Bath Friends to host reverse hustings ahead of the election
Candidates set to listen to concerns
Election candidates in Bath will undergo a major role reversal, after Quakers in the city joined with local campaigning groups to set up a hustings with a difference.Rather than expecting the local community to sit and listen to general election candidates, it is candidates who will listen to representatives of local groups.
The initiative, entitled Agenda for Humanity, is a coalition of organisations including Friends of the Earth, Transition Bath, Amnesty International, Bath Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, the Bath Stop the War Coalition, Oxfam and the World Development Movement.
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