Holy Trinity host hustings
With just over a week until May 6th, there’s a chance to question the Norwich South election candidates tomorrow night. The hustings will be at Holy Trinity Church on Trinity Street.
Last week’s hustings hosted by the Union of UEA Students saw the race for Norwich South described as a “four-way marginal” by the chair. Candidates know every vote counts for this seat in particular. Charles Clarke (Lab), Antony Little(Cons), Simon Wright (Lib Dem) and Adrian Ramsay (Green) took questions from an audience of over 200 students on subjects such as tuition fees, student housing and graduate jobs.
This week it’s the turn of the Christian community to question the four leading candidates. The organisers, Transforming Norwich, hope to give churchgoers a chance to ask the candidates questions which are important to people of faith. The meeting is also open to members of the public.
It’ll be chaired by the Archdeacon of Norwich Ven Jan Mcfarlane. She said: ”Christians take seriously their responsibility to vote and the candidates have recognised that they are a significant section of the electorate. We are looking forward to having the opportunity to ask the candidates searching questions about the way in which they hope to influence our local community in the coming months and years.”
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