Stoke-on-Trent Central
Ex British National Party member and Stoke-on-Trent City Councillor Ellie Walker will be confirmed as the latest recruit to the city’s newest political group Community Voice. Mrs Walker represents the people of the former BNP stronghold Abbey Green. She is the wife of former BNP Group Leader Alby who left the far right party amidst a storm of publicity surrounding the selection of the party’s PPC for Stoke-on-Trent Central.
Stoke-on-Trent Central MP Tristram Hunt [Lab] is for the debate over Academy type schools to move from their governance to what is actually taught in them. In a letter to the Guardian Newspaper, Tristram highlights his concerns over the teaching of Science in academies being significantly lower than in council controlled schools. Stoke-on-Trent escaped the government cuts in the BSF programme and as a result 5 academy type schools will be built across the city.
Newly-elected Stoke-on-Trent MP Tristram Hunt explains why continued government investment in education and skills is so vital for 'cities in transition' [quote]Struggling cities‚ challenging cities‚ cities in transition‚ these are today's buzz words for the public policy of managing change in industrial cities.
Tristram Hunt in his recent Sentinel article identifies the central problems that have beset my hometown-Stoke on Trent- but it is a problem that has probably existed from since post Second World War. A reading of any local newspaper from before the 1950s will inform anyone that the long-term decline of the area is nearly getting on for 50 years.
Stoke-on-Trent Central Member of Parliament Tristram Hunt gave his maiden Commons speech yesterday [Monday]. Tristram succeeded veteran MP Mark Fisher in the Labour Party stronghold of Stoke Central following a controversial selection procedure prior to the 2010 General Election. However, he has put all that behind him and is tipped as one of the Labour Party’s rising stars. His speech, in full, was as follows:
The Labour Party have placed party stalwart and Chairman of the Stoke-on-Trent CLP under administrative suspension. The move comes after a series of high profile bust ups in the months leading up to the Local & General Elections. A number of leading Stoke Central Labour Party activists have since walked out of the party.
Tony Walley speaks to Gary Elsby Independet candidate in Stoke-on-Trent Central.
Tony Walley Interview with Simon Darby, BNP candidate for Stoke-on-Trent Central
Cameron, Clegg and Brown have been doing their best to hide their main policy – to carry out savage attacks on public sector jobs and services, to continue sacrificing the lives of young soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan and talking up a capitalist market system that’s created mass unemployment, job insecurity and a desperate future for millions.
Election Special: Norsheen Bhatti Conservative PPC for Stoke-on-Trent Central Clashes with the BNP
30 Apr 2010
Norsheen Bhatti the Conservative Party Candidate for Stoke-on-Trent Central is one determined lady. Her selection was not without controversy when it was revealed that Norsheen was a part-time belly dancer. She has taken her campaign to the people of Stoke-on-Trent Central and she is encouraged by the positive reaction and the support she has received whilst out canvassing. Last night [Wednesday] Norsheen crossed swords with British National Party PPC & Deputy Chairman Simon Darby at a husti
