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From The Socialist newspaper, 3 May 2007
New Labour panics and resorts to lies
EVEN LABOUR'S newest recruits lie and cheat to secure their seats and that is not just in Whitehall but in Crosland Moor and Netherton ward, where Socialist Party member Ian Slattery is standing for the Save Huddersfield NHS campaign.
New Labour put out a leaflet of slander in which they falsely claim Save NHS councillor Jackie Grunsell voted for cuts in rubbish collection and care services despite having heard her speak against these cuts!
The New Labour candidate, Sarwar, is a former Lib Dem councillor who switched, over a personal difference with other Liberals rather than for political reasons. The Labour material reiterates on every page that "local elections are about local issues" and that "we don't do national politics"! This is from someone who left one party for another one he is ashamed to be identified with!
A supporter of our campaign told Jackie as soon as she received the lying leaflet. Threatened with a story in the local paper, Labour promised to distribute a retraction but as yet nothing has been seen.
Their arrogance knows no limits nor does their drive for power and prestige - a trait common to all capitalist politicians. Jackie was told by the head of the Labour group that this "is politics"! This is the type of thing that turns people off politics.
It is left to socialists and genuine campaigners to lift politics out of the gutter and take it back to the streets and communities that are left without a voice by the arrogant, lying, corrupt big-business parties.
Sarah Sachs-Eldridge
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In The Socialist 3 May 2007:
2007 election analysis: Time for a new workers' party
Scottish Elections: Labour rocked as SNP wins
Socialist Party election campaign
NHS cuts... privatisation... widening wealth gap
Campaign for a New Workers' Party conference
Socialist Party NHS campaign
NHS: A matter of life and death in Swansea
Socialist Party workplace news
PCS: Fighting for jobs, pay and services
Socialist Party editorial
Widening wealth gap needs working-class response
Socialist Party election campaign
Packed election rally for Scotland's Solidarity
Irish election - Socialist Party takes on the establishment
New Labour panics and resorts to lies
Yorkshire ISR and Socialist Students day of action
Global Warming
Alternative energy: Winds of change?
Education
Socialist Students
Seattle students walkout against the Iraq war
Pressure mounts for troops withdrawal
Socialist Party Marxist analysis
Russia April 1917: Lenin returns from exile
Comment
Women must have the right to choose!
Socialist Party news and analysis
What 'public-private partnerships really mean
Oppose legal aid contracts tooth and nail
Socialist Party workplace news
Remember the dead but fight for the living
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