A CONFERENCE ORGANISED BY INDEPENDENT SOCIALIST COUNCILLORS

ABOUT CANDIDATES LONDON STATEMENT DISCUSSION

Blackburn Conference Agenda

9.30 -10.15 Registration

10.15-12.30: Opening Session: 
Welcome from Ibrahim Master

No Ceasefire No Vote: Why we stand up for Gaza

Speakers:
Salma Yaqoob, former Chair – Respect
Michael Lavalette PPC, Preston
Craig Murray PPC, Blackburn
Sabba Shah – Friends of Al Aqsa
Mohammed Ghalayani – from Palestine

12.30-1.30: LUNCH   

1.30-2.30: What we can do for Gaza: 

Cllr Salim Sidat MBE
Cllr Waqar Hussain
Q and A and discussion

2.30 – 3.00 What we can do for our communities: Blackburn Independent Candidates 

Rana Gulistan, Imran Ahmed, Tahir Mahmood, Muntazir Patel
Riff Haworth, Waqar Hussain, Iqbal Masters, Saraj Mohammed, Amin Kapadia.

3.00-4.30: Moving forward together – winning together

Speakers: 

George Galloway MP, Rochdale
Andrew Feinstein PPC, Holborn and St Pancras
Lauren Booth via Web Link
Cllr Alan Gibbons, Liverpool Community Independents
Cllr Salma Patel & Cllr Suleman Khonat  Blackburn with Darwen
Sehnaz Siddique PPC Oldham & Saddleworth
Cllr Lotte Collett, Haringey, London

Chair and closing remarks: Cllr Mustafa Desai

Tea Coffee Stations will be open throughout the conference