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Eastern Green Party Euro-campaign officially launched!

The Cambridge LAUNCH of the Eastern Region campaign to get a Green MEP elected in 2009 was took place on Saturday the 20th. It went very nicely, even having a nice sunny day for it... See the launch photograph at http://rupertread.fastmail.co.uk/eastern%20region%20launch%20pic.JPG . In the centre are myself and the number two and three candidates on the Green Party list, James Abbott and Peter Lynn.

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Anonymous said…
Hi Rupert
Congratulations on the launch. A bit surprised to see that the top 3 candidates are all male - don't you have any gender balance rules for your Euro list in Eastern Region?
Best wishes

Sue
21 October 2007 at 23:05
Rupert said…
No, no gender balance rules. People are invited to take it into account when they vote.
Anyhow, don't we need a first ever male Green Euro-MP from England?!...
;-)
24 October 2007 at 22:02
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