Journalistic Standards

As a victim of political violence, I stand with Owen Jones.

If you stand with Owen Jones, then did you stand with Nigel Farage in May?

If you stand with Owen Jones, then did you stand with Julie Bindel in June?

If you stand with Owen Jones, then did you stand with George Galloway in 2014?

If you stand with Owen Jones, then do you stand with Diane Abbott, who was never asked whether or not Jess Phillips really had insulted her?

If you stand with Owen Jones, then do you stand with Jackie Walker, Marc Wadsworth and Tony Greenstein, who have never been approached to give their side of the story by any news outlet of the kind that the Labour Party Conference accredits?

If you stand with Owen Jones, then do you stand with the "state-controlled news media entities", obviously not including the British ones, that will no longer be allowed to advertise on Twitter?

If you stand with Owen Jones, then do you stand with Asa Winstanley?

If you stand with Owen Jones, then do you stand with Chris Williamson?

Above all, if you stand with Owen Jones, then do you stand with Julian Assange?

And what does Owen Jones himself have to say in answer to any of these questions?

Another hung Parliament is coming, and we need our people to hold the balance of power in it. A new party is now in the process of registration.

I will stand for Parliament here at North West Durham even if I can raise only the deposit, which I could do by going pretty overdrawn, although that was not how I was brought up. Buy the book here.

I would still prefer to raise the £10,000 necessary to mount a serious campaign, but I am no longer making my candidacy conditional on having done so.

Please email davidaslindsay@hotmail.com. Very many thanks.