Democracy? Yes! AV? Hmmm...
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Discussion article about the Alternative Vote referendum which the Lib/Tory coalition government says it will organise for 5 May 2011.
Elections
Socialist Campaign to Stop the Tories and Fascists
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To sign this statement email stopthetoriesandfascists@gmail.com. To download the statement click here or see "attachment", below. For the campaign website see stopthetoriesandfascists.wordpress.com.
Don’t be fooled by the Lib Dems!
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Battle yet to get new Socialist Alliance; possible "son-of-No2EU" coalition
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The "No2EU" coalition may be continued into a new coalition at the General Election. But it looks as if we still have a big battle on our hands to pull the socialist left into a new Socialist Alliance.
Why we will vote Labour and SSP in the Euro-elections
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How to vote in the Euro-elections? No-one with any democratic or socialist instincts will fail to vote, since abstentions automatically increase the fascist BNP's percentage of the vote and increase the BNP's chances of winning a seat. But we cannot be satisfied with the advice of many anti-fascist campaigners just to vote for any of the mainstream parties - Tories, Lib-Dem, Labour, Green, whatever.
Who's sorry now? The 'Left List' and the London Elections
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The Left List's explanation of the results of Thursday's elections strongly suggests that the SWP is stubbornly refusing to learn the lessons or even face reality.
Vote left, not Livingstone no.1!
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No, readers of Solidarity should not vote no.1 for Ken Livingstone for mayor of London. Despite all the frantic appeals to us to vote for him as a "lesser evil" than Boris Johnson, he deserves no credit or endorsement from working-class people.
Vote socialist where you can on 1 May
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Forty socialist candidates will be standing in the local government elections on 1 May, under the umbrella of the Socialist Green Unity Coalition.
New Lib-Dem leader backs Tories
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New Lib-Dem leader Nick Clegg has announced that the Lib-Dems will back a Tory minority government so long as it promises some "liberal" measures (such as, for example, "liberating" schools from local authority control).
London Transport RMT votes for independent workers' candidates
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On Thursday 27 September, the RMT London Transport Regional Council (which represents mainly workers on London Underground) passed a motion for a slate of independent working-class candidates in next year's London mayoral and assembly elections.