Orpington Labour Party

Michael Meacher gave this year’s Ron Huzzard Memorial Lecture on the subject of Climate Change.

At our AGM we elected new officers for the coming year. We are pleased to announce that Nigel de Gruchy, former General Secretary of NASUWT and TUC President, was elected as constituency Secretary.

Many of you will have met Claude Moraes, the MEP for London. I recommend reading his very informative Annual Report. You should be able to request a copy from from Claude Moraes’ web site

The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament celebrates its 50th birthday this weekend. Orpington Labour Party support the aims of CND and wish them well in their great work. If you want make your voice heard, join the demonstration against the development of nuclear weapons at Aldermaston on Monday, 24 March.

While school league tables are still controversial, the latest results show significant improvements in GCSE and other results, with more schools reaching the "floor target" of 5 good GCSEs for 70% of pupils.

At the hustings meeting yesterday we elected Stephen Morgan to be our candidate for the next general election.

Today I attended the Remembrance Sunday parade at Orpington War Memorial to lay a wreath on behalf of Orpington Labour Party.