VERNON COAKER M.P.

Cllr Frank Phillips, Vernon Coaker M.P. and
Cllr Howard Griffiths at Sandiacre Memorial Hall

Erewash saw the visit of Vernon Coaker M.P. to Sandiacre Memorial Hall on Bonfire night. With a background of fireworks exploding including one that sounded like the gasworks going off, Vernon discussed the National political scene with Erewash Labour Party Members. Mr Coaker expressed the view that Labour should be proud of its achievements in Office. New Schools and Hospitals, lower waiting lists for operations, introducing the minimum wage and much more. He commented that "We should remember the days under the previous Conservative Government where kids were taught in Schools surrounded by buckets to catch the rainwater and when people died whilst on long hospital waiting lists." He went on to add, "We must also remember that after an historically low period of Government borrowing we acted to avert recession turning into depression. We acted to minimise the Banking crisis and to keep people in jobs. We all know of people who have lost their job or fear losing their job. This is the real human cost of Government cuts. Labour would not have cut so quickly and so deep. These cuts are driven by ideology not economics and will put at risk the recovery engineered by Gordon Brown."

Vernon was then heartily thanked by the meeting for giving up his time to talk to Erewash Labour Party.