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| Red Justice |
Solidarity Seek Socialist Unity in Glasgow North EastSolidarity Seek Socialist Unity in Glasgow North Easthttp://www.solidarityscotland.org/ Scotland's best electorally supported socialist party has agreed to renew efforts to foster left unity across Scotland and specifically to encourage a single left candidate in the forthcoming Glasgow North by-election. Solidarity will contact the leading left trade unions in Scotland again to appeal to them to gather the left groups and forces together with a view to knocking heads together in time for the likely November by-election poll. Solidarity also agreed that if the left unity process does not develop in time for the by-election then our national co-convenor and former MSP, Tommy Sheridan, should be nominated as the Solidarity candidate. A final decision on this process is to be taken in early September. Tommy Sheridan said today; "My preference would be to campaign in support of a trade union backed left unity candidate instead of several socialist parties competing against one and other. . If the timescale available does not allow that process to ferment in time then I will fight hard to win the seat. With 11 years as a city councillor and 8 years as an MSP representing Glasgow under my belt I would probably be the most politically experienced and qualified candidate on the ballot paper". |
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| malcolmtucker |
snigger,hoho,heehee.
ourscotland may or may not approve of this piece of free speech. but the initial postand my reply amused me no end. |
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| Reluctant Hero |
It is just an observation, but I would suggest that saying that you are the best electorally supported socialist party isn't the best way to go about fostering unity on the left. It is like rubbing the other parties noses in it. Is the encouragement for a single left candidate to ensure that Tommy Sheridan faces no opposition from other left wing parties? |
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| Aventinian |
If Tommy Sheridan really did hold these ideas he'd still be a member of the Labour Party, or at least the SSP. He's not, so he doesn't. He just wants more people to back him. | ||