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Labour:Coast&Country’s Annual Gathering @ Connected
Join us on Sunday 20th September from 1pm to 2pm on Zoom for our regular lunchtime fringe event bringing together coast and country party members and advocates. We’ll continue our tradition of taking the air on the issues and solutions being seen and explored by coast and country members and CLPs, with Colin Smyth MSP,…
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How Starmer’s Labour plans to prioritise rural and coastal communities | Sienna Rodgers | LabourList
Copied below is a LabourList article by Sienna Rodgers following our Virtual Coast & Country Conference on Saturday 5th September, you can view the original post on the LabourList website here. Voters in rural and coastal communities are considered a key target by Keir Starmer’s Labour ahead of the next general election – the online…
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Building Back Better on the Coast and in the Country | Alex Mayer
This weekend will be the first ‘first weekend of September’ in many years when I will not be in the pretty Norfolk village of Burston. This important date in the calendar for those of us in the Labour and trade union movement in East Anglia, counters the idea that our radical past was only based…
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Labour must stand with Britain’s rural workforce | Hywel Lloyd
In these extraordinary times, the opportunity to imagine other times and places, to daydream, or to simply enjoy the imaginary worlds of TV and radio, have been a solace to many as they manage their lives from home. For many, the most appreciated ‘place’ is their regular dose of soap – not the hand-washing sort,…
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Join us for our Virtual Coast & Country Conference!
The countdown is on to our first ever Virtual Coast & Country Conference on Saturday 5th September from 10am till 2pm, check out the agenda and RSVP below: 10:00 WELCOME. Hywel Lloyd, Co-Founder, Labour: COAST&COUNTRY. 10:05 A VIEW FROM THE COAST AND THE COUNTRY. Chair: Cllr Pam Buchan, Plymouth City Council & Labour: COAST&COUNTRY. Cllr…
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Virtual Conference | SAVE THE DATE!
We’re delighted to announce that we’ll be holding a Virtual Rural Conference later this year. There’s still a few details to finalise before we confirm the agenda and speakers, but please save the date now and do let us know if you’d like to take part! Saturday 5th September 10am – 2pm If you’d like…
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Organise To Win with David Drew | Zoom Event
Join us for an informal Zoom discussion on Thursday (25th) at 6:45pm about the organisational tools needed by rural and coastal CLPs to win and the motions we should send to this year’s virtual party conference to make that a reality. We’ll be joined for the session by David Drew, the former MP for Stroud and Shadow…
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The challenges of COVID-19 for rural communities | David Drew
The last few months have been particularly difficult for rural communities as they have for the rest of the country. Obviously COVID has hit rural areas particularly hard but the issue has been made worse by this Government’s pursuit of a free trade deal with the US whatever the dire consequences. This has caused consternation…
