Saturday, May 16, 2009

Canvassing Plaistow North -Sunday 10th May

(Guest post from Newham Councillor Jonathon Knott on canvass last Sunday – I was skiving - so no photos).

On a sunny morning members of Plaistow North ward and West Ham CLP joined together to canvass Plaistow North Ward.

There were 5 Johns!! Our local London Assembly member, John Biggs; John Whitworth, John Saunders, John Cullen and myself.

Other party members present were Lyn Brown MP, Aijaz Sheikh, Ray Smith, Tchavdar Dimitrov, Ellie Robinson, Cllr Conor McAuley, Alan Griffiths, Ann Hitchcock, Cllr Zulfiqar Ali, Cllr Joy Laguda, Shahidur Rahman and David Christie.

Met at 11am at Plaistow Station – glorious weather- some issues at first re: leaflets and voter ID sheets (unhelpfully my printer had screwed up, but we got through that)

We spoke to many residents – no discussion about MP’s expenses – there was a nice feeling from people feeling happier in their area, safer. It was good to hear from a number of former supporters of Respect that they had come back “Home to Labour”.

Afterwards we retired to the Black Lion Pub’s garden for a debriefing with fresh crustacea from the seafood stall adjacent. All in all a productive morning.

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