Attachment B
Statement from Mr Allan Gratrix
In Leicester East we have relied heavily on
the full-time Parliamentary office of our very hard working MP,
Keith Vaz. We have worked together over a number of years to re-establish
strength for the local Labour Party, which was rewarded with a
massive increase in majority for Keith in the last general election,
and with a good turn out in the County Elections earlier this
year.
The Officers of the CLP and myself have come
to a conclusion that now is the time to press forward with advancement
for the Leicester East Labour Party and to try to establish a
more permanent base of our own. This is doubly important as Keith
has been promoted to Frontbench duties and there is an increasing
workload in Parliamentary terms for Keith and his office.
It is our aim to have premises and a paid local
organiser to co-ordinate fully, the Party's needs in Leicester
East. To do this we need extra funds input by our Members. To
do this in an imaginative way we have decided to launch a new
"100 Club Lottery" for 100 Members who contribute to
the lottery each month for cash prizes. In this way we will establish
a regular income for the local party which will go towards funding
for our future plans.
We cannot do this without the help and co-operation
of members, and I appeal to you to get involved with this scheme
which will directly have an impact on the Leicester East Labour
Party. Only by building on the roots that have been firmly established
in recent years can we hope to achieve outstanding victories in
future local elections and general elections. We should not let
all that hard ground work go to waste now, we have an opportunity
to get ahead now, lets take it and build for an even better local
party.
June/July 1993
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