Visiting the local Gurdwara, Mosque and Hindu Temple in Newcastle

A month or so ago I got the chance to spend a day with Martin Callanan MEP, and Saj Karim MEP visiting the local Gurdwara, Mosque and Temple in Newcastle. My thanks to all of our hosts, and the organisers. It was an outstanding day and I came away grateful for the local leaders of the local religious communities who co-exist so successfully together. I have just received this short you tube of the event, which I share with you all:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NCpSnpaFCMU

The same afternoon we did a working Q & A with a group of local schoolchildren. Again here is the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rOi4201Q-s

With the Everest Excelsior pupils for fundraising and a Question Time event

I  donated £80 for hats for these plucky adventurers when I met them last Thursday. Then on Friday, myself, North East Conservative MEP Martin Callanan and North West Tory MEP Sajjad Karim fielded questions from the pupils and fellow students from Newcastle College at an event in Newcastle’s Beacon Centre.

Among the issues debated were racial discrimination, religious intolerance, youth unemployment, the Scottish independence vote, an EU referendum, dyslexia in education, affordable housing and car insurance for young drivers.
We encouraged all those there to use their vote at elections, whoever it was to be for, to make a difference to their lives.
It was great to meet the eight Excelsior students bound for Mount Everest base camp in October - their enthusiasm was genuinely wonderful to see. It will clearly change their lives