Troops Out of Afghanistan Now!

The Stop the War Coalition is surveying PPCs' attitudes to the war in Afghanistan. The campaigning organisation has set up a tool  on its website where you can e-mail the candidates in your constituency requesting their views on the war.

The Anticapitalists are for Troops Out Now.

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Tories lose lesbian and gay support

Chris Grayling, you may remember, is the Tory shadow Home Secretary, who said that B&B owners should have the right to turn away lesbian and gay couples. This currently contravenes the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007 and therefore suggests that, should the Tories win, they may seek to amend the Act.


A number of observers also noted that David Cameron edited out a reference to "gays and straights" in his speech about the Tories turning to the "great ignored", where he listed "young and old, black and white, Christian and Muslim", etc. 


Now the chairperson of the main Conservative lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender group LGBTory, Anastasia Beaumont-Bott, has declared she is now voting Labour – in disgust at David Cameron's failure to reprimand Grayling

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Cameron and Brown clash over National Insurance

Predictably David Cameron focused on Labour’s proposed rise in National Insurance in the last parliamentary question time. But despite the rise of indignation from businessmen (yes, check it out, all of the Telegraph business leaders who called for the NI rise to be reversed are men, except Anya Hindmarch), this measure would hit workers, not bosses.

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Financial News: "bankers beware!"

The Financial News website has warned bankers that my election campaign is "not exactly financier-friendly". Vivek Ahuja writes on their blog:

Drinkall has supported several protests over the years, from the miners’ strike to the anti-poll tax movement, becoming convinced the state was “not neutral but defended the rich and powerful." It would appear there is yet another threat on the horizon for the City and its financial folk.

 

Anticapitalists Target Bankers In Vauxhall Election Challenge

We sent out this press release this morning. Finally the official campaign is underway!

New initiative to stand in Vauxhall at General Election

Local teaching assistant Jeremy Drinkall is candidate

Anticapitalists say take over the banks, take back the bailout billions

Drinkall:

“Spend it on 1/3 of all Vauxhall council dwellings that are officially not decent.
Spend it on 51% of local children officially in poverty”

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Anticapitalist Manifesto online

The Anticapitalist Manifesto, Drinkall for Vauxhall: for the millions, not the millionaires is now online!


You can view it by either clicking on the chapters on the right or by viewing it all in one click by going to Workers Power.


All feedback welcome!

Support the RMT's right to strike

What a disgrace British justice is. A judge has decided that Network Rail signallers in the Rail Maritime and Transport union cannot strike next week because of technical faults in the balloting process. I condemn the use of these undemocratic laws and call for their immediate repeal – will Kate Hoey, who is supposed to represent the RMT in parliament?

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