May 3rd presents the biggest electoral challenge for Labour since we came to power in 1997. Despite the hard work and proud record of our Labour representatives, the media are predicting we will continue to haemorrhage seats in Scotland, Wales, and in town halls across Britain.
Local Labour candidates are not responsible for the unpopular policies the government is pursuing. They are doing their best to provide high quality services to their residents within a difficult framework.
Failing to return Labour candidates in Scotland, Wales, and in town halls across Britain will not affect government policy. Liberal Democrats and Greens have been calling on voters to "send a message" to Tony Blair in every election since 1997, and no amount of lost seats has or will change his mind on anything. The way to change Labour party policy is to join our campaign and work within the Labour movement for change.
I have written to local papers across the country, encouraging readers to ignore the distraction of national issues and instead to judge Labour representatives on their local record.
I will be also be travelling up to Scotland and Wales to help Labour candidates in their campaigns. I will be helping Elaine Smith in Scotland (20-21 April), and Sue Lent in Wales (30 April). They are both strong candidates with a fantastic record of standing up for working class people. They are both consistent and vocal opponents of the war in Iraq.
I am delighted to be able to report that a group of young people from the Socialist Youth Network have already organised a group of supporters travelling to Wales on the 30th. If you can, please take a day off work to help in Wales or Scotland . Contact Tim or Jacqui in the campaign office for more details of how you can help.
My key policies for local government include:
Thank you for all your hard work so far, and please continue recruiting new members to the party, lobbying your MPs and distributing our leaflets.
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Exactly John, Welsh Labour has rejected many of the New Labour policies such as City Academies and Foundation Hospitals, and abolished prescription charges.
A vote for Labour in Wales is a vote against New Labour.
Good article from Kevin Maguire today in the Mirror:
LEFTY WHO'S JUST RIGHT
Kevin Maguire 18/04/2007
DO you oppose spending billions on weapons of mass destruction?
Do you favour tougher employment protection laws? Do you want an immediate halt to the privatisation of public services? Do you back a considerably higher minimum wage and state pension?
Do you think identity cards would be an expensive intrusion into our privacy? And did you oppose the Iraq war from the start?
If the answer is yes, then lefty John McDonnell might be the Labour leader for you.
Now, I have a sneaking admiration for the tenacity of his fellow lefty, ex-environment minister Michael Meacher.
But he voted for the Iraq war and ID cards, to take just two examples, and is splitting the Labour left. John McDonnell might never get the required 44 nominations to run for the Labour crown but, with Meacher in the race, he's certain to fail.
Meacher had his chance as a minister and should step back gracefully.
McDonnell is a tireless lefty campaigner and like any challenger, Blairite or otherwise, would almost certainly lose to Gordon Brown.
But if there is to be a contest and not a coronation, far better the Premier-in-waiting is challenged from the left as well as the right.
"I will be helping Elaine Smith in Scotland (20-21 April)"
Good luck to Elaine who is facing a potentially strong "save our hospital" candidate
Not much clear water between New Labour and Welsh Labour when it comes to Iraq.
The leader of Welsh Labour famously claimed he couldn't express an opinion on Question Time and not a single Welsh Labour MP voted for an Iraq inquiry!
Welsh labour doesn't stop 1 in 3 kids in Wales living in poverty!
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Wales has 40 PFI Wales Projects: with a Total Captial Value: £1,033 m
PFI projects . Energy management, healthcare and road projects are typical examples of the projects procured and schools ; (March 2006)
The Wales Office’s IT equipment is provided and supported by Siemens Business Services (SBS) under a PFI contract which is held by the National Assembly for Wales. Information and Communications Technology equipment and services are provided to the Wales Office by the National Assembly for Wales under a Service Delivery Agreement. The Wales Office does not therefore own its IT equipment, or hold the contract for its provision.
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PFI Hospitals Swansea Capital Value £'m 0.3
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PFI Hospitals Monmouthshire
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PFI Offices Denbighshire
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PFI Hospitals Vale of Glamorgan Capital Value £'m 0.6
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Lloyd George Avenue and Callaghan Square
PFI Roads Cardiff Capital Value £'m45
Neath Port Talbot Hospital
PFI Hospitals Neath & Port Talbot
Capital Value £'m 66
Neville Hall Endoscopy and Day Surgery Unit
PFI Hospitals Monmouthshire
Capital Value £'m 3.5
Neville Hall Hospital Energy Management Project
PFI Hospitals Monmouthshire
Capital Value £'m 3.3
Newport Southern Distributor Road
PFI Roads Newport
Capital Value £'m 57.1
OSIRIS (Office Infrastructure Review and implementation Strategy) -IT
PFI IT Infrastructure
Wales Wide Capital Value £'m 64.4
Pembroke Dock Primary School
PFI Primary Pembrokeshire
Capital Value £'m 8
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PFI Hospitals
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Capital Value £'m0.25
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PFI Hospitals Carmarthenshire
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Capital Value £'m 2.5
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PFI Hospitals
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Singleton Hospital Incinerator replacement
PFI Hospitals Swansea
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Sirhowy Enterprise Way Road Scheme
PFI Roads Caerphilly Capital Value £'m 34.3
St David's Community Hospital
PFI Hospitals Cardiff Capital Value £'m16
Sully Hospital Contract Energy Management and Waste
PFI Hospitals Vale of Glamorgan
Capital Value £'m 0.92
University Hospital of Wales Car Parks
PFI Hospitals Cardiff Capital Value £'m 5.82
University Hospital of Wales Main Entrance and Concourse
PFI Hospitals Cardiff Capital Value £'m1
University Hospital of Wales Sterile Services
PFI Hospitals Cardiff Capital Value £'m 2
Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhymni & Lewis Boys
PFI Secondary Caerphilly Capital Value £'m 25
Ysgol Gyfun Penweddig, Penweddig Secondary School
PFI Secondary Ceredigion Capital Value £'m 12
Conwy Schools Project PFI Secondary
Conwy Capital Value £'m 40.7
South Wales Fire Service - Fire Training Facility
PFI Emergency Services Rhondda Cynon Taff
Capital Value £'m7.2
Rhondda Cynon Taf Schools & Lifelong Learning Centre
PFI Primary & Secondary Rhondda Cynon Taff
Capital Value £'m 27.2
DVLA - Estates Transformation Project
PFI Offices Swansea Capital Value £'m 1.8
Gwent Healthcare NHS Trust - Monnow Court
PFI District Community Trusts
Monmouthshire Capital Value £'m 4
Bridgend County Borough Council - Maesteg Secondary School
PFI Secondary Bridgend Capital Value £'m 24
John you're a decent guy and deserve support but you're obviously not from Cardiff, don't you known that Sue Lent is a careerist despised by the left as a bully and a bore? Far from taking a principled stand against the war, she is an opportunist (like many former left wingers) who occasionally embraces left wing issues to give her some "credibility"
She has also destroyed the local anti-war movement by packing the AGM of the local peace group with Labour members (most of whom had never been involved with the group, some of whom had even appeared on local media supporting the war!) in order to remove the popular and hardworking secretary and turned the group into a rump. Somewhat reminiscent of Kinnock's tactics towards the left
If she is the best representative of the Labour left in Wales then God help us!
Fortunately, there are some other decent Labour left wingers in Wales
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