Regular readers (Sid and
Doris Blogger) will have noticed the dust gathering on this blog recently.
In the last fortnight I have
attended my last meeting of the UNISON Greater London Regional Committee and my
last negotiating meeting with my employer as Secretary of Lambeth’s Joint Trade
Unions (a position from which I have stood down).
I have taken a break for a
holiday and returned, somewhat unwell, to find a General Election campaign in
partial (if not full) swing.
Workers and trade unionists
need to get behind Labour candidates (who are offering us twenty pledges
this time!)
I shall refrain from comment
on important
internal labour movement issues of democracy
and the like until 9 June – now is not the time for us to rehearse those
issues.
I’m hoping to be fighting
fit and campaigning, as Chair of Brighton
Pavilion Constituency Labour Party, in the next few days.
The odds
are stacked against us in this election, but the Party’s mass membership,
and the unpredictability of electorates in the recent past could be wild cards
in our favour.
At any event it is now in
our hands to campaign, to get
voters on the register (particularly young voters who are least likely to
register and most likely to vote Labour) – and to get votes cast for Labour
candidates.
What matters in this
election is to aim to defend Members of
Parliament at risk from the Tories and to defeat vulnerable Tory MPs. The Party –
and the wider movement – must prioritise ruthlessly.
We must also maintain focus –
ignoring attention
seeking nonentities who try to betray our Party and answering the incessant
attacks which our leadership will face with a resolute focus on positive policies for
working people our families and our communities.
No comments:
Post a Comment