David Miliband drops by
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He was Foreign Secretary for three years under Gordon Brown
and could have been addressing the Labour Party conference in
Liverpool as its leader last month.
Instead, David Miliband was at a community centre in Canterbury
meeting people from the Northgate ward, the only ward in the city
which has a Labour councillor.
The 46-year-old had been invited to Canterbury by Labour
students at Kent University and was due to speak to them on
Wednesday night.
But first he visited the Northgate Ward Community Centre in
Military Road where he met Labour students.
Speaking to the Gazette, he said: "We have some very active and
campaigning students here in Kent and I have spoken to them about
politics.
"We have been talking about the big changes taking place in
politics, in British politics and in international politics.
"These students have also been looking at issues such as crime
and unemployment.
"But I have also been out speaking to local people and listening
to their concerns."
There is only one Labour councillor in the city of Canterbury,
only three in the district and only three county councillors.
After visiting the community centre and speaking to people from
the area, Mr Miliband was taken on a walkabout around Canterbury
city centre.
He said: "It's obviously well-known for its church links and it
also has four universities, but it is so much more than that.
"It may be a Conservative city at the moment, but there are no
no-go areas for Labour and that's one reason for being here."
Alan Baldock, the Labour councillor for Northgate, was among
those who turned out for Mr Miliband's visit.
He said: "It was absolutely brilliant for him to have come.
"I really hope he will have seen what that Northgate is not such
a bad place to live even though we have lots of problems in light
of the cuts and the hardship people are suffering."
Wednesday, October 12 2011
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