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Election Hustings! 18 April! 11am! St Mark’s Churchyard! Election Hustings!

A General Election hustings for the Vauxhall constituency has been called by Steve Coulson, the Vicar of St. Mark’s Kennington, and Chair of the Friends of St. Mark’s Churchyard. The outdoor event will take place at St Mark’s on 18 April as part of the popular Oval Farmer’s Market.   The Vicar observes: “You will know the extraordinary historic link that Kennington Park has with open air democracy, and the Friends sought to maintain that tradition by hosting open air hustings for last year’s Council elections. There were a good number of the public attending the Saturday morning market who appreciated that opportunity to meet candidates.”     The site is of great historical interest. St Mark’s stands on the site of 16th Century gallows. Hopefully the hustings on 18 April should be slightly kinder on any candidate who might be slightly economical with the truth. The Chartists movement also…

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HAVE YOU REGISTERED TO VOTE IN THE GENERAL ELECTION?

The General Election is on 7 May this year and it’s your chance to have your say on who should form the next Government. Without much fanfare, the system for voter registration in the UK has been changed. At the last General Election, one person in every household was responsible for registering everyone else. Under the new regime, each person is required to register to vote individually. Many haven’t yet done so, and hundreds of thousands of people have reportedly fallen off the electoral register – possibly without realising. Could you be one of them? Whether or not you intend on voting for any political party or candidate, the act of registering is an important way of exercising your hard-won right to vote. Register now at www.gov.uk/register-to-vote or http://lambeth.gov.uk/elections-and-council/elections/register-to-vote. DO IT TODAY! DO IT NOW!   If you’re not on the Electoral Register before 20 April you will not be…

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