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I had an early start this morning to make my 9.00am appointment with Councillor Khan. We had a really good chat in which he brought up a few interesting points particularly about the responsibility older people have in terms of the contribution they can make to encouraging a sense of collective responsibility and political participation among the general population.

He argued that they have both the time and the experience to be engaged in the community and if they did this, it would set a great example for others to follow. He also talked about a few communications ideas which he had implemented in his previous roles with the Council to generate more involvement.

Today’s meeting was just a preliminary chat and we’ll be meeting again to get in to the finer details of the project. As the Speaker of Hackney council, he’s really keen to support this project, even in terms of contacts with other stakeholders. That is absolutely fantastic news.

Beyond that, I finally picked up the questionnaire filled in by Councillor Siddiqui and also received another completed questionnaire from Councillor Christine Boyd. It turns out Luke Akehurst has emailed a copy to all the Labour councillors so hopefully there will be a few more responses on their way soon. We are getting closer to the magic 25 per cent so I’m feeling pretty optimistic at the moment.