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Next CLP meeting - 20 days ago

Our next CLP meeting with be on 19th January at 8pm at 160 London Road. Our guest speakers are Sam Gurney and Sacha Ismail to lead the discussion on current events in North Africa and the Middle East. All members are welcome.




A date for your diary... - 21 days ago

Thursday 2nd February 7.30pm: Fundraising Dinner with Ken Livingstone

Along with Richmond and Twickenham CLPs we are holding fundraising dinner for Ken?s campaign. It will be held at the London Welsh Rugby Club, Old Deer Park, 197 Kew Rd Richmond TW9 2BB. Advance booking essential £40 per head. Cheques payable to Richmond Park CLP to be sent to Doreen Masters, 21 Alder Road, Mortlake, London SW14 8ER.



Fare Deal - 23 days ago

Volunteers leafleted at railway stations during the morning rush hour on Tuesday 3 January to mark the above-inflation rise in fares and present Labour?s alternative.

Kingston & Surbiton CLP distributed leaflets at Kingston, Norbiton, New Malden, Surbiton and Tolworth. Richmond Park members helped us at the ?border? stations. Richmond Park CLP did Mortlake, Barnes, Barnes Bridge, Kew Gardens, North Sheen, and Richmond. Twickenham CLP covered Twickenham, St Margarets, Whitton, and Teddington stations.

According to Ken?s team: ?Over 2000 activists delivered 500,000 leaflets about Ken's Fare Deal at 400 London tube, train, tram and bus stations as commuters returned from the Christmas break this morning.?

Our thanks to all those who took part.



Coombe Vale - Labour's vote up 7% - 43 days ago

A very big thank you to everyone who supported Labour in the double by-election in Coombe Vale!

Our candidates Nick Bown and Ian Parker polled an additional 7% of the vote compared to May 2010. The Conservative vote was stable at +0.1% while the Liberal Democrat vote sank by 9.8%*.

Lots of members helped in the campaign and we enjoyed many conversations on the doorstep. Our congratulations to the new councillors for Coombe Vale.

*These figures are based on the combined votes for each party. The alternative method is to compare the highest vote achieved by each party. Using this method, the Liberal Democrat decline is -7.5% while the Conservative gain is +0.8%. The increase in the Labour vote grows to 7.3%.


Police - Wrong Cuts, Wrong Time - 65 days ago

The riots last summer showed how vital a strong police presence
on the streets is to keep us safe, and feeling secure. For this
reason, Labour pioneered neighbourhood police teams in every
community in London, and increased overall police numbers by
16,500.

The Tory-Lib Dem government now plan to cut police budget by a
cutting the number of sergeants in neighbourhood police teams ?
as a result, Coombe Vale?s sergeant will only be here for half the
week.

Figures released last month showed that crime is now starting to
increase after years of coming down. This shows that this is the
wrong time to be cutting police numbers.

Crime fell by 43% while Labour was in government, but people
want it to fall further, not go back up again. Now we see
evidence of crime rising under the Tory-Lib Dem government.
They need to take urgent action to cut crime instead of just cutting police.

Promoted and printed by David Cooper on behalf of Nick Bown and Ian Parker, all at 160 London Road, Kingston, KT2 6QW



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