14th October General Election
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Of course we are. We’ve been nursing two constituencies: Folkestone & Hythe and Cardiff Central.
The Election Committee has not been in favour of contesting a London constituency in view of the really derisory vote last time but maybe North London branch will want to stand again against Corbyn as at the last two general elections. Personally I’d be against this since, like the Euroelections, this one will be fought on a single issue with us not being able to get a word in edgeways and our small vote being squeezed even more, making us look stupid. We will have a chance to stand in London, covering a much wider area, in the Greater London Assembly elections next May.
Definitely two (Cardiff Central and Folkestone & Hythe). We could add a third, in London, if a branch wanted. If so, the best would be Vauxhall (in which Head Office is situated) and where we have stood many times.
If West Midlands branch wanted to contest a seat I don’t think the EC would say “no”, but it would have to come from the branch. As it happens, the EC will be discussing the looming general election in a few hours. Luckily, the opposition “Rebel Alliance” has made things easier to plan by postponing the election till November (so a final decision can be made at the 5 October meeting) but we can’t know what might happen over the next few weeks to change things again.
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