The Contextual Theology Centre Blog has footage from Monday's assembly with the leaders of the three main parties. Most importantly, it lists the policy commitments which were won from each. These were backed up with a promise to attend future assemblies at which they will be held to their words.
The leaders of all the major party agreed...
- to be held to account by Citizens UK - in assemblies and round-table meetings - during the next Parliament
- a Community Land Trust on the Olympic Park after 2012 - caps on exploitative lending and a stronger mutual banking sector
- Labour committed to a Living Wage for Whitehall workers - something the Tories are also looking to fund
- Labour and the Tories committed to reviewing the practice of detaining children seeking sanctuary
- LibDems committed to ending child detention - and to a one-off earned amnesty for undocumented migrants.
Yesterday's Guardian included Patrick Wintour on the front page ('Battered PM finds his voice'); Allegra Stratton on p. 4 ('Brown triumphs in unofficial fourth leadership debate') and Marina Hyde on p. 5 ('Real people, excruciating stories and a bit of recycling'). The Telegraph had a sketch on p.8, emphasising the role of faith in the event - 'Son of the manse in his element among the righteous'. Online, there was good coverage from the Finanical Times and Reuters. More coverage has come in the Spectator ("Brown's best speech of the campaign") and Mirror (PM is "a signed up citizen") - while Michael White in the Guardian said this was a "night that reaffirmed democracy."
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