Richmond Park's parliamentary candidates turned up for a hustings event which focused on peace in the Middle East on Wednesday evening.

Conservative Zac Goldsmith, Liberal Democrat Robin Meltzer, Labour's Sachin Patel and Andrée Frieze of the Green Party all participated at the Old Deer Park event.

Organised jointly by Richmond and Kingston PSC, Kingston Peace Group and Stop the War, only UKIP's Sam Naz failed to attend.

The hustings was divided into three sections - Palestine and Israel, the war on terror and human rights and peace and nuclear weapons.

Organiser Ben Jamal said the event went well, although the UKIP candidate told him she was "too busy" to attend.

He said: "It went well, we had a good turnout of about 85 people there and all the candidates said they were very pleased the hustings had taken place.

"There was plenty of agreement and also plenty of disagreement in the room between candidates and the audience over the issues discussed.

"There is a long way to go and all party policy reflects what is required to achieve justice in the Middle East."

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