Candidate receives international endorsement for message of peace

Joe Stead, the World Peace Through Song PPC for Calder Valley, has received international support from the International Peace Bureau (IPB) in Oslo.

Ingeborg Breines, co-president of IPB and former director of UNESCO, contacted Mr Stead to wish him luck in the election noting that if she could vote for him, she would.

Joe Stead the singing politician in Hebden Bridge.placeholder image
Joe Stead the singing politician in Hebden Bridge.

Mr Stead said: “It came completely out of the blue I don’t know how show found out about me, but it is an incredible honour.”

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