The Kilburn Rose

On 3 July Neil Kinnock addressed the Queens Park, Brondesbury and Kilburn Labour groups at Salusbury Road Primary School. The ambition was to "rally the troops" and reinvigorate campaigning in light of the Brown Succession and key local issues, not least the Haverstock by-election. Kinnock's message was simple: although politics is increasingly concerned with middle-ground issues the ideology that Labour brings to bear is still socialist, and always has been. Labour is concerned with housing for the poorer sectors of society, with consistently improving the NHS, with schooling for all, with extending the skill-base of the UK and encouraging the long-term unemployed back to work; in short, Labour is concerned with affording opportunities for all members of society to contribute and live fulfilled lives. This said, the message was not complacent. The Labour government have made mistakes and some projects require finessing; but, that is the nature of active governance and we should take comfort that the government is responsive. Indeed, it is this constant effort that has allowed us to move to the middle ground and engage with the business of being a modern economy.

This successful and encouraging event was organised by the Queens Park Branch.