Monday Morning with Francis Maude MP

I collected Francis Maude MP from Leicester railway station on Monday morning and I took him for a tour of the Marlene Reid Centre in Coalville. The director of the centre David Alquist took the time to introduce Francis to several of the voluntary groups who work from the centre. The visit followed on from my first visit on the 28th of January. I was once again very impressed by all the work going on at the centre. Francis Maude is our Conservative spokesman on the third (voluntary) sector.

From Coalville we travelled to Langley Priory where Francis addressed an audience of business owners.

It was great to have one of the big beasts of the Conservative party in the constituency, the last time Francis Maude visited North West Leicestershire was as Conservative Party chairman on the day after the district council elections in 2007 to celebrate local Conservatives taking control of the council.


Monday Evening in Measham

I address the audience at the MOPC (Minorca opencast protest group) meeting for all PPC`s.The meeting involved each PPC giving a presentation on their party`s energy policy and their line on opencast mining. There then followed a Q and A session. The meeting was attended by about 60 locals and various political activists of the political parties involved.