The May 2005 Election
In May 2005 Laura Bruni stood as the Labour Party Parliamentary candidate against the Liberal Democrat incumbent Bob Russell. She fought a tough battle, and was praised by Colchester Labour Party for being an excellent, hardworking Parliamentary candidate, able to motivate a team of members from all wings of the party. She knocked on thousands of doors in the 6 months leading up to the general election campaign, spoke at numerous public meetings, raised money for the campaign and worked with local trade unions. She appeared regularly in the local press and on radio and television.
Press cuttings
You can read a collection of press cuttings from the election by clicking on the links below:-
- Town candidates in TV-style debate
- Laura Bruni Labour
- Laura Bruni Labour (2)
- Candidates quizzed by pensioner group
- MP Ivor backs Laura
- Laura is town candidate
- Good tale about the NHS
- Workers honoured
- Bus Changes Are a Real Blow
- Who consulted whom?
- Laura Bruni Labour (3)
Laura fighting from the Left
East Anglian Daily Times September 9, 2004 12:15
LABOUR will be fighting the General Election campaign in Colchester from the left – with its candidate opposed to the proposed European Constitution, the single currency, and the war in Iraq.
Laura Bruni is a member of Labour Against a Federal Super State, the new lobby group formed by a number of MPs who will campaign against further European integration in future referendums on Europe.
"The Constitution is a series of complex rules – the EU should not interfere in matters which are properly the preserve of national parliaments. I believe the people of Colchester will be suspicious and need a lot of convincing it is a good idea."
Laura was one of Labour's campaigners against the Iraq war. "In my view there are three reasons for military action – if a country is directly attacked or under explicit threat of attack, if it has a treaty with another country promising intervention eg Poland in 1939, or to avert an immediate humanitarian crisis eg as in Kosovo.
"I did not find the arguments pre-war of Saddam's arsenal being a direct threat convincing and, as we now know, weapons of mass destruction did not exist."
Laura goes to Colchester having work in Parliament for nine years. Her father's career in the armed forces an RAF pilot meant the family moved around a great deal, but when she was 11, they settled at Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire. She went to London University, obtaining a degree in history and a PhD in Romanian history.
After joining Index on Censorship magazine as an area specialist in South East Europe, she furthered her interest in politics by working for the late Bernie Grant, Labour MP for Tottenham, between 1995 and 1997.
Since May 1997, Laura has been Parliamentary Assistant to John Cryer, the Labour MP for Hornchurch.
Laura, who is divorced, has been active in the Labour Party since 1986. Her grandparents on her father's side were lifelong Labour Party supporters and her grandfather was a staunch trade unionist. She is a member of the Transport and General Workers Union, the GMB, Amnesty International, the London Wildlife Trust.”
Laura Bruni is a member of Labour Against a Federal Super State, the new lobby group formed by a number of MPs who will campaign against further European integration in future referendums on Europe.
"The Constitution is a series of complex rules – the EU should not interfere in matters which are properly the preserve of national parliaments. I believe the people of Colchester will be suspicious and need a lot of convincing it is a good idea."
Laura was one of Labour's campaigners against the Iraq war. "In my view there are three reasons for military action – if a country is directly attacked or under explicit threat of attack, if it has a treaty with another country promising intervention eg Poland in 1939, or to avert an immediate humanitarian crisis eg as in Kosovo.
"I did not find the arguments pre-war of Saddam's arsenal being a direct threat convincing and, as we now know, weapons of mass destruction did not exist."
Laura goes to Colchester having work in Parliament for nine years. Her father's career in the armed forces an RAF pilot meant the family moved around a great deal, but when she was 11, they settled at Bradford-on-Avon in Wiltshire. She went to London University, obtaining a degree in history and a PhD in Romanian history.
After joining Index on Censorship magazine as an area specialist in South East Europe, she furthered her interest in politics by working for the late Bernie Grant, Labour MP for Tottenham, between 1995 and 1997.
Since May 1997, Laura has been Parliamentary Assistant to John Cryer, the Labour MP for Hornchurch.
Laura, who is divorced, has been active in the Labour Party since 1986. Her grandparents on her father's side were lifelong Labour Party supporters and her grandfather was a staunch trade unionist. She is a member of the Transport and General Workers Union, the GMB, Amnesty International, the London Wildlife Trust.”
Cuttings Gallery
