1066 English Democrats Invited to Attend Public Political Debate

1066 English Democrats have been invited to attend an open public political debate in Hastings.

The Chairman of the Hastings Branch of the Federation of Small Businesses, Lord Brett McLean, made a point of inviting Rod Bridger, who is standing for the English Democrats in the Hastings & Rye Constituency, after the local paper, the Hastings Observer, raised doubts about the event taking place after the BNP were invited to attend.

The Observer, it is fair to say, is not a fan of the English Democrats and does an excellent job of trying to ignore the existence of the party, referring to us as 'Extreme Right-Wing' and 'Anti-Immigrant'. The paper steadfastly refuses to put into print any retraction or any communication from the local party. Ironically, at the same time as referring to us as Extreme Right Wing etc, the Observer did manage to refer to the BNP as 'Controversial'!

The 25th March is the date and the location is the Crown House, 57 Marina St Leonards. The debate begins at 7.00 pm. All Parliamentary Candidates from the parties contesting the election will be on the platform - Rod Bridger for the English Democrats, Michael Foster, the current MP for Labour, Ann Rudd for the Tory party, Nick Perry Liberal and Nick Prince BNP.

It promises to be a lively evening and is a wonderful opportunity for us to raise our profile in the area, which is something that we desperately need to do. This will be the first time that I have had the opportunity to do this type of thing and is somewhat daunting, particularly considering the experience of the other politicians that will be there.

Please come along to give me some support on that evening. Tell your friends and bring them as well, raise a coach party or a special train, anything but please come and support English Democrats 1066 on 25th March!