Green Party deputy leader MOTHIN ALI, who will speak at the International Anti-War Conference in London on June 20, says Britain needs to rethink its priorities – and its allies
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Son of Medway’s lessons for Ukip
Black Chartist born in the by-election town was the leader in a genuine democracy fight, writes Keith Flett
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In October 2011 I spoke to an audience of around 100 people in Medway on a labour-history-related topic.
Considering that getting into double rather than treble figures for any meeting that touches on working-class history can be an achievement, the turnout was excellent.
I doubt it was my oratorical skills, such as they are, that packed them in. Rather it was my subject, the black Chartist William Cuffay, a local Medway radical in whom there is a lot of interest.
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