Surfers Against Sewage are setting off in a bus around the UK to hold sewage focused hustings events in parts of the country with the worst water quality.
This will include visits to Rishi Sunak's constituency and Saltburn.
The group plans to highlight the dire state of our waterways in the hope that it will be a key issue for voters in July.
The bus will be arriving at the River Swale on June 21 and hold an event from 7.00pm until 8.30pm at The Batts.
So far Tom Wilson for Labour, Daniel Callaghan for the Liberal Democrats and Kevin Foster for the Greens are attending.
The event in Saltburn will be held the day before at the Saltburn Learning Campus at Huntcliff School.
The confirmed attendees are: Anna Turley and Luke Myer for Labour, Chris Jones and Jemma Joy for the Liberal Democrats, Jacob Young for the Conservatives and Rowan McLaughlin for the Green Party.
Giles Bristow, CEO of Surfers Against Sewage, said: "We are hitting the road, wetsuits, and surfboards in tow, to raise a stink about the sewage scandal in major election battlegrounds across the UK.
"This election is a pivotal moment in the fight to end sewage pollution and we're determined to grasp it with both hands - and to bring some much-needed fun to the battle-bus bore-fest while we do it. After all, road trips are in surfing's DNA.
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"From Edinburgh to St Agnes, the Surfers Against Sewage party bus will be taking an ever-changing crew of campaigners from town-to-town, helping local communities uncover which of their parliamentary candidates are truly committed to cutting the crap.
"We've been on the front line fighting against sewage pollution for more than 30 years and so we know how to sniff out flash-in-the-pan pledges from insincere vote-seeking candidates.
"Approaching our ninth general election, our crack team of campaigners will be laser-focused on obtaining real commitments to deliver long-term change for our rivers and seas, from all political parties."
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