Battle Bus trails Black Britain

The campaign has gone through a series of stages: a recent Reverend Jesse Jackson-led voter registration campaign; the publication of a comprehensive manifesto and pledge cards; and a series of Question Time meetings in battle-ground areas.

The bus will travel through London on Tuesday 19th April: it will arrive in battle-ground seats at the following time: Brixton - 10.00 am; Croydon - 11.30. Battersea - 12. 30. Hammersmith and Fulham - 13.45. Brent South and East - 14.45. Bethnal Green and Bow - 16.45.

The bus will travel through the East and West Midlands on Wednesday 20th April: it will arrive in battle-ground seats at the following time: Birmingham Perry Barr - 10.00; Birmingham Ladywood - 11.00; Birmingham Sparkbrook - 11.30; Loughborough - 12.45; Leicester South, West and East - 13.30 - 14.45; Peterborough - 15.30; Luton North and South - 16.45

Karen Chouhan of the 1990 Trust said: We have set out a 'Black manifesto for change' which grassroots communities will use as the basis to tackle politicians in this particularly brutal election campaign. We will take our manifesto message to over 70 seats and a further 50 where the Black vote cannot be taken for granted.

Simon Woolley Director of Operation Black Vote said: This campaign turns politics on its head - the organised Black electorate challenges its political candidates to deliver equality in employment, education and political representation. This is real democracy at work. Never before in British history has the Black vote been so crucial.

ENDS.

Notes to the editor:

Campaign coalition principal members: OBV, 1990 Trust, National Assembly Against Racism, BTEG, Black Londoners Forum, Muslim Association of Britain, Hindu Forum of Britain.