Hackney is leading the way

posted by: Nick Lowles | on: Thursday, 7 May 2009, 07:41

On Tuesday we delivered 50,000 customised tabloid newspapers to the inner London borough of Hackney. Featuring local people and stories, alongside some of our general national articles, the tabloid sought to increase the vote in an area which traditionally has a low turnout.

At a meeting of activists on Tuesday night half of the papers, 25,000, were taken away by activists. Yesterday, the remainder were distributed across the borough. In fact, late last night I got an email from the local organisers saying that such is the enthusiasm to get the material out they could do with a further 25,000 newspapers.

Where Hackney leads I hope others will follow.

Over the next couple of days we hope to produce a map of the country to show where our material is being distributed.