Parliamentary Election Hustings - Tuesday 6th June

Events
#54

Got it #FoHoHustings :+1::+1:

#55

It needs to be accurate to the constituency. Itā€™s not just SE23 or Forest Hill.

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#56

Iā€™m happy to update the forum live from tonightā€™s event. If anyone else there has a laptop and are willing to split the typing with me, theyā€™re free to piggyback on my mobile broadband.

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#57

Iā€™ll bring my IPad :+1:

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#58

Im trying to up the Tory count in the audience. Said right winger is asking me what time itā€™ll finish?

#59

9.30pm

#60

Is there a hashtag?

#61

. #lwphustings

#62

Thanks!

#63

Thanks to FHSoc/SydSoc for organising this. I sort of enjoyed it, but could have done with a bit more passion from the audience and a bit more and cut and thrust between the candidates, who all seemed boringly nice. (We werenā€™t allowed to boo, but I didnā€™t actually want to boo anyone, much to my disappointment - even the UKIP guy seemed alarmingly reasonable and affable.) Too much time spent in the candidates reading out extracts from their party manifestoes, which we can read online if we want to. In sum, the event felt like a sort of ritual which had to be gone through, rather than real politics. What an odd election this is.

Didnā€™t anyone check the PA system in advance?

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#64

It was a great turn out with about 350 people present and i think people were impressed by the quality of the candidates.

The only disappointment was the PA system. I understand it was working a couple of weeks ago when we booked the hall, but the acoustics of the hall meant that it wasnā€™t too difficult to hear the candidates (but i was sitting in the front row when i wasnā€™t putting out extra chairs).

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#65

The turnout was massive and the candidates came across very well, all of them, I thought.

Yes; the PA system was a disappointment but luckily the curved roof helped amplify the candidates voices and everything came across loud and clear, no microphone required.

Taking part in politics is an important part of living in civil society - thank you to the Forest Hill Society and Sydenham Society for making this so accessible to us all and for putting on an enjoyable event.

Thanks also to @AllInnOne for patiently hosting the bawdy political after-party, late into the night :beers:

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#66

I thought it was a great turn out too, thanks FH & Sydenham Soc for organising :slight_smile:

Ditto on the PA System & putting out chairs :rofl::rofl:

Great info from @anon5422159 here. I thought he done a brilliant neutral summary :+1:

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#67

A very good summary from @robin.orton. regardless a great event that has helped to solidify my vote Thursday but also three up a couple of surprises with the candidates. As in good ones. Sorry I missed the after event.

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#68

Ha, you didnā€™t miss anything Jason - I told everyone off for talking Politicos & @Michael said something about unicorns - I liked that :rofl:

Me & @JohnRussell just ate all the twigletts on the table :rofl::rofl::rofl:

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#69

I see Iā€™m not allowed to express my appreciation of Chrisā€™s splendid summary of the Q & As on the relevant thread, so Iā€™ll do so here.

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#70

Thanks Robin. By the way, the notes topic was closed to avoid it hosting multiple tangential debates on the political issues. Best that members create individual new topics to discuss issues further.

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#71

Labour won.

#72

Like most of us, I have been following the appalling disaster at Grenfell Tower.

I fear there is much more bad news to emerge. The collective response of Londonā€™s community to provide meaningful assistance is hugely impressive.

However as an almost aside note I was astonished to see Shaun Bailey appear on BBCā€™s Newsnight this evening.

For those who did not attend the hustings Shaun presented himself as the Conservative candidate.

However it is not my recall that Shaun presented himself thus:

Shaun Bailey stood for the London constituency of Hammersmith as a Conservative at the 2010 general election, and served as the Prime Ministerā€™s Special Adviser on Youth and Crime from 2010-2013. In 2016, he was elected as a list candidate for the Conservative Party for the London Assembly. Wikipedia

Newsnight in their piece about the tower disaster also labelled Shaun as a member of the London Assembly.

Has Shaun been guilty of under-representation of his candidacy ?

I must immediately say there was nothing controversial in his statements on Newsnight about the disaster.

#73

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