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Ed’s weekend – 7-9 June 2019

By The Voice | Sun 9th June 2019 - 8:00 pm

On Friday, Ed made the long journey to Aberdeen – 7.5 hours on a train from London.

The first hustings took place there but, first, a look back to an op ed he did last week for the New Statesman on LGBT rights:

Over the last 50 years, the hard work by campaigners and rights groups has seen the UK take hugely progressive steps in the right direction. In my lifetime alone our country has overcome so many barriers in the fight for equality. I am proud to have been a part of this fight and particularly proud to have introduced the amendment to repeal the abhorrent Section 28 in 2003 and to have been a part of legislating for equal marriage when Liberal Democrats were in government. It is shocking to recall how recently the UK banned the “promotion” of homosexuality in Britain’s schools (under Section 28) and denied people the right to marry the person they love because of their gender.

https://twitter.com/wilsjen/status/1137075694347964416

And then on to more hustings at a a beautiful venue in Edinburgh:

https://twitter.com/VGibbs30/status/1137353014568726529

The final hustings of the weekend was in Newcastle

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