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Hustings: part two
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Reference Code : - SOBA 5/1/27
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Date : - 2015-4-20-2015-4-28 (creation)
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Description : - Covers the Unite Against Fascism hustings, April 20th; the Housing hustings, April 23rd; the U3A hustings, APril 27th; and the Anglia Ruskin Student hustings, April 28th. As described by the depositor: Nazarene told us why as a Muslim woman and activist she had organised the event: “I did invite UKIP and they could not come. We are building our numbers. All across the country there are Stand Up To UKIP branches. People are getting negative reaction to wearing the headscarf. I get micro aggression, people are always asking about my heritage.” Duncan Stott the organiser of the event said: “People are being priced out of the housing market in Cambridge. House prices are over £300,000 and the average earnings are ten times less than that. We wanted to ask the candidates how they would address the housing crisis in the area, and bring pressure to the politicians to show this is an issue that matters to people. It does help people decide how to vote but it allows direct access to the candidates too and people can ask where they stand on this issue.” Beth Morgan, one of the event’s organisers (Steve Marshall was the other) said: “We are both interested in politics, it was good to let the candidates say what they wanted to say rather than hear them on the radio where the presenter just jumps in after five words. Everyone submitted their questions in advance and then it was a bit random. I slipped mine in on income distribution. “Democracy is a very fragile thing and I think everything to encourage it should be done, we totally take it for granted. We have always had it but it doesn’t always have to be the case, you have to work at these things to keep them going.” Beth Price, the Programme Controller Cam FM and organiser said: “We are a student radio station and this was our second hustings broadcasting live. We have a student based audience among Cambridge University and Anglia Ruskin students so the candidates have to target what they say. Students make up 17 per cent of the voters in Cambridge so it is a very important night for them too. We are tweeting but live streaming a video too.” Two students we later interviewed were first time voters and a third had voted for the first time in 2010. They said they were interested in a range of issues such as: “Tuition fees, student grants, and the minimum wage.” One commented: “Trust is important to me too, there is so much uproar, it is difficult to know who to vote for”. All were still undecided as to how they would cast their votes. Perhaps the national pollsters, who got the result so wrong, should have spoken to them or come with us to a Hustings event.
Hustings: part one
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Reference Code : - SOBA 5/1/26
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Date : - 2015-4-4-2015-4-15 (creation)
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Description : - Covers the Unite Against Fascism in park picnic, April 4th; the Bike Debate hustings, April 7th; the Keep Our NHS Public hustings, April 13th; and the Buddhist hustings, April 15th. As described by the depositor: After a recent racist attack upon a woman wearing a head scarf in Petersfield Park in Cambridge City Centre, the Unite Against Fascism team sprang into action and organised a rally. Richard Rose, the organiser of the event said: “We want people to stand side by side with the victims of racism – we wanted to show that all sides were united against this attack, a broad swathe of people.” Cambridge is a cycling city, and the Cycling enthusiasts and discontents organised a Bike Hustings. The Green PPC Rupert Read told us: “There is a lot of concern about various transport issues in Cambridge, and a lot of concern about air pollution and gridlock on the streets etc. These are strong areas for us in the Green Party to campaign on”. Margaret Ridley Chair of Keep Our NHS Public, said: “We wanted to help people decide how to vote on the NHS. We had two hours and people could have gone on for longer. The candidates were wilting a bit at the end.” Jean Simpson, a member of Keep Our NHS Public told us: “The audience were more informed than the candidates on many of the issues and we wanted to inform them, TTIP (The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership) was one of them. They had not done their homework. I would vote on the single issue of the NHS.” Priananda Joseph, Organiser and Buddhist teacher said: “I wanted the members of this community to have an opportunity to meet the candidates and see how they respond to a wide range of issues. We don’t just sit under trees and meditate, we need to be as informed as possible, that was my desire. Buddhists lean in a green direction. If you believe in unlimited growth you are either mad or an economist.”
