Visit from MP, John McDonnell

On Monday 12th January, we were fortunate enough to be visited by our local MP, The Right Hon. John McDonnell. Mr McDonnell is a longstanding friend of our Trust and of De Salis and has been very giving of his time. So much so, in fact, that he joked, ‘I think they’re going to give me my own office at De Salis one of these days.’ Before Christmas a number of our students had expressed concerns about the increasingly divided world it seems that we live in. Mr McDonnell actually extolled the multicultural values we hold at De Salis and spoke about the need for communities to stick together, protect their most vulnerable members, and not buy into divisive dogma. This ties into our affirmation of values at De Salis: ‘In our diversity we are strong; In our strength we are united.’ We are grateful to have an MP who genuinely cares about our College and our students.