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The Socialist Party stood a list in the London Region in last
month’s election to the European Parliament, so giving over 5
million electors the choice between capitalism and socialism (more than
in a number of EU countries, Ireland for instance). In the event only
about a third, or 1.7 million, voted. Of them 4050 were for the
Socialist list. There were 18 other lists or individual candidates.
Besides the two meetings we ourselves organised, we spoke at 7 meetings
organised by others and were granted the whole of 30 seconds air-time
on BBC regional TV and radio (you have to contest all regions to get a
Party Political Broadcast, and then you have to pay for it to be
produced). 240,000 leaflets were delivered free by the post office to 4
areas (parliamentary constituencies) we selected; a further 28,000 were
distributed by members. Statistics showed that there were over 20,000
looks at the on-line version of our leaflets on our website at
www.worldsocialism.org/spgb.
Outside London we ran a write-in for socialism campaign, with a further
12,000 leaflets being distributed. A token number of leaflets were
distributed, in the language of the country, by members and
sympathisers in Italy, Spain and France. The leaflet was also available
on our website in German, Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Turkish and Bengali.
The Socialist Party will be contesting Vauxhall in the coming general
election, which must take place before next May, and also two wards in
Lambeth in the London borough elections next May.
Extract from:-
http://spgb.blogspot.com/
"In the end Simon represented the Party. We got the time wrong and
arrived half-an-hour early and were surprised to find that a bottle of
beer (as opposed to lager) cost £4 in the bar of the students
union. It would seem that Goldsmiths College doesn't have a very
effective student union.
http://spgb.blogspot.com/
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THE
SOCIALIST
PARTY
OF GREAT BRITAIN
The
next meeting
of the
Executive
Committee
will be on , Saturday 4July at
the
address
below.
Correspondence should be sent to the General Secretary.
All articles, letters and notices should be sent to the editorial
committee at: The Socialist Party, 52 Clapham High Street, London SW4
7UN.
TEL: 020 7622 3811
E-MAIL: spgb@worldsocialism.org
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