Our 2025 local election campaign
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This year there are county council elections in England, on Thursday 1 May.
County councils run certain services in the historic counties outside any large cities there. Some of these elections have been suspended while the Labour government introduces the undemocratic mayor-system instead.
We are contesting 2 seats for Kent CC, in Folkestone as on previous occasions, and 1 for Gloucestershire CC, in Stroud for the first time.
There is also a council by-election taking place in London, in Lambeth, the same day.
The nomination papers of our 4 candidates have all been handed in and accepted. We won’t know exactly who are opponents are till after nominations close on Wednesday. But we do know already that in Stroud one of them will be TUSC, the reformist outfit masquerading as socialist.
Here is the official list of candidates standing in Stroud Central of Gloucestershire County Council. As can be seen, we are up against the usual suspects plus TUSC.
https://www.stroud.gov.uk/media/pwdaal4v/stroud-central-division.pdf
Here is the official list of candidates standing in the local by-election in Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction ward of Lambeth Council in London. As can be seen, here too we are up against the usual suspects and TUSC:
Here’s the official list of candidates standing in Folkestone West and Folkestone East of Kent County Council.
The Homeland Party appears to be a fascistic party, according to Wikipedia;
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeland_Party_(United_Kingdom)
We were outside Herne Hill overground station this morning distributing leaflets and back copies of the Socialist Standard to make our presence known.
This is going to be a hotly contested election between Labour and the Greens (who once had a councillor elected for the ward) and so should attract some local publicity.
The Labour people have already been out distributing leaflets.
County councils run certain services in the historic counties outside any large cities there. Some of these elections have been suspended while the Labour government introduces the undemocratic mayor-system instead.
that’s interesting. i don’t keep up with bourgeois politics but the slaver party’s getting in more gauleiters? bit like them police commissioners innit. no one votes in the election and the guy that’s elected is some random nonce with no power. the police then rape and murder whoever they want. but “democratic control”.
Local online news site comments on the by-election in Lambeth:
The Green Oarty candidate in Herne Hill and Loughborough Junction has launched his campaign. He is promising cleaner air but has stopped short of promising more sunshine:
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