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Lewes RAILWAY LAND WONDERFUL WILDLIFE FESTIVAL 6 FREE ENTRY SATURDAY 22nd MAY 11am-4pm Wildlife Gardening • Willow Workshops • Pond Dipping Competitions • Performances • Refreshments • Minibeasts Wildlife fancy dress parade • Tours of the Linklater Pavilion Dragonfly Trail • Fossils • Bird Watching • Tree Trail BIODIVERSITY ➔ BIOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY ➔ BIOLOGICAL BALANCE AND STABILITY Contact tel 01273 484999 or email liz@williamslewes.info www.railwaylandproject.org
Name: Susan Murray Party: Green Is it important for an MP to live in the constituency they represent? If elected, would you do so? Yes, they need to understand local issues and be accessible to constituents. I live in Lewes and would continue to do so. What proportion of his/her working hours should an MP spend on local issues? Which single local issue most needs addressing? First define a local issue – local and national issues tend to be linked. We need more affordable housing – new council houses and social and co-operative housing. Do you believe that the Lewes Tesco should have been allowed to expand, and what do you think the consequences will be for the town? No, I spoke against it at the LDC planning meeting. Tesco already has an overdominant position in Lewes, accounting for nearly two thirds of all shopping. That’s enough. Tesco estimates that expansion would divert only 3% of business overall away from the rest of Lewes, described as a ‘small’ effect. Yet that is about half a million pounds when businesses in Lewes are struggling. Even if only a couple of stores closed as a direct result, one cannot discount the domino effect on further businesses. Which former (British) politician do you most admire, and why? Attlee. He was courageous enough to bring in really radical change – like the NHS – during very difficult times post war. If you could change one UK law, which would make a difference to the people in the Lewes ward, which would it be? I would change the law that brought in the Low Pay Commission to add a High Pay Commission capping top rates of pay. The evidence shows that more equal societies do better on many social indicators including less violent crime, fewer teenage pregnancies and more trust. How big is your carbon footprint? Like everyone else’s too big. I recently completed a carbon footprint test from the Local Sustainability team and was disappointed, considering the effort we have put into insulation, solar panels, etc, to find mine was 14.38. Well below average, but not good enough. I’ve signed up to 10:10 and aim to get there by buying less clothing and fewer books. Do you think that there is ever a case to be made for ‘tactical voting’. And are you a fan of the current ‘first past the post’ voting system? I was actually expelled from the Labour Party back in 1997 for advocating tactical voting. Under FPTP it seemed the only way of dislodging the Tory. I have campaigned against FPTP for many years - we need a fair, proportional voting system so every vote counts. Which one book would you choose as desert island reading material, and why? My day is incomplete without time reading a novel. I would take Middlemarch by George Eliot - the great English novel. I would never tire of rediscovering the fascinating characters and events it depicts. 7
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