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Quote:Publically making it known that you are supporting a rival political party with your voteGnome said
Quote:I don't see how branches can taken action against a member merely making a threat to vote for another political party. We need something more concrete than that.The transgression as i saw it was publicising your intentions, whether carried out or not, is action covered by Rule 6, "…write or speak for any other political party except in opposition, or otherwise assist any other political party."Since the vote is a secret one, what is required is a confession of voting Labour but i don't think we have an Inquisition to extract one, if those members are reluctant to reveal what transpired in the privacy of the polling booth. I'm not sure if you mean the political situation has deteriorated, ALB, that even members are becoming desperate or that the quality of membership of the Party is becoming unsound.
I forgot the most damaging impact of their behaviour…it destroys the morale of other members who put in a great amount of effort in their activity to maintain a coherent and cogent case for socialism.
I'm the moderate here, it seems. I only recommend the speedy application of Rule 31Publically making it known that you are supporting a rival political party with your vote undermines our whole campaign for a spoiled vote where the Party is not standing.It undermines our fundamental position that our rival political parties do not represent working class interests regardless of how much they wrap the People's red flag around themselves.We campaign against a vote for the lesser evil because a lesser evil still remains an evil and leads to unintended consequences.We campaign against election promises because we understand that they are invariably broken pledges. We decline to place our trust or faith in political leaders because no matter how genuine or sincere, or how nice they are as individuals, the system runs them and they do not run the system. I think our problem though is we do not have vigourous virile branches to promote and protect the ethos of the Party's ideals.I'm betting those on Facebook threatening to vote Labour are Central Branch members…Or am i mistaken? If i am, i do hope their branches take the appropriate action, ASAP.Better no member than a token phantom member.
1944 publication date for the SPC pamphlet.Who in the archives has the authority and ability to purchase it?
Rodman, https://www.jacobinmag.com/2017/06/labour-corbyn-general-election-nationalizationOur task is to expose the fallacy of the above article as being progressive and an advance for the working class. It can only be effectively countered by putting these proposals into their historical context of failed policies of the past and/or unworkable solutions for the future. Every time, i see Mondragon mentioned the hackles of my hair rises.
I'm not on Facebook so i am totally ignorant of what's happening.Is this the Party's Facebook or individual member's personal Facebook? Don't we have the equivalent of a moderator on the Facebook who monitors posts on it? But let's not conflate two separate issues.
It may be a wise move to shift this thread to SPOPEN or SPINTCOM if we are worried about the effect it may have on any visitors to the forum.
Howard's letter is now on the blog.http://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/That is the reason for my suspicions. I usually get reports and letters that i place on the blog and there has been a dearth of those compared with previous election campaigns.
I have heeded your advice, Vin, and stuck to my pledge made in message #105, repeated in various other messages since.
As i said, the SOYMB blog has raised the topic of pensions quite regularly. I mentioned in a previous message not to put too much trust in scare statistics. This article discusses why we should be wary.http://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-brain-washing.html
The SOYMB blog reported his remarks at the timehttp://socialismoryourmoneyback.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-dignity-of-old-age.html( as an aside, i recall i was accused of ageism by my branch when i referred to the age of a returning member to highlight our incapacity to recruit new young members. Mea Culpa)It suits employers to project pessimism to protect their share of profits from our productivity.http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4391520.stmThe report's authors Philip Sadler said there was no "ageing crisis"."As a society we can afford to grow old," he said. "Rising productivity will outweigh any negative influence on living standards from an ageing population."
Is it my imagination or are we getting less exposure so far than in previous elections?Usual the local press offers space for short statements. Local radio give brief interviews. There are a number of hustings.Are these to come or is my impression that they have passed voters by fairly accurate.