Deputy Political Editor of the Financial Times and Political Editor of the Guardian
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Reference Code : - SOBA 5/1/32
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Date : - 2015-4-30 (creation)
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Description : - Interview with Elizabeth Rigby Chair of the Parliamentary Press Lobby and Deputy Political Editor of the FT and Patrick Wintour, Political Editor of the Guardian . As described by the depositor: Elizabeth told us: “This is a very tight election and both sides are very nervous that any gaffe or mistake can swing the polls, so they are running a very, very tight contained and controlled Election. They don’t want journalists causing trouble and pulling people off message. They really want to avoid the sort of blow ups that walkabouts can create. They have intense media scrutiny, Twitter, Facebook, BuzzFeed, you have the national newspapers all with their online operations, you have 24 hour news channels. With so many media outlets it is very difficult to control the message, so all the political parties have responded by trying to control access. “Stories come on Twitter and disappear within a few hours. As journalists we try and step back and give our readers an intelligent distilled version of the “noise”. It is important to step back from Twitter and the daily thrust of a campaign, and convey to our readers the big themes and say these are the things that matter and that you need to know.” Patrick told us: “Most leaders travel by train or helicopter, the battle buses are left over from a different era that they pretend to be involved with. And the same thing with rallies, David Cameron on an industrial estate rally recently was basically him in a corner of an industrial estate with broadly about 50 people there. The photos on TV looked as if a large number of people were there, but they are all artificial. “I have about 38 or 39000 followers on Twitter. I was forced to Tweet by the paper at a G8 Summit in London and I was really cross about it. I thought this was a ridiculous format to try and explain in the number of characters you had (140) what was going on at the G8, which was very complicated with the collapse of the World economy, and I didn’t tweet for many years afterwards. “My front page lead today about the Coalitions proposed £8 billion of welfare cuts, came about because somebody I know trusted me, and told me. Twitter is a fantastic source of stories but if you don’t have friendships and loyalties as a political journalist you are not going to get big stories really.”
Richard Howitt, Labour MEP and Regional Campaign Manager
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Reference Code : - SOBA 5/1/18
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Date : - 2015-4-12-2015-5-7 (creation)
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Description : - Interviewed campaigning on a Super Sunday, April 12th, and on the night of the count after the vote was declared. As described by the depositor: Richard Howitt told us: “The last election five years ago was the first digital election, where social media played a role, and most people said at the time it was not significant, but this time social media has been a very active part of each party’s campaign including the Labour parties. Whether it swings any votes, we will have to wait until afterwards to know. In Cambridge we are trying to knock on every door as every vote is vital to us, but that wouldn’t be true in every seat, but it is true in Cambridge. You put more effort into some wards than others but we definitely don’t forsake the Labour vote. Most people don’t live and breathe politics, I do, but for others politics is very marginal. “We know how many promises we have got, and we have knocked on a high percentage of doors, but there is quite a lot that we haven’t and no party is able to. People say there are two seats in the country where Labour may move from third place to first and Cambridge is one of them. If we do that it will be a fantastic achievement and I believe we will.” We then interviewed Labour activists Holly, Ashely, Olivia, Fred, Rory and Maddie. Maddie, the Organiser of Super Sunday told us: “When we are preparing leaflets it is local people who know which streets go best together. I always ask the local team which place is the best to go to. When you do something together in a team it is actually quite straight forward. The best way to convince people is by speaking to them on the doorstep it is the best way.”
Unite Against Fascism picnic
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Reference Code : - SOBA 5/2/3
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Date : - 2015-4-4 (creation)
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Description : - Includes discussions with Julian Huppert MP; Oscar Gillespie, local Green Party City Council member; and Richard Rose, organiser of the event.
Brunswick and North Kite, Residents Association; U3A hustings
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Reference Code : - SOBA 5/2/15
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Date : - 2015-4-27 (creation)
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Description : - Includes interviews with Daniel Zeichner, labour candidate, at the U3A (University of the 3rd Age) hustings; and Sue Gordon- Roe, a postal voter who had helped organise the Brunswick and North Kite, Residents Association hustings.
Buddhist, Green Party hustings
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Reference Code : - SOBA 5/2/9
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Date : - 2015-4-15 (creation)
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Description : - Includes interviews with Green Party leader Natalie Bennett at Green Party Hustings, and P. Joseph, organiser of a Buddhist hustings on the same day.
Fiona Mactaggart MP - How lunch and a chat can pave the way for change: The work of the WPLP
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Reference Code : - SOBA 4/1/16
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Date : - 2015-07-16 (creation)
Ann Treneman, sketch writer for The Times, on the new House of Commons
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Reference Code : - SOBA 4/1/15
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Date : - 2015-06-27 (creation)
Vera Baird QC and PCC Northumbria - Saving Domestic Violence Refuges from closure
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Reference Code : - SOBA 4/1/51
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Date : - 2016-09-09 (creation)
Helen Jones MP - The Labour Opposition Day Debate and the WASPI Women
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Reference Code : - SOBA 4/1/37
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Date : - 2016-02-25 (creation)
Baroness Shirley Williams - The Europe Referendum June 23rd 2016
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Reference Code : - SOBA 4/1/42
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Date : - 2016-05-25 (creation)
Caroline Flint MP launches a Charter to help the children of alcoholics
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Reference Code : - SOBA 4/1/61
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Date : - 2017-02-22 (creation)
Gisela Stuart on her 20 year political career in Parliament and as Chair of Vote Leave
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Reference Code : - SOBA 4/1/69
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Date : - 2017-05-24 (creation)
Historian and author Elizabeth Crawford on Millicent Fawcett and Elizabeth Garrett Anderson
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Reference Code : - SOBA 4/1/82
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Date : - 2017-10-06 (creation)
Lucy Allan MP: The last PMQs before the Summer Recess and a question about CSE
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Reference Code : - SOBA 4/1/76
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Date : - 2017-07-19 (creation)
Harriet Harman Q and As for #IWD2018 after her speech
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Reference Code : - SOBA 1/12
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Date : - 2018-03-06 (creation)
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Description : - Harriet Harman MP gives her view on getting more women and black, asian, minority ethnic MPs into Westminster and the barriers they face. She comments: 'what are we training them for, to become Winston Churchill in the Darkest Hour!". Harman says that this is not about doing different groups of people 'a favour', Parliament has to be representative, it is a necessity. Harman notes that when she came into Parliament it was like it was during the 'Darkest Hour' film. It is not Harman's position to train new MPs, she says, they need and will find their own path.
