We had a good Rothwell Labour Party meeting this week. We had a lively discussion about what we all thought about recent national issues, including the devastating recent Euro election results, the expenses scandal, ID cards and elected mayors. We also talked about the issues local to us such as the incinerator which is to be built near us, that our MP is retiring, the fact that Oulton residents are feeling the effects of having lost their library, are amongst some of the subjects we got around to discussing. Contrary to popular belief, local Labour Party meetings don’t just have to be boring and just talking about ‘the dog muck’. There’s a lot for us Labour Party members to do to restore trust with the electorate and we’ll have to start afresh and not take any vote for granted, as the recent Euro elections have shown and so now is an exciting time for anyone to get involved and be a part of the renewal of our party. I’m looking forward to our Elmet and Rothwell constituency meeting next week where we’ll hear from Colin Burgon MP about all the current issues and where all members will have a chance to get their voices heard.
90 years ago today women got the vote
That's still cause for celebration in itself, and especially as we now have a woman running for the most powerful job in the world, the US President, go Hillary! The whole race over there is very exciting and it's also great to see the first black person Barack Obama in the running too. I think they're both great candidates, and I only hope that one of them can beat the republicans.
Although things have come a long way in 90 years, there's still a long way to go and we should keep fighting so that everyone has equal rights.
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