General Election Day Seventeen: Pickles at Tesco

An excellent day as we welcomed Eric Pickles, Chairman of the Conservative Party to Tesco Car Park at Church Langley. Eric was here to meet a number of supporters, including two members of Harlow College who came following the hustings debate I did the day before.

Mr Pickles was on top form - his speech was well received and covered by the BBC and local newspapers. A great boost for all of us fighting hard to win.

Tomorrow : St George's Day.
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Eric Pickles to visit Harlow

Good news: Conservative Party Chairman Eric Pickles MP is visiting Harlow today. He is coming to the Victoria Hall Theatre to herald some good news. More details are below:

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Conservative Party chairman Eric Pickles to visit Victoria Hall theatre, Old Harlow, tomorrow (Tuesday, March 9)

Conservative Party chairman Eric Pickles will be visiting Victoria Hall, Bury Road, Old Harlow, Essex, CM17 0ED, tomorrow (Tuesday, March 9), at 2.30pm.

During the visit, when he will be accompanied by prospective Harlow Conservative MP Robert Halfon, Mr Pickles will meet members of the theatre's committee and hear about the work of the theatre.

Robert Halfon and local Conservative councillors have been working hard with theatre committee members to help regarding funding issues.

Mr Pickles will also meet the chairman of the volunteer-based theatre Christopher Jolly, a publisher of school books.

An Outrageous Decision by the F.A.

I have always felt that Football Association (F.A.) is a flawed organisation. Look at the millions spent on Sven Goran Eriksson's contract and the failure of Steve McClaren - let alone the shenanigans that went on at F.A. HQ between various senior employees.

My view about the F.A. was confirmed when I read in The Herald that the F.A. is to dock points from Harlow Town F.C. for fielding an ineligible player in their match against Wealdstone earlier in the year.

This was an innocent mistake by the Club, as they had been told by an official that the player was in fact eligible to play. This stupid judgement will cost Harlow F.C. much needed points as the Club is battling hard not to be relegated.

Instead of hammering smaller clubs for minor errors, how about the F.A. reforming themselves for a change, stop wasting money and ensuring that England reaches the finals of the major tournaments?

The picture shows Simon Morgan (Chairman of Harlow F.C),and Eric Pickles (Brentwood and Ongar MP and Tory national Chairman) and myself, on a recent visit to the Club. See HERE & HERE.

Eric Pickles at Harlow Football Club

After my blog earlier, I thought you might like to see this picture of Eric Pickles at Harlow Football Club with Chairman Simon Morgan and myself. As you can see, Eric is fully kitted out!