Podcast feedInterview with Will Blair: Parliamentary candidate for the Conservative Party in Holborn and St Pancras
Next year’s General Election will mark a watershed for Camden as the long serving Labour MP for Holborn and St Pancras, Frank Dobson, will be retiring. His party have yet to announce who will take his place as candidate, but the Conservative Party have chosen theirs. Will Blair is already busy campaigning while holding down a full time job. He took time out of his schedule to come into our studio and talked to Ann Carroll about his fondness for Camden, his background, handling social media and the threat from Ukip. She began by asking him why he was standing.
The full list of candidates is:
Natalie Bennett, Green Party
Will Blair, Conservative Party
Jill Fraser, Liberal Democrat Party
Vanessa Helen Hudson, Animal Welfare Party
Shane O’Donnell, Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol
David O’Sullivan, Socialist Equality Party
Maxine Spencer, UK Independence Party
Keir Starmer, Labour Party
Package by: Ann Carroll
- Keir Starmer talks to Ann Carroll
- Labour Party Candidate
- Jill Fraser talks to Ann Carroll
- Liberal Democrat Candidate
- Natalie Bennett talks to Ann Carroll
- Green Party Candidate
- Back to Camden Community Radio
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Interview with Keir Starmer: Parliamentary candidate for the Labour Party in Holborn and St Pancras
There’s a new Labour Candidate in Town. After more than thirty years as MP for Holborn and St Pancras, Frank Dobson is standing down and the party has chosen Sir Keir Starmer to fight the seat. He’s a Barrister, specialising in Human Rights issues and was Director of Public Prosecutions for five years before leaving the post in 2013. Camden Community Radio caught up with him at Labour’s local office where he spoke about tackling the constituency’s problems, lowering the voting age and how he doesn’t like being called SIR Keir – “It’s Keir” he insists. Our reporter, Ann Carroll, began by asking him what he feels he brings to Camden.
The full list of candidates is:
Natalie Bennett, Green Party
Will Blair, Conservative Party
Jill Fraser, Liberal Democrat Party
Vanessa Helen Hudson, Animal Welfare Party
Shane O’Donnell, Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol
David O’Sullivan, Socialist Equality Party
Maxine Spencer, UK Independence Party
Keir Starmer, Labour Party
Package by: Ann Carroll
Recording: Marian Larragy
- More about Keir Starmer
- Leader of the Opposition
- Interview with Jill Fraser
- Liberal Democrat Party Candidate
- Interview with Natalie Bennett
- Green Party Candidate
- Interview with Will Blair
- Conservative Party Candidate
- AnotherCatherine Carroll interview
- Sharon Sexton as Lisa Minelli
- Back to Camden Community Radio
- Follow Camden Community Radio on Twitter
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What's on in Camden from 12th April 2015
15th April: Camden History Group hosts Danny Nissim on changes to the South Bank: 16th April: Ruth Leibman ‘The Spring Collection’ opens at WAC: 17h April: ‘Score’ opens at Camden People’s Theatre: April 22nd, ‘Workers before during and after the 1916 Rising’: Ongoing: ‘Four Visions for the Future of Housing’ is at the Royal Academy. Into your calendar for May 1st: ‘Speakeasy Jazzmen’ at Camden Square Gardens; Book ahead for London Irish Writers Summer School.
Read by: Angela Routley, Daniela Manning, Freddy Chick, Joe Hughes & Marian Larragy.
Edited by: Marian Larragy
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Newscast January 2015
First up is Tom Boyle’s report on volunteering in Camden. He meets with Sheila Norris from the Volunteer Centre Camden then takes a trip to Hampstead Cemetery to meet Green Gym volunteers. Go to a monthly volunteer fair or visit the website.
Next, Marian brings us a story about the Wikipedia page for King’s Cross Central. The question is, how should this area be described and who should be doing the describing? Marian talks to Rebecca Ross, a lecturer at Central St Martin’s and organiser of the event to rewrite King’s Cross Central wikipedia page.
Packages by: Tom Boyle, Marian Larragy
Edited & Presented: Freddy Chick
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Camden's Top Cheerleaders Are Off to Rome!!
We do love to celebrate New Year and what better group to help us do that than Cheerleaders? Now when we think of Cheerleaders we may associate them with America, but while its roots may be there, it’s a movement that‘s thriving in Britain, and even in our own backyard in Camden.
And it’s not just about entertainment. The activities promote health, community, family and acceptance. Our local group, London Infinity Elite, usually takes part in the New Year Parade in London, but this year they’ve been invited to Italy for the first ever event of its kind there. Just before the group took off their inspirational founder, Valerie Amajoutt, came into our studios and talked to Ann Carroll who asked; What was she expecting from this New Year’s Parade in Rome?
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