Layla Moran MP and Paula Sheriff MP - Period Poverty Debate Westminster Hall
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Reference Code : - SOBA 4/1/93
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Date : - 2017-11-29 (creation)
Interview with economist Vicky Pryce - 50 years on and still NO equal pay in #Vote100 year
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Reference Code : - SOBA 1/15
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Date : - 2018-03-15 (creation)
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Description : - Pryce begins explaining why she thinks women do not get paid equally; stating that it is either because of the culture of organisations or because they have children. She states that women in their 20s earn more than men in many professions, but into their 30s, they do not. Often, organisations are not prepared to allow anyone to work flexibly. Many organisations lose women too early for them to end up in senior positions. Sones asks about the attitude of women in corporate situations, Pryce agrees it to be an issue in how women are educated but that the evidence does not suggest this. Women do better at University and earn more in their 20s, there must be wrong with the way private sector organisations are managing this as they think too short-term. Pryce argues that we need to ensure women are treated in the same way as men and quotas for senior positions in an array of sectors.
Interview with The Liberal Democrat Peer Baroness Shirley Williams and former Labour foreign office minister Denis McShane
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Reference Code : - SOBA 1/23
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Date : - 2018-04-23 (creation)
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Description : - Williams and McShane speak to Parliamentary Radio about the @TutuFoundation #PeaceSummit2018 @RegentsUni in London. Sones and Williams are talking from the Desmond Tutu Peace Summit 2018, Sones asks about nationalism and Brexit. Williams agrees that we're going through a period of nationalism, but that the hope is the creation a global system of law. Williams and Sones discuss the importance of Brexit and the willingness to say that the process is not working. McShane is asked about mediating conflict with discussion, he talks about England's approach to treaties and solving conflict through discussion. McShane was said to have created the term 'Brexit', Sones asks about the conflict associated with it and McShane questions what 'negotiations' mean in this context in reference laws and regulations. McShane argues that the Government and Jeremy Corbyn have failed to mediate with the British public. Sones asks about 'Remainers' and McShane responds arguing that they are not true positions to hold and is sad that younger generations will not have the same rights as him to travel and live, just because Rupert Murdoch and Nigel Farage wanted it.
Interview with Jo Swinson MP on Artificial Intelligence and Ethics
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Reference Code : - SOBA 1/3
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Date : - 2018-01-17 (creation)
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Description : - Jo Swinson MP for East Dunbartonshire and Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democrats discusses her debate in Westminster Hall today on Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Ethics. Swinson warns about the ethical considerations with AI. Swinson and Sones talk through the concerns regarding medical operations and how we help people re-skill and re-train. Indeed Swinson discusses the biases and discrimination within systems in courts and recruitment and government challenging practice. Sones and Swinson discuss sex robots and stereotypes around women and working with Matt Hancock MP.
Interview with Vicky Ford MP: #AskHerToStand, Proxy Voting, Brexit White Paper and on her Prime Minister Theresa May
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Reference Code : - SOBA 1/39
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Date : - 2018-07-19 (creation)
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Description : - Ford, Conservative MP for Chelmsford, chairs the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the House of Commons, this week with others she laid a wreath at the statue of Emmeline Pankhurst to commemorate Pankhurst's birthday. Ford had been attending Pankhurst parties and she is part of a movement which is encouraging women from all parties to come forward and stand for parliament with the campaign group #AskHerToStand. Sones asks about the week's events in Westminster as the government got its amendments to the Brexit White Paper through when four Labour MPs voted with it.
Interview with Lucy Allan MP: Child Sexual Exploitation - CSE
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Reference Code : - SOBA 1/36
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Date : - 2018-06-27 (creation)
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Description : - Allen, MP for Telford talks about Child Sexual Exploitation, upskirting, the expansion of Heathrow Airport and why she strongly supports Brexit two years on from the vote to leave. On CSE, Allan talks about working with the Sikh community in Telford who help feed the homeless and how they feel discriminated against as a 'Muslim Gang' as people group those of Asian origin. When discussing Heathrow and Brexit, Allen voted in favour of a new runway and this is especially the case when looking to expand our horizons post-Brexit.