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- Commerce Hustings
 17th March 2010 - The city is very fortunate to have a vibrant Chamber of Commerce. Far too often businesses can become insular as they struggle with the very real challenges of keeping their businesses afloat, therefore I am always impressed when businesses spend time networking and supporting each other. The evening was good with a great variety of interesting questions. Interesting to see how many business people were nodding in agreement when I spoke of the need to...
- Peacehaven Community School Hustings
 11th March 2010 - The school held hustings for the four party candidates for Brighton Kemptown & Peacehaven two years ago, so it felt fitting that the first of many hustings over the coming weeks should be held there. The children did a great job of chairing the events, one for students and one for the wider community, I particularly enjoyed the student only hustings. Getting a secondary school for Peacehaven was one of the first challenges that Des Turner...
- Christmas is finally over!
 7th March 2010 - The weather was finally good enough to remove the Christmas lights in St.James's Street today. Simon Burgess, Chair of the St.James's Area Action Group, Chris Cooke, Chair of the the St.James's Area Local Action Team, John Carden, local decorator, and local resident Ahmed Koyes spent Sunday morning getting the lights down. "Unfortunately not enough money was raised locally to pay for the lights to be removed professionally and our appeal for the free loan of a...
- Freebutt night out
 16th February 2010 - Live music is one of my favourite nights out but sadly, especially during an election campaign, I don't go as often as I would like. A friend’s son was performing at the Freebutt so it was a good excuse to go. Brighton & Hove have some great music venues from those as small as the Freebutt, through medium sized one like the Concorde 2 (probably my favourite) to the Brighton Centre.
The Vixens...
- Brighton Modelworld
 13th February 2010 - It has become a bit of a tradition for me to head off to Modelworld with my son every year (used to take my daughter but she doesn't like getting up in the morning at the weekend!). Mentioning my children is a bit of an excuse really, because I do enjoy seeing the incredible effort that the exhibitors put into their displays. I suppose one day I might have more time for hobbies but politics...
- End of the road for campaign
 2nd February 2010 - The South Downs Campaign (SDC) celebrated twenty years of campaigning by winding itself up. That's because its aim of seeing the creation of a South Downs National Park has been achieved. In it place will be the South Downs Network ensuring that all those groups who fought so hard for the National Park stay in touch and hold the new authority to account when necessary. Simon Burgess & Des Turner have long campaigned for a National...
- Peacehaven, Telscombe and East Saltdean Access Group
 1st February 2010 - Simon was invited to speak the local access group in Peacehaven. "It is always good to hear directly the experiences of people with disabilities, and from their carers, the challenges and issues they face. I'm glad they were blunt with me about the problems they have with the NHS, with home care, benefits, the state of local pavements, roads and much else. For me working on those issues is a big part of what a local...
- A safe railway
 17 December 2009 - Simon joined Nancy Platts, Labour candidate for Brighton Pavilion, and members of the RMT union to leaflet train users about compulsory redundancies being made in vital safety work by Network Rail. It was a freezing morning but members of the public were very supportive. "Big improvements have been made to rail safety in recent years by hard working and skilled staff. This is a short-sighted move that makes no sense for rail safety and will cost...
- World AIDS day & 25 years since Chris Smith MP made history
 1 December 2009 - Simon attended a dinner in London held by LGBT Labour to mark World AIDS day and 25 years since Chris Smith MP delivered the historic words; "my name is Chris Smith, I'm a Labour MP and I'm gay". It was a brave move made in very different times. He told the audience that some 95% of the letters he received at the time were supportive, and though SDP activists tried to use it against him in...
- Local businesses behind the AIDS memorial
 3 December 2009 - The St. James's Area Businesses Group is showing how its members can pull together for a good cause by selling environmentally friendly cotton bags in aid of the AIDS memorial in New Steine Gardens. The bags are on sale for £1.50 with the bags production costs being £1 with 50p going to the memorial. Simon Burgess, who chairs the St. James's Area Action Group and is a memorial trustee, said; "the fact that the shops selling...
- The Next Generation
 24 November 2009 - Nancy Platts, Brighton Pavilion Labour candidate, and I had a get together with young local activists at The Amsterdam. Discussing how to beat the Tories, some pizza and a few drinks in good company made for a great evening. Thanks to B&H Co-op Party for their sponsorship Want to know more about getting involved in Brighton Young Labour? Contact Dan Chapman: dan-chapman87@hotmail.co.uk...
- Older People's Day
 19 November 2009 - Simon, who was his grandmothers carer, attended this information day for older people living in the city. "There need to be a lot more of these events where older people and their carers can find out about the services available to them. It is important that the older generation are encouraged to apply for any help they are entitled to. It was also good to see a number of organisations that people can join to...
- A bit of a storm
 15 November 2009 - From Rottingdean Beach to Palace Pier the extraordinary power of nature was all too evident yesterday. Photos by Simon Burgess (as are most of the pictures on the website)...
- David Cameron’s ‘broken Britain’ is a cynical ploy by an ex PR man
 12 November 2009 - Simon's article published in Progress We’ve all met people who love to moan continually. The music was better when they were young, every party they go to is boring, and their job is the hardest. Some newspaper columnists do it for a living, grimly declaring that the country’s going to galloping ruin, to hell in a handcart. Indeed, David Cameron, the Tory leader who told his party conference three years ago that ‘sunshine should rule the...
- MSF
 Simon had been a panel member at a local Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) meeting at the Royal Sussex earlier in the year and was invited back to join the medical student audience for this interesting talk and discussion. "The Head of MSF UK (Marc DuBois) talked on the topic of 'Temoignage' -bearing witness and speaking out. He discussed the advantages and challenges of bringing abuses and intolerable situations to the public eye. It was a packed house of medical students...
- Tackling Homophobia in Football
 Simon, a long-time Albion supporter, was invited by the 'Justin Campaign' to a debate on homophobia in football at the Withdean Stadium. To mark the end of The One Game, One Community week of action, The Justin Campaign in association with Kick It Out and Brighton & Hove Albion football club hosted an eveningoftalk and debate around homophobia.The panel explored issues such as why there are no out gayorbi men in football and why homophobic chanting consistently goes unchallenged at...
- Co-operative Members meeting
 Simon attended the recent members meeting at Hove Town Hall; "It is good to see Co-operative democracy in action with ordinary members able to question senior management on everything from national performance to what ranges are stocked at their local store. I would like to see the greater spread of Co-operative solutions into areas such as Royal Mail, the bailed out banks and Network Rail - customers, members and staff all getting a proper say in the running of essential...
- Palace Pier: 110 years young
 The owners of the Palace Pier (who have tried to re-brand it the Brighton Pier but we ignore that locally) marked 110 years of the pier this week with an event promoting its importance to the local tourist industry and their desire to work with local businesses. It is an internationally recognised landmark and attraction and plays an important part in the tourist offer of the city. It was good they got Visit England and others together with local businesses....
- Understanding faith
 Simon Burgess and Nancy Platts, Labours candidate for Brighton Pavilion, invited faith leader from across Brighton to a meeting organised by the Christian Socialist Movement at the Labour Party conference. Simon said: "It was good to hear efforts being made within the party by members of all faiths, and those of none, to increase understanding of each other and to recognise our common commitment to many vital values. They want to take that work out to the community and the...
- Kick off
 "The Albion season got off to a disappointing (not a new sensation for an Albion fan) start with an own goal giving Walsall an undeserved win. Still it was good to see Withdean pretty full and our influx of new talent is obvious, though not yet as well co-ordinated as we would all love to see. I do feel we have the potential to do much better this season and Slade has plenty of fan goodwill behind him. Good to...
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