Lobby Your Election Candidates
Gus Manning, Membership Committee Member
With a General Election not far away, CAMRA has launched a new Beer
Drinkers and Pub Goers Charter. Launched at CAMRAs Annual
Parliamentary Reception, it seeks to encourage Candidates in the
forthcoming General Election to support CAMRAs campaigns.
At this election we are likely to see the biggest changeover of MPs in
a generation, with perhaps as many as 300 constituencies changing
hands. It is therefore more important than ever that we begin to
influence potential MPs now.
In order to influence Election Candidates, CAMRA is contacting local
Election Candidates through a campaigning web-site (http://
campaign.publicaffairsbriefing.co.uk/home.aspx?cid=2be1237f-
cfc3-49b9-9cad-26d7c5107a9b), asking them to sign up to five key
commitments:
1) Promote the interests of Britain's pub goers
2) Champion well-run community pubs
3) Rebalance alcohol taxation to support beer and pubs
4) Reform the beer tie to deliver a fair deal for consumers
5) Support the role of well-run pubs as solutions to alcohol misuse
If you wish to email your Election Candidates asking them to sign up
to these five commitments, please go to the campaign web-site above,
select 'Lobby your Election Candidates' and use the sample E-mail.
You can download a copy of the new Beer Drinkers and Pub Goers Charter
at http://www.camra.org.uk/media/attachments/315127/CAMRA-Charter.pdf
Cheers!
Gus Manning