democracy by the “Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership”, transnational corporate tax dodging, the abuse of Overseas Aid to support land grabbing and pushing farmers off their land, the need for international economic justice with neutral and democratic adjudication instead of the IMF and World Bank bullying poor nations, real resolution in tackling climate change….