Question Dine: A Row is on the Menu
Young volunteers in London grill prospective parliamentary candidates in the run up to the 2010 elections. Over a meal at local East London cafe, the youngsters have a lot of views and give the political candidates, which include outspoken MP Diane Abbott, some tough issues from the war in Afghanistan to Vetting laws in its effect on adult-child relations.
London, United Kingdom, April 30, 2010 --(PR.com)-- In the last of WORLDbytes’ award winning series Question Dine, prospective MPs, including Diane Abbott, are given the third degree in a local café in Hackney, east London. Unlike the televised would be leader’s debates, the gloves are off as young volunteers, parliamentary candidates and commentators digest each other’s arguments.
Volunteer Naomi Lamb remains unconvinced and says she’s not going to vote. The Conservative Mayoral candidate for Hackney, Andrew Boff puts the boot in and tells Naomi to at least vote against him. Meanwhile, Diane Abbott argues that blacks in South Africa and suffragettes died for the right to vote, pointing out that those who do not vote are letting the middle ground win. Spiked’s Brendan O’Neill says this amounts to blackmail and contempt for the public. The suffragettes and black activists he points out fought for the right to vote to bring about social change, not to elect this lot.
Infuriated by this row in the café, volunteers interviewed the public in East London to investigate further people’s electoral preferences and whether voting is considered a duty. The responses are salutary.
Question Dine is available to view on the WORLDbytes channel at
www.worldbytes.org/programmes/015/015_006.html
On the streets: is voting a duty? Is available to view on the WORLDbytes channel at www.worldbytes.org/programmes/015/015_007.html
For more information and interviews contact:
Viv Regan Email: vivregan@btconnect.com
Tel: +44 (0)7939 449 604 or +44 (0)20 8985 5435
Ceri Dingle Email: ceridingle@btconnect.com
Tel: +44 (0)7866 806 918 or +44 (0)20 8985 5435
Editors Notes:
Question Dine has recently won a Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Youth Award for Innovation.
WORLDbytes is an alternative on-line channel of reports and programmes created by young volunteers.
They aim to get behind the headlines and promote a people-first perspective on a wide-range of issues. The programme’s credo is “don’t shout at the telly, change the message on it”. All the programmes are available to watch at www.worldbytes.org WORLDbytes is run by the education charity WORLDwrite, registered charity number 1060869. The charity’s website address is www.worldwrite.org.uk
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Volunteer Naomi Lamb remains unconvinced and says she’s not going to vote. The Conservative Mayoral candidate for Hackney, Andrew Boff puts the boot in and tells Naomi to at least vote against him. Meanwhile, Diane Abbott argues that blacks in South Africa and suffragettes died for the right to vote, pointing out that those who do not vote are letting the middle ground win. Spiked’s Brendan O’Neill says this amounts to blackmail and contempt for the public. The suffragettes and black activists he points out fought for the right to vote to bring about social change, not to elect this lot.
Infuriated by this row in the café, volunteers interviewed the public in East London to investigate further people’s electoral preferences and whether voting is considered a duty. The responses are salutary.
Question Dine is available to view on the WORLDbytes channel at
www.worldbytes.org/programmes/015/015_006.html
On the streets: is voting a duty? Is available to view on the WORLDbytes channel at www.worldbytes.org/programmes/015/015_007.html
For more information and interviews contact:
Viv Regan Email: vivregan@btconnect.com
Tel: +44 (0)7939 449 604 or +44 (0)20 8985 5435
Ceri Dingle Email: ceridingle@btconnect.com
Tel: +44 (0)7866 806 918 or +44 (0)20 8985 5435
Editors Notes:
Question Dine has recently won a Royal Society of Arts (RSA) Youth Award for Innovation.
WORLDbytes is an alternative on-line channel of reports and programmes created by young volunteers.
They aim to get behind the headlines and promote a people-first perspective on a wide-range of issues. The programme’s credo is “don’t shout at the telly, change the message on it”. All the programmes are available to watch at www.worldbytes.org WORLDbytes is run by the education charity WORLDwrite, registered charity number 1060869. The charity’s website address is www.worldwrite.org.uk
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For more information and interviews contact:
Viv Regan
Email: vivregan@btconnect.com
Tel: +44 (0)7939 449 604 or +44 (0)20 8985 5435
Ceri Dingle
02089855435
www.worldwrite.org.uk
For more information and interviews contact:
Viv Regan
Email: vivregan@btconnect.com
Tel: +44 (0)7939 449 604 or +44 (0)20 8985 5435
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