My goodness, but the cat is among the pigeons. To recap, 6th May 2021 will be Super Thursday, on which a huge number of elections will be held. First, at least above Parish or Town level, do not vote for Keir Starmer's Labour Party. For anything. At all. With this year's Labour Party Conference unlikely to be held, then we have it in our power to prevent him from ever addressing one as Leader. Secondly, in general, vote for whoever was best placed to defeat Labour. A ward by ward guide to Durham County Council, where this need is particularly acute, will appear here nearer the time.
Thirdly, for the Scottish Parliament, get Alex Salmond back in, get as many as possible of his supporters in with or without the backing of the SNP, get Nicola Sturgeon's supporters out, and get Sturgeon herself out. None of Salmond, Tommy Sheridan, George Galloway or Craig Murray has said no to contesting Glasgow Southside against her, and you do not have to be a #MeToo or #IBelieveHer feminist to have the vote. Any one of them would take enough to cost her the seat, Salmond would himself be the First Past the Post, Sheridan probably would be, Galloway (who was a Glasgow MP for many years) would stand a very good chance, and Murray would give it a very good go.
Fourthly, vote for George for Mayor of London. And sixthly, when casting list votes for the London Assembly, the Welsh Assembly or the Scottish Parliament, then vote either for the Workers Party of Britain or for the Social Democratic Party. Those agree on a lot, and where they do, then they are right. Dr Kevin Hickson, an SDP stalwart, is on the WPB Leader's programme, Sputnik, tomorrow, talking about the great Peter Shore. That says it all.
For myself, I shall no longer be joining parties or contesting elections. I was first a Parish Councillor and a school governor 21 years and half my lifetime ago. But look at the Spiked lot. Back when they were the Revolutionary Communist Party, then they used to contest elections. I believe it is correct to say that, unlike me, they were never elected to anything at all. Not once. Yet look at them now. One of their number, who is in fact younger than I am, is the Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit. The Budget of March 2020, and the Government's response to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, have ended the era that began with the Budget of December 1976. The Centre is the think tank for this new era. Please give generously.
For myself, I shall no longer be joining parties or contesting elections. I was first a Parish Councillor and a school governor 21 years and half my lifetime ago. But look at the Spiked lot. Back when they were the Revolutionary Communist Party, then they used to contest elections. I believe it is correct to say that, unlike me, they were never elected to anything at all. Not once. Yet look at them now. One of their number, who is in fact younger than I am, is the Director of the Number 10 Policy Unit. The Budget of March 2020, and the Government's response to the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, have ended the era that began with the Budget of December 1976. The Centre is the think tank for this new era. Please give generously.
"For myself, I shall no longer be joining parties or contesting elections."
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