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David Miliband MP in Chesterfield -
Part 2
Monday August 23rd 2010 Mr Perkins said, Mr Miliband's reply included a thank you to Chesterfield for the work the party in the area had done to help Toby get elected, referring to his visit back in April, and described Toby's win as due to hard work and "him [Toby] being a brilliant candidate! So from me, a big thank you to your supporters hard work in helping you on May 6th." Mr Miliband and the visitors also welcomed Judy Mallaber, (pictured below) former MP for Amber Valley, to illustrate the fact that Labour had indeed lost talented MP's as well as gained. Cllr. Colin Swindell - "The Derbyshire Dales Labour voters generally felt that Labours policies are not particularly geared towards people in the rural areas and what would you do as PM to see that that changes?" Caitlin Bisknell, High Peak Labour Candidate - "I'd like to start by saying our constituency is equally as pretty as Colin's Derbyshire Dales! Two thirds of our constituency is in the Peak District National Park, two large towns, lots of traditional Labour voters. In High Peak, we felt completely cast adrift from the party during the general election, very little contact, and I wondered what help our marginal seats will get in the future? Because without the support of these kind of seats, Labour will not win a general election." DM - "On the rural question, I think it's really important that there's a danger to the Labour Party, that it looks like we believe that rural means farming! Now farming is very important, but it's not the only policy issue here. There is a big issue with unemployment in rural areas, there's a big issue on housing, including rural areas which are incredibly popular, they are so popular that there are people who buy their second homes there meaning people can't afford to buy their first homes!. "There's a massive issue with transport in the rural areas, nevermind the drawback for potential investment. So let's 'plough' our values in urban areas towards rural areas. "Lucky you though to be a candidate in the Derbyshire Dales, because that must be the nicest place to run a campaign, really, my heart bleeds for you! "And Caitlin, yes, I agree, we do need the support of constituences like High Peak." Toby Perkins - "I'd like to expand on that point, I think there's a real danger that the Labour Party is being seen more and more as a city, urban, public sector party and that we are shrinking. We've lost that coalition that we were able to achieve in 1997 where basically anyone who shared our values, supported us. Andy - "What's Labours plans for new building and supply of Council Housing?" DM - "We shot ourselves in the foot! We spent a great deal of money upgrading Council Houses, which was a fantastic programme, but we put hardly anything into new Council House building.It was a mistake! We set out a ten year leased home programme which people in Chesterfield benefitted from but, there wasn't enough Council house building. We've got to figure out the right way round to plan this stuff, because it's essential." After this, among other Labour Party 'politicking', Mr Miliband summed up his thoughts and encouraged the Labour Party supporters to get ready for some hard work and future success and appreciated the support they had shown. Mr Miliband and Toby Perkins then chatted for a short while with the audience and also had a few words with The Chesterfield Post, before taking a walk through the town heading for Mr Miliband's departure to his next appointment on his ongoing leadership campaign.
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After his opening speech, Mr Miliband took questions from the floor. Here are some of the more 'Chesterfield relevant' questions and replies:
