The first election leaflet arrived through my door on Saturday as the various political parties began to campaign for the Euro-elections taking place on May 23rd. The local elections had only just finished and were surprisingly more interesting than expected. The routing of the Tories combined with setbacks for the Labour Party has started to wear down the two party system.
The Liberal Democrats won over 700 seats and the various Independent Candidates manged to obtain well over 600, Even the Green Party managed an advance with some 165 new councillors. Meanwhile UKIP found itself nearly wiped out. The For Britain Party fielded 40 candidates winning two seats, though lost it's sitting councillor to the Tories.
Voters have shown their disdain for the two main parties whose parliamentary antics have impressed no one. The public may be divided on Brexit but one thing is for certain most people are just sick of the arguments that have dominated the news. Thing is all this is far from over.
The Euro-elections will likely be a disaster for the Tories and it is far from certain that Labour will fare well either . This time voters will have the opportunity to vote for two new political parties. The leaflet that arrived through my door was from the Brexit Party which is already leading in the polls. Nigel Farage will seriously damage the Conservative vote and attract support from elsewhere. UKIP is likely to disappear off the scene as the campaign steams ahead.
The Lib Dems whilst having reestablished themselves on the political scene may not do so well as they face competition not just from the existing parties but a resurgent Green Party and an unknown factor in the form of Change UK who are on around 9% nationally but polling higher in London which may result in the Lib Dems slipping back in the capital.
Change UK has already been on the streets and rallies have been held in London and more are due in Nottingham tomorrow with Norwich and Manchester to follow. Change UK has also linked up with the centrist Renew Party who have four candidates on the joint list.
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People’s vote and remain rally – Nottingham
Crowne Plaza Nottingham, Wollaton Street, Nottingham NG1 5RH
Monday, May 6, 2019
12:45 PM — 2:00 PM
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The opportunity exists to establish a new politics in this country. The old system is broken with a seriously weak and divided Conservative Party who have put their internal factionalism before the country's best interests which led to the disastrous referendum in the first place. Meanwhile the Labour Party has been taken over a by concoction of old hard leftists from the the far left and a blinkered younger following who thought they saw a saviour in the form of Jeremy Corbyn.
Corbyn of course has proved himself inept in dealing with his own party unable to control his own followers who have split asunder as so many of them are Remainers whilst the old fool himself has ardently been against the "capitalist European Union" since the beginning. Under his leadership Labour has allowed anti-Semitism to seep into the political mainstream to the point where it is being investigated by the Equality Commission. The only other political party to undergo such an examination was the BNP.
The combination of the far-left with what they define as the far-right under Farage to obtain Brexit sees former members of the Revolutionary Communist Party not only support but stand candidates on the Brexit Party slate. Corbyn's mates in the Communist Party of Britain who publish his daily read The Morning Star are boycotting the Euro-elections.
British politics is in a mess. The time has come to build a new politics. That has had a beginning with the creation of Change UK which I invite readers to support and vote for on May 23rd. I will be on the streets of Putney campaigning for them today.
Go to: Change UK for further information and check out this short video from the London Rally below.
The opportunity exists to establish a new politics in this country. The old system is broken with a seriously weak and divided Conservative Party who have put their internal factionalism before the country's best interests which led to the disastrous referendum in the first place. Meanwhile the Labour Party has been taken over a by concoction of old hard leftists from the the far left and a blinkered younger following who thought they saw a saviour in the form of Jeremy Corbyn.
Corbyn of course has proved himself inept in dealing with his own party unable to control his own followers who have split asunder as so many of them are Remainers whilst the old fool himself has ardently been against the "capitalist European Union" since the beginning. Under his leadership Labour has allowed anti-Semitism to seep into the political mainstream to the point where it is being investigated by the Equality Commission. The only other political party to undergo such an examination was the BNP.
The combination of the far-left with what they define as the far-right under Farage to obtain Brexit sees former members of the Revolutionary Communist Party not only support but stand candidates on the Brexit Party slate. Corbyn's mates in the Communist Party of Britain who publish his daily read The Morning Star are boycotting the Euro-elections.
British politics is in a mess. The time has come to build a new politics. That has had a beginning with the creation of Change UK which I invite readers to support and vote for on May 23rd. I will be on the streets of Putney campaigning for them today.
Go to: Change UK for further information and check out this short video from the London Rally below.
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