HARRIET Harman's pink bus campaign is to host a meeting tomorrow at a venue in Croydon the Labour council said could not be used for political purposes.
The Addington Community Association was due to host a meeting last August organised by the British National Party railing against the possibility of a mosque opening in the area.
But the council warned the ACA its licence did not permit them to rent the building for political meetings and that the licence may be reviewed if the meeting went ahead.
Labour, who were vehement in their opposition of the BNP campaign against the mosque, has now booked the ACA for tomorrow's leg of deputy Leader Ms Harman's Woman to Woman tour.
She will be joined by Labour's Croydon Central candidate Sarah Jones, Gloria De Piero, shadow minister for women and equalities, and Tessa Jowell MP, widely tipped to run for Labour as their next London mayoral candidate.
It hopes to use the tour to find out what women want from a Labour government and highlight the party's offer to women.
Mrs Jones said the party had booked the building for political meetings in the past and that everything had been "fine" and that the meeting was set to go ahead.
She added: "You will have to ask the council."
Former BNP council candidate John Clarke, one of those forced to hold their meeting outside the ACA, said it seemed like "one rule for them and another for us".
He added: "It just seems like double standards to me."
In August, a council spokesman explained their stance on political meetings at the ACA, saying: "The council drew it to the attention of the managers of the ACA their licence does not permit them to rent the building for political meetings.
"We explained if the meeting went ahead it may be necessary to review the agreement."
The council is yet to respond to the Advertiser's request for comment.
