Labour Victory

I was having a wild discussion in the Branch office this morning (as one does in Lambeth) with a good friend and a Lambeth activist of many years who insisted that the Labour party was going to lose the election for sure. The comrade did not say that he wished for Labour to be defeated but explained that, in his opinion, there was very little difference between the Tory party and New Labour. Now that analysis could be right or wrong and it could be correct that the recent policies promoted by NL have been somewhat to the right but the fact remains that a Tory government (heaven forbid) will come back with a vengeance and it will be knocking on the doors of all Trade Unions. I say this to my friend and to others who think there is an alternative to Labour

Remember the miners strike, the battles and devastation of entire communities by the Thatcher government;

Remember the Sign Off regulations and the fact that TU's had to go out getting every member to sign back on every 3 years;

Remember the utter condemnation by the Tories of the proposal to bring in the Minimum Wage;

Remember Osbornes promise that his first target in government will be the public sector pensions scheme;

And when you remember all of these negative factors (and there are many others) then think again and don't be a banana encouraging people to show their disapproval by either not voting or voting for none mainstream parties that have as much chance of forming a government as I have of being Berlusconis next wife? Don't be a plonker! Vote Labour and help change the party (if that's what you want) from within!!