Darren Barrenger, community activist and former parliamentary candidate

Darren held the first of his discussion evenings about politics in the Coach House Coffee Shop in Brightlingsea on Monday 26/10. A wide range of people attended the event including the Chair of the Business Association, Chair of Junior School Govenors and Chair of Colchester Trades Union Council as well as Town and District Councillors. Just as importantly were members of the public who came to listen to Darren and engage in a lively debate about where politics has gone wrong, offering suggestions and ideas to improve the situation. The format worked well with Darren speaking for about 15-20 minutes to introduce the subject and put forward his ideas with the Reverend Peter Baldwin, Vicar of Brightlingsea, then chairing the subsequent discussion. Darren would like to thank Alex Bagenal for the use of the Coach House for the evening. For anyone who missed the event, Darren has three others organised (see Is politics pointless? for details)