CH1
"Red Guard"(NLYL)
Vaushall RVT Hustings
I went to this event on Saturday afternoon. The atmosphere was very different to the Herne Hill hustings the previous Tuesday, which was a capacity 300 crowd in the Half Moon Baptist Church.
The Royal Vauxhall Tavern is not an exceptionally large pub, and I would be surprised if there were many more than 100 at the hustings. Compèring was a bit different at the RVT too.
My most memorable take-ways were:
1. Lib Dem candidate Sarah Lewis saying chem sex drugs should be legalised - and access to addiction services improved. [that might have raised some eyebrows in Herne Hill Baptist Church]
2. Andrew McGuinness, BREXIT party guy was both eccentric and direct. When asked by Stonewall about trans people's rights he said he was in favour of everybody's rights, but this aspect was such a small section of the community it wasn't worth bothering with.
The compère retorted - "You heard it first here!" which seemed the only response in the circumstances.
The compère offered up a personal story on the NHS. He said his GP practice had been taken over by Lloyds Pharmacy, and when after a month-long wait he got an appointment it was with pharmacist, not a doctor, which he said was a cost-saving measure.
I haven't been able to trace any GP surgery which is owned by Lloyds Parmacy, can anyone point me in the right direction? Just curious.
I went to this event on Saturday afternoon. The atmosphere was very different to the Herne Hill hustings the previous Tuesday, which was a capacity 300 crowd in the Half Moon Baptist Church.
The Royal Vauxhall Tavern is not an exceptionally large pub, and I would be surprised if there were many more than 100 at the hustings. Compèring was a bit different at the RVT too.
My most memorable take-ways were:
1. Lib Dem candidate Sarah Lewis saying chem sex drugs should be legalised - and access to addiction services improved. [that might have raised some eyebrows in Herne Hill Baptist Church]
2. Andrew McGuinness, BREXIT party guy was both eccentric and direct. When asked by Stonewall about trans people's rights he said he was in favour of everybody's rights, but this aspect was such a small section of the community it wasn't worth bothering with.
The compère retorted - "You heard it first here!" which seemed the only response in the circumstances.
The compère offered up a personal story on the NHS. He said his GP practice had been taken over by Lloyds Pharmacy, and when after a month-long wait he got an appointment it was with pharmacist, not a doctor, which he said was a cost-saving measure.
I haven't been able to trace any GP surgery which is owned by Lloyds Parmacy, can anyone point me in the right direction? Just curious.