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gnome wrote:

HO offers some first class accommodation…

So long as you bring ear plugs to block out the noise of the disco next door! 

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Wouldn't help with the Saunders thing but I have sometimes been using this free app to check grammar on things before sending them out.https://www.grammarly.com

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Interesting stuff, thanks for sharing.

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I would have thought it is quite simple. People operating social media accounts in the name of the party or a branch of the party should not be promoting rival parties.Republishing tweets from the Labour Party, Left Unity etc., without any critical comment, is promotion.

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Wasn't an item at one recent ADM or conference about our attitude to referenda? Don't know how the discussion went..

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ALB wrote:

If we take part in the campaign I think we should concentrate on attacking those calling themselves socialists who are on the Leave side, for encouraging nationalism.

I think this is the only sound approach to take, plus pointing out (again) that our social problems are caused by capitalism not the EU. There's no need to tell people to vote or not..

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alanjjohnstone wrote:

maybe you prefer solitary to sharing your cell…

Actually Alan part of my thinking about this has come from my personal life. Like yourself I have had / do have friends, lovers and family from outside the UK and knowing how Draconian immigration laws can be anything that makes movement that little bit freer is welcome.

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SocialistPunk wrote:

DJP,I get your point, but if you suggest we participate in a capitalist issue, just for the sake of a "bigger cell" then I see no difference in socialists advocating and fighting to save the likes of the NHS. There's more at stake than just a "bigger cell", as without the NHS it is likely that many of us wouldn't be here today. Having Cystic Fibrosis, I know I would have been dead before I reached double figures.My inclination is to spoil my ballot should an EU referendum actually take place.

Suppose there was a referendum on whether to scrap the NHS or not. Where would we stand on that? Some reforms are reforms worth wanting..Though of course socialist do support the struggles of NHS workers, as part of sound trade union activity.

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alanjjohnstone wrote:

Quote:

"If I was a prisoner and there was a vote as to if I want a bigger cell or not I would vote for the bigger cell, even though really I do not want to be in prison at all."

A variant of the lesser evilism…leads to all sorts of dilemmas, don't you think?…All manner of political accommodation…Sanders or Clinton? Trump or Sanders? Trump or Clinton? Where does it end?…

This isn't a vote about which party gets to runs capitalism. So, perhaps it ends in a slippery slope fallacy.

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ALB wrote:

I wonder whether, over this particularly vote, we shouldn't simply advocate abstention (ignoring) because the referendum is an irrelevant waste of time rather than our traditional practice of writing "WORLD SOCIALISM" across the ballot paper.

Vote spoiling is a waste of time in this instance, I'm inclined to think it actually is in all instances.If I do register to vote, my inclination would be to vote for. If I was a prisoner and there was a vote as to if I want a bigger cell or not I would vote for the bigger cell, even though really I do not want to be in prison at all….

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AnarchoBlonde wrote:

So, you believe in getting power through parliment?

Our position on the revolutionary use of parliament can be found in this pamphlet. If you want to know how we are different from the Anarchists this would be a good place to look as well.http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/pamphlets/whats-wrong-using-parliament

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SocialistPunk wrote:

What does everyone else think?

To be honest I don't know why anyone is still wasting there time with this self-obsessed charlatan. That's what I think.

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Best to direct email this kind of probelm to spgb.internet@worldsocialism.org.But I've forwared it on to someone who can deal with it.

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imposs1904 wrote:

 A barrowload of Hardy articles and book reviews:Link: Edgar Hardcastle

Plus here:http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/taxonomy_vtn/term/205And here:http://www.worldsocialism.org/spgb/taxonomy_vtn/term/3312

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jondwhite wrote:

Surely a domain name to attract people is not as good as a high Google ranking?

Actually a good domain name, one that is related to the content, will help get a high Google ranking…And if you Google "What is Socialism" (sign out of Google first to make the test fair) we come out number one. Anyone else seeing this?

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