Tonight will see the final Seedley and Langworthy Trust “Salford Question Time” event at Salford Arts Theatre, just off Liverpool Street in the heart of Langworthy.
Chaired by Gerry Stone, the panelists are: Salford Lib Dem leader Councillor Norman Owen (Parliamentary Candidate for Salford & Eccles), Labour MP for Salford Hazel “chequewaver” Blears, cardboard cut-out Tory Mathew Sephton, Salford Advertiser reporter Pamela Welsh and Alex Halligan who is secretary of the Salford TUC.
It all kicks off at 7pm and it’ll be interesting to see if Hazel has bussed in her supporters to hijack the event with prepared questions or, maybe, we’ll have a balanced night with thought provoking questions from all sides of the spectrum (both political and non-political).
I’m told this isn’t a hustings (the stage wouldn’t be big enough for all the declared Salford & Eccles candidates anyway!) – but it’s still an important pre-election test for the three main party candidates.
Hope to see you there!
Hello Steve, I do hope you post this out of fairness.
Youve been to most of the SQT debates so you know it wasnt a husting-it was initiated through the CLG Take Part programme. SQT was never about the panellists but about community participation and involvement. Being mindful that this type of honest unfetterred event is democracy in action,lets just take a minute to applaud the the event, all the panellists that participated in all 4 events, the organisers & the most importantly the audience for engaging in the whole process-because thats what is was all about.