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Left Slate for Local Elections 2009?
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Tuesday October 07, 2008 18:01 by Michael Murphy - Socialist Party mmurphy at socialistparty dot net
Planning for the Local Elections 2009 There have been some exploratory discussions among some groups on the left about the possibility of a left slate of candidates for the local elections in 2009. The text below is an article from the October edition of "the Socialist" outlining the Socialist Party's attitude to this issue for those interested. Left slate of candidates for Local Elections 2009? |
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Jump To Comment: 1 2 3This could take some strategic thinking.
In some cases having more than one candidate can be a good idea in
some wards. Naturally in a typical ward there might be three F.F candidates
two F.G candidates One Labour and maby one Right independant.
To get elected someone needs to get transfers as others are eliminated.
Allowing for a few transfers to come back to the left from S.F Green etc it would put some Left
candidates in a fighting position.
Of course in other wards having a single candidate would be preferable depending on the number of seats available
population structure rural urban split etc.
Also it is pointless for candidates to stand if they will only get a couple of dozen votes!
This is an interesting development. Quite a few people have been calling for a left electoral front for a long time. Have any other groups responded to these proposals? It would be good to see a joint slate.
Good news? Are you serious. They (the political parties) will disappear for six to nine months, sucking many activists with them, and won't do anything except things that will help them get elected regardless whether it is best for the campaigns they claim to represent.