Euroelections 2014: Wales Region
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The Wales Report has been in touch and will be interviewing one of our candidates, Howard Moss, tomorrow (Friday). According to their website, there's a special edition on the European Elections on Wednesday 14 May at 22.40 on BBC Wales, so it looks as if it will be shown then.Here is what Howard intends to say if they give him enough time:
Quote:In or out of Europe doesn’t matter. We’re looking for a real change. Not the kind of change that puts a different set of leaders in charge of the same old system. We’ve got a system which is ruled by money and the drive for profit and by its nature it causes insecurity, divisions and conflicts between people and grotesque inequality. It allows the world’s richest 85 people to own more wealth than half the world’s population put together. This obviously won’t do. The Socialist Party of Great Britain stands for the kind of change that in Wales, Europe and over the whole planet and calls upon people to vote for a free access society without money and wages, without borders, without leaders and led. It’s a society based on democratic co-operation in using the world’s resources rationally to feed, clothe, house and give a decent life to everyone. It’s not a utopia either, it’s a real tangible prospect and more and more people are seeing that. Social consciousness is the key to this common ownership society and that’s what we’re trying to achieve by asking people to vote for us on May 22nd.We know that Royal Mail has begun to distribute our election manifesto (which is different from the one in the South East Region) in North Wales as we have already received one complaint that it wasn't bi-lingual. On the other hand, we have also received one request in response for a free 3-month trial subscription to the Socialist Standard from Caernarfon/Carnarvon
ALB wrote:We have been asked by the Carmarthen Journal to answer in up to 80 words three set questions for publication in their paper along with the replies of all the other lists.Our replies, together with those of some of the other lists, have now been published, both in the paper, and online here:http://www.carmarthenjournal.co.uk/gets-Euro-vote/story-21065363-detail/story.html
Our election communication is due to be distributed in South Wales today, Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and some of the valleys. Meanwhile the CPB and the SWP are trying to persuade us not to participate in any hustings at which the BNP and Britain First will be represented.
I've accepted two invites from the media. First one is a studio interview on BBC Radio Wales tomorrow from 12.45 to 12.50 and the other one is a hustings on Radio Cardiff on Friday the 16th from 1pm to 2pm.
The BBC have now added our Party Election Broadcast in Wales on Monday night to the page on election broadcasts on their website.Ours is here:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-27379468
ALB wrote:Our election communication is due to be distributed in South Wales today, Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and some of the valleys. Meanwhile the CPB and the SWP are trying to persuade us not to participate in any hustings at which the BNP and Britain First will be represented.Are the SPGB in particular being asked by the CPB and the SWP? If they'd rather us stand outside and shout while Lib-Lab-Con get a free rein – than go in and verbally attack them on the same platform then no thanks.
jondwhite wrote:Are the SPGB in particular being asked by the CPB and the SWP? If they'd rather us stand outside and shout while Lib-Lab-Con get a free rein – than go in and verbally attack them on the same platform then no thanksYes, our election agent in Wales (Brian) was phoned personally by Robert Griffiths, the General Secretary of the CPB and lead candidate on the No2EU list in Wales, and a representative of the SWP attended the Swansea Branch meeting on Monday with the same end in view. I'm sure Brian will be able to provide more details.
My bit on BBC Radio Wales around 2.51 http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b043njyl
ALB wrote:jondwhite wrote:Are the SPGB in particular being asked by the CPB and the SWP? If they'd rather us stand outside and shout while Lib-Lab-Con get a free rein – than go in and verbally attack them on the same platform then no thanksYes, our election agent in Wales (Brian) was phoned personally by Robert Griffiths, the General Secretary of the CPB and lead candidate on the No2EU list in Wales, and a representative of the SWP attended the Swansea Branch meeting on Monday with the same end in view. I'm sure Brian will be able to provide more details.
What a farce and political posturing by the CPB and SWP under the front of Unite Against Fascism Wales who suggested that the BNP and the Britain First were on a pre=recording husting broadcast by BBC Wales TV scheduled for today 14/5/14. And they wanted to know if we would join them in denying them a platform. It was explained to the representative of the SWP Gary Owen at the Swansea Branch meeting there was no chance we would let such a golden opportunity to challenge the obnoxious and divisive message(s) from either the CPB, SWP, BNP and Britain First on TV.However, as it turned out there was no hustings but studio interviews for all the minor parties, and despite the demonstration outside by Unite Against Fascism Wales the No2TheEu lead candidate Robert Griffiths of the CPB put their position. Like I said farcical posturing.
Brian wrote:farcical posturing.I see what you mean. They stand outside demanding "no radio interviews with the BNP" and then go in to get interviewed themselves. I'd say that makes them hypocrites too. In fact, why don't they stand outside the polling stations protesting against the BNP being allowed to stand or even to exist? And since both the CPB and the SWP have themselves been the victims of "no platform" actions you'd have thought they might realise there's something wrong with it.
ALB wrote:The Wales Report has been in touch and will be interviewing one of our candidates, Howard Moss, tomorrow (Friday). According to their website, there's a special edition on the European Elections on Wednesday 14 May at 22.40 on BBC Wales, so it looks as if it will be shown then.Howard Moss did a fine job of putting the case for the Party on yesterday's edition of the Wales Report. His contribution begins at 52:30.http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b042yvgx/the-wales-report-14052014
Swansea football fans discuss our leaflet:http://www.fansnetwork.co.uk/football/swanseacity/forum/112688/1380611/#.U3UurHaxNdhWhat next
gnome wrote:Howard Moss did a fine job of putting the case for the Party on yesterday's edition of the Wales Report. His contribution begins at 52:30.http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b042yvgx/the-wales-report-14052014 Howard's contribution is on here now at http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/video/2014-european-elections-wales-report
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