General election result: what now?

Thanks to everyone who voted for me. The election work was new and hard for me and my supporters. Now I am concentrating on what comes next: the cuts that every party has said they will make

Here is the Anticapitlist analysis of the election and what we must do next to fight back against austerity

If you wan tto get involved in fighting back against the coming cuts in Lambeth then please email me at jeremy.drinkall@googlemail.com
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Vauxhall rally: The Anticapitalist challenge in the election

The three main parties will make huge cuts. But Anticapitalist candidate for Vauxhall, Jeremy Drinkall, is offering an alternative –he wants to fight back. Speakers to include other workers taking action against the cuts. 

He will speaking at an Election rally on Monday, 3 May at 5pm

King George Conference Centre

40 Stockwell Road (Stockwell tube)
London SW9 9ES
ALL WELCOME – Refreshments will be available – children welcome.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE

• JEREMY DRINKALL  – Anticapitalist election candidate in Vauxhall
• ALBERTO DURANGO – Migrant worker leading the fight against exploitation in the City
• GUY SMALLMAN – Kennington journalist and eyewitness to atrocities in Afghanistan
• JOANA PINTO – Student from the National Campaign Against Fees and Cuts fighting to save higher education

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Vauxhall election: Unity can save the Triangle

The Triangle is an adventure playground located in the Ashmole estate near the Oval cricket ground. It serves three local estates, and is one of the few spaces left in a densely populated area for young people to gather. The Triangle is a welcome meeting spot and is supervised after school hours.

But recently it has come under threat because of a tussle between the nearby Archbishop Tenison school and the Triangle Adventure Playground Association, which runs the space. Campaigners have been quizzing the Vauxhall candidates on their attitude towards the playground.

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Latin American hustings: English lessons, citizenship and recognition

I attended the London-wide Latin American hustings for the Spanish and Portuguese speaking communities in South Bank University last night. A hundred people turned up for a lively debate. Candidates from all the main parties and the Greens, as well as myself and a few independents, were on hand to answer questions.

The topics that came up time often were the lack of free English lessons for migrant workers, the burning need for migrants to obtain a legal right to stay in the UK and the desire for official recognition for Latin Americans.

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General election hustings in Vauxhall: My policies for the borough

Here is my introduction at the hustings outlining my policies in a couple of minutes.

Multimillionaires' wealth soar in record-breaking rise

All three main parties have stated that they will make savage cuts to our services and public sector job to pay for the trillion pounds of our money given to bailout the banks.

Now the Sunday Times reveals that Britain's top 1,000 wealthiest people have had a very good year. Their combined wealth rose to £335 billion, up £77 billion on 2009. This is the biggest increase in the 22 years of the Sunday Times' Rich List.

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Two new videos

I have posted a couple more videos on You tube. A better version of my speech at the Latin Amercian hustings a couple of weeks ago. And one from the STW husitngs earlier this week, this time me speaking on Iran

You can find them here with the others

Support the Palestinians

Here is me speaking at the Stop the War hustings on support for the Palestinians. I have been to Palestine with the International Solidarity Movement and my union branch, Unison, in Lambeth has done some excellent work over the issue. I also support the six demands of the Palestine Solidarity Committee.

Stop the War hustings video links

Following on from brief report yesterday, here are a couple of video clips of me speaking at the hustings on Monday night. Also see below for an audio boo link of the evening aswell

First one is where I call for troops out of Afghanistan now.

Stop the war hustings Brixton

Fifty antiwar activists and Stop the War Coalition supporters came to the Brix in St Mattews Church, Brixton to hear candidates' policies on Britain's wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. I was invited and gave a five-minute introductory speech, along with the Green, SPGB and LIb Dem candidates. But there was no sign of Labour (who simply sent emails declaring that they were against the war in Iraq, but were not in favour of pulling the troops out of Afghanistan) or Conservatives.

My message of troops get out now, solidarity with the Palestinians and spending the money on jobs, homes and services rather than banks, bullets and bombs went down very well.

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A Vauxhall view on my candidature

Local blogger Jason Cobb interviewed me last night. I posted the link to the interview yesterday (see below).

You can read his thoughts on the interview and on the election in Vauxhall on his onionbag blog

Thanks to Jason for giving me the time.

Blue, open skies and the BA strikers

What a beautiful day, sun shining bright and the sky a lovely deep blue free of clouds and aircraft.

The drifting dust from the Icelandic volcano has again grounded all air travel in the UK and Europe.

The media are full of stories of plucky individuals trying to travel abroad and of people enjoying the Sun and clear blue skies. I heard interviews on TV with residents who live below flight paths saying how wonderful it was. Life continues as normal.

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Investment Bank Goldman Sachs charged with fraud

Goldman Sachs has been charged with fraud. The Times reports that

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused the Wall Street bank of creating a loss-making financial instrument called a collateralised debt obligation (CDO).

Goldman Sachs is an internationally renowned investment bank that has made billions from the financial crisis while workers around the world have been made unemployed and their public services cut.

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Interview with Jeremy Drinkall, anticapitalist candidate for Vauxhall

Here is an interview with me about why I am standing as the anticapitalist candidate for Vauxhall  by Lambeth's Jason Cobb. Please go and listen and tell me what you think. http://boo.fm/b117270

Why I am standing

Here I explain in a nutshell why I'm standing for the millions and not the millionaires