Sheila Griffin

Mary Honeyball MEP organised this Symposium as a launch for a campaign to gather signatures on a Written Declaration to the European Parliament.  (Similar to Early Day Motions in Westminster).

 There were a number of speakers.  One strong message was that prostitution is a barrier towards equality, but makes women objects not human beings, it is modern slavery.  It also indicates the status of women in society.  Gunella Ekburg talked about the new law in Sweden, where it is against the law to pay for sex.  Traffickers, pimps, and  users should be charged in the same trial.  Italy also has strong laws and allows those giving evidence to be shielded from the traffickers.  At present the U.K. is seen as a good country in which to traffick women and children. 

Myself with Mary Honeyball.

More will be heard about this subject in the near future.

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Cllr Mama's Surgery Notice has been delivered inside a UKIP propaganda paper.  What does this mean?

After much controversy Rose Theatre is open and active.  The play chosen to open the theatre was Uncle Vanya, and the cast were all well known actors.  It was an excellent evening.  Rose Theatre is up and running so residents of London come and support your new theatre.  You can have a very nice meal in a riverside restaurant before the performance and enjoy a drink in the bar.

Here's to Rose!

'Well done Hillary'  

The Cambridge Road Estate Community Group open the New Year with Gala for the children.  As usual everyone, including the adults, really enjoyed themselves.

Geraldine and Doreen are taking the money.

A great thanks to the helpers, Denise, Mary & Jill, welcome to Max Freedman.  The remaining are David my husband, and Belinda of the Safer Neighbourhood Team.