Tottenham Carnival 2008

Tottenham Labour at Tottenham Carnival

Tottenham Labour Party had a fantastic and successful day at the Tottenham Carnival last weekend.

There was a lot of support for the Tottenham Young Labour Petition on tougher sentences for people caught carrying knives. We recognise that this is not the whole solution to the problem, but we believe that it is certainly part of the solution.

Almost everyone who passed our stall wanted to sign the petition and we ended up with over four hundred signatures from people at the carnival. This petition will now be sent to the Home Secretary and the Prime Minister, sending a message from the people of Tottenham that enough is enough.

To contact Tottenham Young Labour you can email haringeyyounglabour@gmail.com.

The Tottenham Labour Party Youth Officer is Marlon Bruce (first picture and below).

Southall Black Sisters

There was also support for the Save the Southall Black Sisters campaign, which we are actively supporting. The Southall Black Sisters have been the pre-eminent women’s rights and anti domestic violence charity for women from black and ethnic minority communities. They have done outstanding work on forced marriage and so-called honour killings and have saved the lives of many many women since they started work in 1979. Ealing’s Tory Council has now threatened to cut their core funding, which Ealing Council has provided since the 1970s. As a result the organisation may have to close. This would be a great shame for many individual women who look to SBS for help, as well as a sad day for the women’s rights movement.

For more information on how to help Save SBS, see http://www.southallblacksisters.org.uk/ and the

Save the Southall Black Sisters group on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=36723275296&ref=mf.

David Lammy at The Tottenham Carnival

David Lammy MP attended the Tottenham Carnival, helped out on the Labour Party stall and spoke with many constituents.

David said:

“I was delighted to attend Tottenham Carnival and to meet and talk with the people of Tottenham. This was especially nice amidst the vibrant carnival colours, the wonderful food, the music and dancing, and the great carnival atmosphere. The Tottenham Carnival is a very special event in the Tottenham calendar and I am very pleased to see it going from strength to strength each year.”

For information abut David’s work, see http://www.davidlammy.co.uk.

To make an appointment to see David Lammy, or if you have an issue you wish to raise with David Lammy, you can contact him by calling 020 7219 0767 or email mail@davidlammy.co.uk or write to David Lammy MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA

Mayor & Councillors

We were also visited by the Labour Mayor of Haringey, Alan Dobbie, as well as young councillors from Haringey (Cllr Dilek Dogus and Cllr Emma Jones) and Hackney (Cllr Feryat Demirci) Labour Groups. It was great to have some inter-borough solidarity and they really helped to make it a great day.