Red Rose Reporting

George Fairhurst sits down with Under 18s Officer candidate Oban Mackie, getting a perspective of what it's like to be a Young Labour Party Activist in the rural South-East. This episode sees discussions of rural CLPs, the culture within Young Labour, Oban's solutions and the answer to the trademark podcast question at the end. 

To follow Oban Mackies campaign to become Under 18s Rep, follow his twitter @@ObanMackie

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In a first for the podcast, we sit down with Cathleen Clarke: a hopeful for the role of chair of Young Labour! The chat goes from dragging Young Labour into the 21st century to how she would safeguard younger members. 

To follow Cathleen's campaign please go to her Twitter @Cathleenc 

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Today, we interview one of the candidates for East of England Rep: Tina Bhartwas. We talk background, factionalism, why Labour needs to start paying attention to the East of England Region and even delve into Tinas pick for the one policy action she'd like to see change! 

To follow Tina's campaign, go to the Facebook page here (https://t.co/VSJNbjfRqS?amp=1) or follow on Twitter @TinaBhartwas. To read her recent Fabians article describing her candidacy in the Local Elections, click the link below. http://www.youngfabians.org.uk/running_for_the_district_council_at_18_years_old

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Jack Street, founder of Demographica (a youth-orientated news network aimed at platforming Young Voices), joins George to discuss Demographica, why young people are struggling to make their voices heard and highlights which issues he feels deserve to be heard more. 

To visit Demographica, simply click https://www.demographicauk.com/ or follow their twitter @DemographicaUK 

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Joining George Fairhurst today is Youth Officer for Pontefract CLP and founder of Wakefield Young Labour: Theo Biddle! Join us as we chat about Wakefield Labour, the challenges facing rural CLPs and what Theo would like to ask Keir Starmer. 

This episode was originally recorded on August 12th. To find out more about Wakefield Young Labour, head over to @WakefieldDYL for their twitter account or the Facebook Page "Wakefield District Young Labour". Special thanks to Theo for talking to us today, who you can find at @TheoBiddle on Twitter. As ever, thank you for listening!

George Fairhurst sits down to talk to a Yorkshire (well, Grimsby!) candidate for the Under 18s Officer of Young Labour: Robson Augusta. We chat about backgrounds, his views on Young Labour and the culture surrounding the Young Labour Elections 

In the first part of our series on the upcoming Young Labour Elections, Red Rose Reports interviews hopeful candidate for Yorkshire and Humberside rep: Nathan Hodgson (Morely and Outwood CLP).