The Liberal Democrat candidate for the upcoming Lewisham East by-election is Lucy Salek.
Lucy is currently the director and founder of an organisation supporting the global aid and development sector as well as Chair of the charity Action for Refugees in Lewisham. She has worked in the humanitarian aid sector for over a decade, working in a variety of roles, including as a volunteer overseas. Prior to this, she worked for the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association in Parliament.
Lucy said:
I am really honoured to be able to represent the area in which I grew up and now live. Now, more than ever, society appears fractured, and during my campaign I will focus on the need to address these deep divides and work together as a community. In this month’s local election we have shown that the Liberal Democrats are still a force to be reckoned with, and I am positive we will continue our success in this by-election.
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We are currently second favourites at 16-1 with the Greens at 100-1 and Conservatives at 66-1.
Lewisham East was one of the most Remain areas at the referendum – voting almost 2-1 for Remain.
Clearly we can use the by-election to encourage the electorate to send a message to the vacillating Labour party (and the Tories) on Europe.
No time to waste – the by-election is on 14th June. Let’s all pile in!!!!!!
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https://www.lewisham.gov.uk/mayorandcouncil/elections/Pages/Lewisham-East-constituency-by-election-on-June-14-2018.aspx
https://sports.ladbrokes.com/en-gb/betting/politics/uk/uk-politics/lewisham-east-by-election/226838919/
A win here would throw a road block in the path of Corbyn. Time for a Lib Dem ground game to be put into operation.
Michael 1 12th May ’18 – 11:37pm…………We are currently second favourites at 16-1 with the Greens at 100-1 and Conservatives at 66-1…………………..
And Labour are favourite at 1-33. ‘Bookies don’t ride bikes’
Time to Get : Europeans, The 48 %, Forum For EU Citizens (the 3 Million), Exit From Brexit ………….to Back Lucy, Onwards and Upwards !! Nick Cotter (Bicester, Oxon) .
Post the contact info for campaign HQ 🙂 🙂 Let’s get to work
Yes please put up all the details of how to help. I’ll be rushing over there to deliver leaflets and will have plenty of time week after next.
Our first leaflets have gone out, but is it right to keep highlighting Brexit, we have the radical social policies to put over?
Yes but full details of how to help on here are needed, party office etc.
Some updates on the Lewisham East by-election
There are details on how to help the by-election at https://www.libdems.org.uk/lewisham-events and https://www.libdems.org.uk/byelections – including delivery this weekend and how to make phone calls from home etc.
Labour have pushed back their selection from last Wednesday to 9.30am this Saturday according to Labourlist – https://labourlist.org/2018/05/how-is-labours-lewisham-east-selection-race-going/
The Conservatives have selected Ross Archer according to their website https://www.lewishamconservatives.org.uk/news/lewisham-conservatives-select-ross-archer-parliamentary-candidate-lewisham-east
But as I posted the neighbouring Conservative MP for Beckenham, Bob Stewart has conceded, defeat saying on Sunday Politics London that they had “absolutely no chance” on BBCSunday Politics London https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0b0w8l8/sunday-politics-london-13052018 – leaving it a two horse race between us and Labour .
And with a large BAME community (about 44%), Windrush is likely to also impact on the Tory vote.
There is a report on the UKIP candidate on Pink News at https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2018/05/14/ukip-david-kurten-lewisham-east-anti-gay/
(Nominations close on Monday)
The Mayor’s report on the effect of Brexit on London is at https://www.london.gov.uk/sites/default/files/preparing_for_brexit_final_report.pdf
In short a Brexit especially outside the customs union and the single market is dire for London and probably even more for Lewisham that will suffer a chill wind blowing down from the city.
Perhaps the Mods could do a post for those not delving through old comment threads?