A reminder for this evening.
Topics within the Holyrood remit:- budget & bikes on trains.
SPOKES HOLYROOD HUSTINGS 2016
As our Spring Public Meeting, Spokes will hold a 2016 Holyrood election hustings on Monday 21 March, to discuss cycling issues.
Where: St Brides Centre, 10 Orwell Terrace, Edinburgh
When: Monday 21 March 2016, 7.30pm – doors open 6.45 for coffee, stall and chat
We have invited all the parties currently represented at Holyrood to send a speaker – who must be a candidate for any Edinburgh/Lothians seat or for the Lothians List. Details confirmed so far are:-
• Con – Cllr Nick Cook [candidate for Edinburgh East & Lothian List, Conservative Transport Spokesperson on Edinburgh Council]
• Green – Alison Johnstone MSP [candidate for Edinburgh Central and Lothians List, Spokes member]
• Lab – Sarah Boyack MSP [candidate for Edinburgh Central and Lothians List, Spokes member]
• LibDem – Emma Farthing-Sykes [candidate for Edinburgh Pentlands]
• SNP – Jim Eadie MSP [candidate for Edinburgh Southern]
Format: The meeting will begin with the candidates giving short talks, from the platform, on their party’s concerns and commitments on cycling and any related transport policy issues they wish to mention.
We may then use the very successful format of our Scottish Parliament hustings in March 2011, where the audience splits into groups and the candidates spend 10 mins or so in each group. This gives you a much greater chance to engage with the politicians, rather than the usual format of a speaker panel sitting on the platform and a limited number of questions from the floor.
Finally, the speakers will close with a brief summing up of what they have learned from the meeting.
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