General Election – Campaign News
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ALB wrote:Let's see if I have more success in uploading those we've got from Vauxhall and Oxford East.
Done it but might leave it to the professionals next time:https://electionleaflets.org/leaflets/11528/
Oxford Friends of the Earth have published on their site the answers of candidates standing in the two Oxford constituencies (but none from UKIP):http://www.foe.co.uk/groups/oxford/campaigns/General-Election-2015Note the utopian reformism of the TUSC candidate in Oxford East. It looks as if he really believes what he says (and is not just putting cynical "transitional demands" before workers), so confirming our view that if you play the reformist game you end up as one.
I like how both our candidates answered differently, and both correctly within party policy. It's good we have some some for style and personal presentation.
Hmm, speaking of personal styles. I just sent this reply, without mentioning that Soccer is obviously an inferorir football code. oh, the discipline of being a party candidte:
Quote:The Socialist Party is campaigning for the creation of a society based on common ownership of the wealth of the world, so that it can be directly administered in all our interests, rather than in the interest of the minority who currently own it. this would mean an end to buying and selling, and production for needs, not for sale and profit. The issue your campaign highlights, of the obligation of directors to shareholders over fans, neatly illustrates the problem of class ownership of wealth. The pleasure of football becomes a simple means to capitalist ends so long as the market remains.As the vast sums of television money show, football fans are part of the product, as capitalist firms make extra profits through showing the sport and advertising to football fans. With common ownership of the wealth of the world, we would see an end to money dominating sport, and simple organisation for pleasure of the game as an end in itself. If our delegates find themselves serving as a minority in a parliament dominated by pro-capitalist parties, our membership will instruct them to vote (after a democratic debate) in the best interests of the working class. Regards, Bill Martin (Socialist Party Candidate, Islington North)Quote:As a Manchester United fan and a voter in the Islington North constituency, before I vote on May 7th I would like to know whether you will support legislation to reform football governance? We believe legislative changes are necessary as outlined here: http://www.votefootball.org/proposal Your response to the question below may impact decisively on my voting intentions: Will you personally, and your party generally, support new legislation as outlined in the above link? Yours sincerelyYoung Master Smeet wrote:Lo All,should have sent this yesterday, this is the response we got to our complaint about leaflet dumping:Quote:The delivery officer, whose postal route includes the specified address, has confirmed that the mail was delivered into the individual post boxes for the tenants at the block of flats. The delivery officer has advised also that tenants often deposit unaddressed mail, originally delivered into the boxes, either on top of the post boxes, or on the floor around them.In the alleged immortal words of Mandy Rice-Davies: "Well, he would say that, wouldn't he?"
Young Master Smeet wrote:Hmm, speaking of personal styles. I just sent this reply, without mentioning that Soccer is obviously an inferorir football code. oh, the discipline of being a party candidte:You only got a question about soccer. Our Brighton candidates had one on "roller derby". If you don't know what that is (neither did I) there's an explanation here:http://brightonbrats.com/2015/04/29/ge2015/Scroll down to Brighton Kemptown to see Jacqueline's reply:
Quote:Jacqueline Shodeke, Socialist Party of Great Britain: “Hi. I’m just standing for socialism and not making promises on any subject because we’re not running the sort of campaign where parties say “Vote for us and we’ll do this or that for you”. So all I can say is that amateur sport is good, and that in a socialist society all sports will be amateur, since it will be a society without money and its corrupting influence on everything including sport.”Hustings in Kemptown – 15 April
Howard Pilott wrote:38 degrees event focussing on TTIP. I substituted for Jacqueline and managed to get on the panel. Panel included main figure in War on Want [who gave background to TTIP – very unfavourable], Lab, Libdem, Green, UKIP. I was pleased with the event and I might be wrong but I think I got the biggest round of applause that evening: the agenda was a gift to us and with the exception of the UKIP and the Libdem, everyone was outrightly hostile to it; which played to our strengths as I could say they were all going to nothing to alter the balance of power which led to this kind of big business deal. The event was filmed and screened on a local community TV channel and I am told will be uploaded onto the growing concerns website [but it ain't there yet]Six election events taking place today – (30 April):Oxford at 5pm:http://www.meetup.com/The-Socialist-Party-of-Great-Britain/events/221928649/Patcham (Brighton) at 6pm:http://www.meetup.com/The-Socialist-Party-of-Great-Britain/events/222182560/Vauxhall at 6pm:http://www.meetup.com/The-Socialist-Party-of-Great-Britain/events/222127130/Whitstable at 7pm:http://www.meetup.com/The-Socialist-Party-of-Great-Britain/events/220670248/Oxford at 7.30pm:http://www.meetup.com/The-Socialist-Party-of-Great-Britain/events/222154531/Swansea at 7.30pm:http://www.meetup.com/The-Socialist-Party-of-Great-Britain/events/222040830/
There's actually a seventh event today — another hustings in Oxford:http://www.stmargaretsoxford.org/calendar/1780/election-hustings-in-the-hall-at-st-edwards-s-schoolAs our candidate there will be speaking at another meeting at the same time we'll be sending a representative as the other parties have sometimes done.We've also got invites to two hustings for students tomorrow. One in Wadham College at 5pm (in Oxford East, so Kevin will be there), the other in St Hugh's College at 7pm (in Oxford West, so Mike will be there). It's not clear if these are open to the general public but certainly are to students from other colleges.Also tomorrow the same half-page advert will be in the Morning Star as was last Friday (we got two for the price of one).
