From Channel 4.com Election 2005 site. ‘Labour has placed its hopes on lawyer Yasmin Qureishi, who is openly anti-war in her selection process. But like many Labour candidates in what was Labour’s urban core support she is going even further to regain disgruntled voters by opposing the policies of the prime minister. She told Channel 4 news: “I’m one of those people who has their own mind, their own independent mind, and I make my own decisions....
Thanks to a reader, here are some links for the Vote For Yourself Dream Ticket Party and George ‘Rainbox’ Weiss. This website details the background to the V4YDTP. While this page has DTP info. Links from a reader collecting campaign leaflets from this election. Send them some of the paper the Brent East Candidates send you. The Guardian website also lists George ‘Rainbow’ Weiss, but not as a candidate in this election (they need to get that page of their site updated)....
In December 2003, Simon Ellis interviewed Sarah for myBrent.co.uk. You can read the full interview here. What interested me was Sarah’s answer to this final question: How will you convince Brent voters to give you another term as MP? “I am going to have to work extremely hard over the next two years because many people voted for me partly on a protest. Some people voted for me because our policies but some people also voted against Tony Blair and I am going to need to persuade those people that there are positive reasons for voting for me....
The candidates in the Brent East constituency have been announced. They are: ALI, Shahrar - Green Party KWARTENG, Kwasi Alfred Addo - The Conservative Party Candidate QURESHI, Yasmin - The Labour Party Candidate TEATHER, Sarah Louise - Liberal Democrats WEININGER, Michele Anna - Independent WEISS, ‘Rainbow’ George - Vote for Yourself Rainbow Dream Ticket I’m going to try and get hold of web links for George ‘Rainbow’ Weiss and Michele Anna Weininger today....
Sarah Teather - and others? who knows? - will be at a hustings event this evening at Willesden Library organised by BRAVA - Brent Association for Voluntary Action. If anyone who reads this blog goes to the hustings this evening, please write-up about it here.