Telling us what you think

posted by: Nick Lowles | on: Tuesday, 23 June 2009, 19:00

I'm just on my way back from Manchester where I had a really productive meeting with the NW TUC and representatives from some of the unions. We had a discussion about the election, what worked, what didn't. More importantly we agreed a work plan for the next few months. We came up with some really exciting projects, which confirms my view that despite Griffin's election there is a real appetite to continue and expand the HOPE not hate campaign.

This morning I had a meeting with the Blue State guys and then did an interview with Total Politics magazine. We discussed the BNP, the HOPE not hate campaign and differing strategies to defeat the BNP.

In between all this we sent out a survey to our supporters asking them for their ideas about how we can take HOPE not hate campaign forward. I'm not sure what the latest figure is but within a few hours of sending out the email over 2,500 people had responded. Truly amazing. I've managed to have a quick look through some of the surveys and there are some really interesting ideas being suggested.

Perhaps it's because of the sunny weather but I have a good feeling about how the campaign is going to move forward.