State Of Play

- We’re planning a series of fundraising concerts (for each concert, one acoustic, two “rock” acts) to provide us with an overall profit of £500 for our deposit for the next general election. If we make 5% or better in the general election, we get the money back, hooray!

- We will have 6000-copy ward newsletters in Cheylesmore for November 2008, February 2009, and May 2009. Why Cheylesmore? It’s part of Coventry South (where we will run at the general election). We’ve run there the last two local elections (Bryn Tittle in 2007; Aisa Kara in 2008). Kevin Foster is a Cheylesmore councillor (he’s the Tory candidate for Coventry South). Hazel Noonan is a Cheylesmore councillor (she’s the cabinet member for City Services, and the Tory candidate for Coventry North-East). Cheylesmore is also next door to both the incinerator and the airport.

- We are continuing our monthly series of “Canal Walks” – on the last Sunday of each month, we gather at the Coventry Peace House, to, oddly enough, walk up the canal to the Greyhound Inn at Sutton Stop. It’s a great way to socialise and exchange ideas.

- We will be writing a series of letters to local Labour MPs, calling upon them to sign Early Day Motions. EDMs are like straw polls for MPs (non-binding, but an indication of where their political sympathies lie).

- We will continue maintaining the very blog that you’re reading now (which is up to about 80 visits per weekday).