Candidates from across the political spectrum fought for your vote at the Brixton Blog’s ‘Quiz your candidate’ event last night.
The would-be councillors – including representatives from the main political parties as well as socialist candidates, UKIP and the Pirate Party – were grilled on issues including housing, schools, clean streets and immigration.
It comes ahead of local elections that are taking place across London and in other parts of the country on 22 May. All 63 seats on Lambeth Council are up for grabs.
We’ll publish a full write-up soon, but in the meantime here are some of the evening’s Twitter highlights.
We don’t need another free school we do need a college site. #votebrixton
— Charley Hasted (@belfire86) May 13, 2014
Overall best political analysis: TUSC and Green. Most well-informed: current Labour leader. Most insulting to audience: UKIP. #VoteBrixton
— Susan Grey (@SJG99) May 13, 2014
TUSC candidate Steve Nally- I'd ban cars from central and inner London to cut pollution and save lives #VoteBrixton
— Brixton Blog (@BrixtonBlog) May 13, 2014
Q from floor to UKIP: 40% nurses and 30% doctors are born abroad – how would your policy affect that? #VoteBrixton
— Brixton Blog (@BrixtonBlog) May 13, 2014
"What is the Co-op Council? I think we all want to know!" quote of night from @Tim_Dickens #votebrixton
— Lambeth United (@LUHousingCoop) May 13, 2014
Conservative candidate struggling to be heard as audience repeatedly shout "bedroom tax" #votebrixton
— Brixton Blog (@BrixtonBlog) May 13, 2014
Socialists' Danny Lambert: It's 2014 and we're still talking about people living in hovels. What's going on? #votebrixton
— Brixton Blog (@BrixtonBlog) May 13, 2014
Alex Davies: Any councillor with an inbox can tell you @LambethLiving not doing well. We'd scrap it #votebrixton
— Brixton Blog (@BrixtonBlog) May 13, 2014
At hustings lots of pleas from the floor to bring housing back under direct council control. #Lambeth #VoteBrixton
— Susan Grey (@SJG99) May 13, 2014
Q for @cllrpeck : Labour party press release said "we love libraries". Nothing says I love you like a 50% cut #votebrixton
— Brixton Blog (@BrixtonBlog) May 13, 2014
Socialists' Danny Lambert: We're not calling for crumbs from the table. We want the granary and all #votebrixton
— Brixton Blog (@BrixtonBlog) May 13, 2014
Steve Nally – "UKIP is a party of multi-millionaires that wants to divide the working class". Loud applause from audience #votebrixton
— Brixton Blog (@BrixtonBlog) May 13, 2014
@LeanderRoadSW2 Tory candidate saying we should be able to know about pavement repair online (which is true) #voteBrixton
— Andrew (@brixtandrew) May 13, 2014
.@cllrpeck:'sorry' & offer to help ill Lambeth tenant Maggie who mops rainwater from flat & tolerates damp bed @SaveCressingham #votebrixton
— Joanne Parkes (@Adjournist) May 13, 2014
Next up: Cllr Lib Peck, Labour: We want to keep council tax low and also invest in roads and pavements #votebrixton
— Brixton Blog (@BrixtonBlog) May 13, 2014
Lib Dems' Alex Davies says Lambeth's streets are getting dirtier #votebrixton
— Brixton Blog (@BrixtonBlog) May 13, 2014
Pirate Party's Mark Chapman – we oppose mass surveillance. Also – we're the independent voice of residents #votebrixton
— Brixton Blog (@BrixtonBlog) May 13, 2014
Elizabeth Jones from UKIP: "we live on an island, our resources are shrinking, we simply can't have open door immigration" #votebrixton
— Brixton Blog (@BrixtonBlog) May 13, 2014
Alex Davies: Lambeth Labour's planning decisions too good to developers, not good enough to ordinary residents #votebrixton
— Brixton Blog (@BrixtonBlog) May 13, 2014
