A great evening at the Great Parndon Community Association. I had been invited by the GPCA for a lovely buffet dinner with Czech representatives from the Prague 15 District. I had met the Czechs on the previous night at the GPCA, where there had been a reception. I was pleased to say that I had studied East European politics at University and have indeed been to Prague.
Tonight, I met with Senator Jan Nadvornik, who was from the right of centre ODS Party in the Czech Republic. We had a long chat about the workings of Czech politics and the Czech president, Mr Vaclav Klaus - someone I had the good fortune to meet a long time ago. Jan expressed strong views that he was a Eurosceptic and wished that the European Union Lisbon Treaty (the EU Constitution), had not been signed. We both got along famously.
It was good to meet these Czechs, and even better to hear of the close relations with Prague 15 and Harlow - all down to the efforts made by the GPCA to build links between the two countries.
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In other news today, I had another very full Constituency Friday. During the morning, I opened the new Quit Smoking charity shop in Broadwalk. I also met with Harlow College Staff and Students, and walked across Velizy Avenue. The College have asked me to help them in their campaign to get the traffic lights changed, so as to make it safer for the students crossing the road. After lunch, I had meetings with Harlow Council senior Officers to discuss important local issues, and Mick Patrick from Defend Council Housing.
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