The “Hackney Heroine” Pauline Pearce has applied to be the Liberal Democrat candidate in Hitchin for the General Election:
From the Hertfordshire Mercury:
Pauline Pearce – dubbed the Heroine of Hackney – could stand as the Lib Dems’ candidate for Hitchin in next year’s General Election.
The Hackney resident, who moved from Hitchin eight years ago, said: “Plain and simple, it’s home to me.
“I’m a Hitchin girl, I know quite a bit about the issues down there, especially concerning the youngsters.
“I want to help kids and let them know what they can do to open their eyes and turn their lives around.”
Miss Pearce has yet to be formally selected to contest the Hitchin and Harpenden seat, currently held by Tory Peter Lilley, but hopes are high.She became a symbol of Londoners’ outrage at the wave of criminality which followed the death of Mark Duggan in 2012.
After the clip went viral, she was courted by politicians and community leaders, even expressing her intention to stand for Lib Dem president.
Pauline has since been elected to the Party’s Federal Executive.
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