And the winning bench is...

[Saul Albert]

Dear Democracy Benchers,

I'm pleased to announce - after an intense round of voting by you, the
people, that the winner of the Democracy Bench competition is John
Kennedy with 'The Thing' (http://tinyurl.com/qp7as8)

It was a close-run competition - with Linda Hesh's 'For and Against'
benches (http://tinyurl.com/qtsgw5) coming in second by only a few
votes, followed by 'A bench to encourage democratic public debate' by
Stuart Haden (http://tinyurl.com/oshdmx)

In fact, so many of the benches were really amazing and inventive, that
we are thinking of looking at ways to get a whole democracy park kitted
out with all of them... which might take a while!

We are currently meeting with Southwark Council to negotiate the siting
of the bench and any supplementary funding that we need to raise, and
health & safety issues that may come up.

We will keep you posted, but for now - thanks for the support, and we
hope to bring you the bench soon!

Cheers,

Saul,

The People Speak Voluntary Democracy Bench Realisation Team

PS: If anyone would like to join the Democracy Bench Realisation Team,
you are most welcome to get involved - contact saul at theps.net to
volunteer your expertise / skills / spare change / health and safety
inspectors qualification.

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