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Africans for labour is hosting a fundraising dinner and dance at the Holiday Inn Hotel, London Bloomsbury, Coran Street, London WC1N 1HF on Thursday 21 February 2008.

The organisation was set up to increase political awareness and to mobilise support in the African community for the Labour Party. It was established in 2006 at a time when the Conservative Party started to vociferously court the Black vote.

In recent months Conservative front bench spokesmen have regularly written for publications such as the Voice newspaper and have been seeking to build links with Britain’s Black churches. This prompted the journalist and Conservative supporter David Matthews (right) to write a article at the end of last year suggesting the Tories and the Black community were new “best friends”; TMP editor, Chuka Umunna’s response to that article can be read here.

The main speakers at the Africans for Labour event will be the Deputy Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Commons, Harriet Harman QC MP, and the Mayor of London Ken Livingstone. Tickets cost £50. For further information, email: africansforlabour@googlemail.com.