Since starting this blog I have met the candidiates from Labour, Greens and Liberal Democrats ‘out and about’ in Brent East. I’m still waiting to see Kwasi out and about… Strange not to have seen the Conservatives. During the by-election of ‘03 they were very visible in this constituency - I remember vividly meeting three party workers on Exeter Road who, after I had asked them for some of their campaign materials, cornered me to drill in their message....
You can view the voting record of Sarah Teather as complied by The Guardian and Public Whip.
Applications for postal voting in Brent East are up 511% on the 2001 General Election. Around 2500 votes in Brent East will be made by post this year. You can read more on postal voting in London in this story from thisislondon.co.uk
The Guardian comment on the ‘sssshhhh’ today. You know, that little exercise in Middle East. They say that ‘Many in Tony Blair’s party who opposed the US-led invasion are keeping quiet about the issue now’. ‘However, candidates are mentioning their anti-war positions in constituencies where there has been strong opposition to the conflict, for example, in constituencies with large Muslim communities or student populations. Yasmin Qureshi, the Labour candidate for Brent East, has not hidden her opposition....
An open letter, to be emailed to each of the candidates standing in Brent East at the forthcoming general election. Dear Candidate, I am writing to all the candidates standing in Brent East at the general election with a question. Each party has unveiled their manifesto. National commitments have been made for the program of the next government, which ever colour it ends up being. Assume you and your party are elected at the next election and you are able to carry out your commitments to the nation....