Sutton Coldfield Hustings
On Tuesday we were priviliged and delighted to put on the Sutton Coldfield Debates - the parlimentary hustings for Sutton Coldfield. We'd organised this is in a little over three weeks which brought its own challenges but was also quite exciting. We arrived at the...
Hustings in Hodge Hill
On Monday night I attended my first Hustings! The meeting was hosted in a classroom at Colebourne Primary School, Hodge Hill. It was a cosy but lively affair with around forty people in attendance, including all six candidates standing in the constituency. In the...
Council Candidates Respond to our Election Survey
Over the past few weeks we have been contacting candidates from Birmingham City Council to get their views on a number of environmental issues. We asked candidates how much they agreed or disagreed with 11 key environmental questions. The survey questions are as...
Parliamentary Candidates Respond to our Election Survey
Over the past few weeks we've been emailing all Birmingham parliamentary candidates to get their views on a number of important environmental issues. We asked candidates how much they agreed or disagreed with 9 key environmental questions. The survey questions were as...
Election Debating in Selly Oak
Last Wednesday I made a decision to spend my evening (or a good part of it) at the Selly Oak Parliamentary Election Hustings. As someone who sometimes has a rather ambivalent view of the parliamentary system, this might have seemed a strange decision, and it probably...
Questions to ask Candidates at Parliamentary Hustings
Birmingham Friends of the Earth have put together 17 tough questions to ask MPs at hustings on some of the most pressing environmental issues facing the UK. They are a mixture of questions that Friends of the Earth EWNI are asking parties and candidates, questions...
