Tower Hamlets protest against war
TH STWC | 13.03.2003 10:55
Tower Hamlets is blessed (!) with two pro-war MPs, Oona King and Jim Fitzpatrick.
Tower Hamlets Stop the War coalition has called a protest & Rally to let them know, that any war is not in the name of the people of Tower Hamlets.
Join us, this Saturday 15 March, 12 noon, in Altab Ali park, Whitechapel. Near the East London Mosque, close to Brick Lane.
Leaflets are available in Somali, Bengali and English. Email
thstopthewar@yahoo.co.uk if you want some.
Tower Hamlets Stop the War coalition has called a protest & Rally to let them know, that any war is not in the name of the people of Tower Hamlets.
Join us, this Saturday 15 March, 12 noon, in Altab Ali park, Whitechapel. Near the East London Mosque, close to Brick Lane.
Leaflets are available in Somali, Bengali and English. Email
thstopthewar@yahoo.co.uk if you want some.
TH STWC
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thstopthewar@yahoo.co.uk
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13.03.2003 18:02
Oona King, MP
Oona King was elected Labour MP for Bethnal Green and Bow at the last election, aged 29. She is the second black woman to sit in the British Parliament, and the only young black member of a European parliament.
Born in 1967 to a Jewish mother and African-American civil rights activist, Preston King. Oona was educated in Chalk Farm and went on to join the Labour Party at the age of 14. She received a joint Politics degree from York University and University of California, Berkley.
Ms King's political background includes working on the European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, as well as becoming political assistant to Glyn Ford MEP, the Labour Party Leader in the European Parliament.
In 1995, Oona was selected to stand for the Bethnal Green & Bow seat in Parliament, and since her election in 1997, she has succeeded in changing the law to benefit low-paid local authority workers, predominately women and ethnic minorities.
Member Select Committees:
Transport, Local Government and the Regions
Urban Affairs Sub-Committee
Contact Details
Tel: 020 7219 5020
Fax: 020 7219 2798
Email:
Website: www.oonaking.org.uk
Constituency:
Bethnal Green and Bow Labour Party Constituency Office
349 Cambridge Heath Road
London
E2 9RA
Tel: 020 7613 2274
Fax: 020 7613 2014
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