Help for aspiring disabled MPs; bell ringing
Peter White talks to Mark Higgins and Ellie Southwood, both of whom are blind and aspire to be MPs. Reporter Tom Walker meets a blind trainee bell-ringer, Rob Bywater.
Ellie Southwood and Mark Higgins are aspirant MPs, intending to win council seats in the May elections. They are both blind and explain to Peter White about the fund designed to help disabled people get into politics. They explain some of the strategies they use to canvass and get their message across.
Tom Walker meets Rob Bywater, who is partially-sighted and learning to become a bell-ringer. Rob showed Tom the ropes...
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- Tue 4 Feb 2014 20:40Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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