Actually, an 8th: Lifelong Learning, Blackstock Road N4 2DG this Thursday 30 April 2.45 – 4.00. Adutl ed. FE college,
SPGB House Band:
Howard Pilott wrote:Purportedly a non-political event; Saturday, 2 May in St Peters Church in the middle of Brighton. Actually in the Warren club, I have been approached by the compère who has asked all Brighton Pavilion candidates to participate doing something non-political – an act of some sort. I have offered to play and now am effectively furnishing the house band, named PreferRed for the event. It's a one hour show between noon and 1pm and the only other candidate so far confirmed is a Libdem who is appropriately doing a stand up routine.Just watched Ex-member Steve Coleman on Sky Election News in his official capacity as Professor Coleman.
Ammo for the two London candidates…the unspoken of migrant issue…http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/over-50000-families-shipped-out-of-london-in-the-past-three-years-due-to-welfare-cuts-and-soaring-rents-10213854.html
Response to hindumattersinbritain:
Howard Pilott wrote:Dear Brighton Hindus,Thanks for this. My message to your readers is that I stand for things which I suspect will appeal to members of your faith: a society in which exploitation is abolished, where the participants are able to act towards each other in a spirit of compassion rather than competition, and where honesty can characterise our dealings. My [admittedly poor] reading of Hinduism leads me to the sense that it is a strongly ethical religion, and it is from my ethical considerations that I am attracted to and an advocate of Socialism [a political system which also has a strong following in India]. We live currently in a world where wealth and power are very unevenly distributed, entailing the deprivation and degradation of many people, throughout the world: poverty wages here, child labour abroad, interference in overseas regimes and constraints on their markets. The system works to the advantage of a tiny minority. Yet somehow a belief has gained currency that this is the only way it can be; that there is no alternative to this system of haves and have nots; that we need incredibly rich people in order to make the whole thing work. I hold that we are a remarkably resourceful and adaptable people and the advances of technology provides testament to what we can do when we have the impetus. This convinces me that we could organise this world in a far more egalitarian manner. Can it be right that since the start of the recession in the UK the richest 1% have seen their wealth grow by £77m per day whereas the rest of us have had to endure cuts to our public services and real terms drops in the value of our earnings? Changing the world is not a simple process. I wish I could believe in the reforms offered by other parties of conscience, but I am clear that unless the power balance of our system is amended, the rich will always have greater influence and move things to their advantage [and hence against ours]. It is only by the abolition of the capitalist system that we can progress to a compassionate distribution of the worlds bounty: the most compassionate maxim I know of in politics is 'from each according to their ability, to each acccording to their need'. Only Socialism can deliver this: vote for me and/or better still get involved: visit our website for 3 free issues of our magazine – http://spgb.net/brKind regards, Howard Pilott Prospective Party Candidate The Socialist Party of Great Britain http://spgb.net/brI hope Howard is not trying to be all things to all people with that answer No mention of our materialistic approach to religion that separates us from those with a religious belief of any sort…And i wonder just how a caste religion based on inequality such as hinduism can be called ethical (i'm no expert on caste in the UK Hindu community so i am not sure just how much importance is still given to it within the British communities)Unlike most other religions, Hinduism has no single founder, no single scripture, and no commonly agreed set of teachings…so i suppose at a push, you could impose a socialist ethic upon it, even if no-body actually adhered to it, but we do have a right-wing Hindutva-nationalist government in power in India right now. And then to say socialism has a strong following in India…ummm…what socialists would these be, surely the strong following being referred to can't mean the dozen or so WSP(India) members among a population of more than a billion. I think we have to tread warily in presenting what can be perceived as a false impression of ourselves just to be seen as "nice"…It is inevitable that we offend those who differ and disagree with ourselves and we shouldn't be reluctant about honestly revealing that …even if to relate to another thread topic, it might mean remaining a small isolated "sect" – then so be it.
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