Two Sussex MPs join calls for A259 study. TODAY Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour MP for Peacehaven & Kemptown, and Maria Caulfield, Conservative MP for Newhaven & Lewes, have joined together to call for councils to conduct a review on the A259. Both the MPs whose constituencies the South Coast road runs through are joining with the…
Constituents can agree or disagree with their local Member of Parliament, but it is important that they know how their local Member of Parliament views an issue and how they vote on that issue when it comes before them. Voting in that sense is a cathartic process: it allows us to support the process of…
“We will scrap the Conservatives’…White Paper and replace it with fresh negotiating priorities that have a strong emphasis on…the Single Market” and putting “the economy first”. That was the manifesto on which Labour Members stood only a few months ago. We said that we would scrap this Bill and send it back. I beg Labour…
Apologies for this being my first update in some weeks, but while Parliament has been on summer recess, I have still been kept very busy! From constituent surgeries, to attending community and national events, as well as lobbying on behalf of Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, here’s what I’ve been up to over the summer as…
I wonder about the responsibility of the Government, and what this looks like for constituents out in the wider world. Today my constituents were queuing around the block for more than an hour, not for a gig or a music activity, but to see the local doctor in Peacehaven. That is a regular thing for…
He said that employees had borrowed money for cars on their credit cards and could not afford to go on strike, and he went on and on. If that is not a political motivation to aggravate this strike, I do not know what is—it is a clear ratcheting up of the dispute. Of course, there…
Originally this article was written on 23.06.2020 for Tribune Magazine it was since amended following a statement by the author. Last week we saw a step forward for trans people in the United States with the Supreme Court deciding that discrimination in the workplace because of sex, which was already illegal, covered trans people as…
Those opportunities for people from all backgrounds, which allow them to aspire even to be MPs, are vital in an egalitarian society, but they are often lacking in the current curriculum, which has been imposed on many of our schools by this Government. Every school in my constituency faces cuts and many secondaries face having…
I am standing in Brighton Kemptown, a seat on the south coast that we lost by just 690 votes in 2015. We bucked the trend and halved the Tory majority but it was not enough to get us a Labour MP. Although I was the PPC in Lewes, I was an active member of the…
I applaud Green Party members for deciding democratically to withdraw their candidate in the forthcoming election in Kemptown and Peacehaven, where it is a close race between the Labour Party and the Conservatives. Whilst I do have differences of opinion with the Greens, this election will not just be about the current state of our politics but the future direction…
I wanted to thank those members that voted for me at the selection meeting last week and I hope that I will be a good Labour-Co-operative candidate for East Brighton. The campaign will launch straight after the referendum with door knocking and deliveries of leaflets. Below you can see the speech I gave at the selection meeting. No…
Following the news that one of our fantastic councillors, Maggie Barradell, has had to resign in order to undertake family caring responsibilities outside of the Brighton area, I have decided to seek nomination to be the Labour Candidate in the up and coming by-election. Maggie has been an absolutely fantastic councillor, and her leaving is a real shame. I have…
Dear Editor, I am delighted that Labour Party members will be joining a cross party campaign to restore the NHS by supporting and calling on all MPs to vote for the NHS bill tomorrow. At the last all members’ meeting of Brighton, Hove and District Labour Party the members voted overwhelmingly to support the bill.…
Letter “We Tories are all Eurosceptics now”: Why the tories are putting their ideology above democracy Dear Editor, I read with interest John Redwood’s article this weekend in the Financial Times (“We Tories are all Eurosceptics now“, 8th January 2016). Mr Redwood claims that we would be more democratic outside of the EU, the truth…
This week I have sent out a message to Ward Secretaries in Brighton Hove and District saying that I intend to stand for Chair of the District Party Executive Committee. Download my statement here or read it below. Dear Friend, I am standing to be the Chair of Brighton, Hove and District Labour Party (BHDLP).…
First published in the Brighton and Hove Independent November 27, 2015 http://brightonandhoveindependent.co.uk/the-boundary-review-a-manipulation-of-the-electoral-system/ Lloyd Russell-Moyle is a Brighton resident and the former Labour Parliamentary Candidate in the Lewes Constituency. He has been coordinating the campaign for voter registration on behalf of the Brighton, Hove and District Labour Party. On Tuesday, the starting gun for transforming Brighton and Hove into a…
http://ift.tt/eA8V8J I wanted to thank the voters of Lewes that voted for Labour last week. Voters in Lewes came to Labour in similar numbers as in 1997 when were able to get a landslide Labour government, unfortunately voters in the rest of the county didn’t. There is a myth circulating that Labour and Green voters…
http://ift.tt/1zbi9zP Last week the Labour Party launched the manifesto for LGBT (Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Trans*) people in Brighton. Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour’s candidate for parliament in Lewes, who is sponsored by LGBT Labour attended the event. Lloyd said “It was great to launch the manifesto with so many candidates including my fellow Sussex LGBT Labour…
http://ift.tt/1Klq7rd Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour’s candidate for Parliament in Lewes, joined 38 Degrees activist in a day of action to save our NHS and ensure that we use our votes to keep it in public hands. Lloyd said Labour is the only party putting a public NHS at the heart of our country. We have recognised…
http://ift.tt/1Fp5L07 Lloyd Russell-Moyle, Labour’s candidate for Parliament in Lewes joined Purna Sen (candidate in Pavilion) and Nancy Platts (candidate in Kemptown and Peacehaven) on the beach in Brighton to call on European governments to take action in the Mediterranean and stop the drowning of people fleeing to Europe. The protest which was organised my Amnesty…
http://ift.tt/1OPE6YH Upcoming campaigning events Come out on Thursday evenings or over the next few weekends to knock on doors and help to identify where the Labour vote is and/or deliver leaflets to every household. Every little bit of support you can offer will help. Dates and contacts for voter identification and leaflet deliveries in the Lewes area are: Saturday…
http://ift.tt/1yuute6 This morning Ed Miliband launched Labour’s Manifesto which will see people in Lewes and Seahaven given a much needed boost under the next Labour Government. Labour have committed to: Reverse the Government’s final cut in corporation tax to pay for a reduction in rates for small businesses Invest £2.5 Billion in the NHS, funded by a…
http://ift.tt/1EEQrfn Labour is pleased to announce it will limit train fares, whilst investing in safety works on the A27 but postponing the new by-pass and road expansion. Labour has pledged to introduce a strict cap on annual rail fares across all routes. We will also introduce a state owned railway company which will bid for…
http://ift.tt/1AOF12f The Labour Party has announced the new candidate for Newhaven Dention and Meeching Ward who will be standing in the District election on the 7th May 2015. Introducing Doug and Jan, Lloyd Russell-Moyle (Labour’s candidate for Parliament in Newhaven) said “I’ve been working with Jan and Doug for the last couple of years and…
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