Former ambassador Craig Murray to stand in North Norwich by-election.
Craig Murray, who became a human rights campaigner after being sacked as Britain's ambassador to Uzbekistan for making a stance against torture, is to stand in the North Norwich by-election as an anti-sleaze candidate.
Temple Records artists Battlefield Band have known Craig since the early days of the group, when he encountered them as a student during freshers week at Dundee University. In his role as British Ambassador, Craig invited the group to Uzbekistan in 2003, to play at the Queen's birthday party celebrations at the British Embassy in Tashkent. The subsequent tour of Uzbekistan was an eye opening experience for the group during which they met some fantastic Uzbek musicians. Two years later, with a lot of organisation, the band managed to bring two dancers & four of these great musicians to the UK for a superb combined tour.
Battlefield Band & Temple Records would like to wish Craig all the best in his campaign - here's a tune the band wrote for him back in 2004:
