Socialist Party :: Election campaigns

Election campaigns

8 January 2020

Letters to the Socialist's editors.

8 January 2020

What next after the general election, for PCS and the left

Preparing the PCS civil servants' union to withstand the attacks of the new Tory government is urgent. Equally important is the role our union can play in ensuring the whole trade union movement responds to the coming attacks.

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17 December 2019

Socialist Party members out on the streets

Street stalls were held across the country on Saturday

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12 December 2019

PCS general secretary election

Standing for a national elected officers' position for the first time, Socialist Party member Marion Lloyd came second with 9,278 votes

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11 December 2019

Avenue of trees saved!

Save Our Square campaigners have been battling for years against a 'redevelopment' plan

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10 December 2019

Come and discuss with us after the election

Socialist Party branches will be holding campaign stalls and meetings in the days after the election

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4 December 2019

Prepare now for the struggles after 12 December

While the week before, a You Gov poll pointed towards a 68-majority for the Tories, on 2 December an ICM poll put them on 42% and Labour on 35%, just seven points behind.

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4 December 2019

Climate change election debate

Friday 29 November saw the broadcast of the first ever election debate over climate change - no doubt arranged in response to the global mobilisation of young people protesting for immediate action to be taken to save the planet.

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4 December 2019

Keep up to date with our election coverage

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4 December 2019

Carlisle election meeting: Education - time to make the mega-rich and corporations pay

The Labour candidate for Carlisle, Ruth Alcroft, spoke at a Socialist Party public election meeting in the city on 2 December. It followed the handing over of a petition to her from 500 local parents and teachers against the Tory cuts to school funding.

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4 December 2019

PCS union general secretary election

There are just a few days remaining before the PCS civil servants' union general secretary ballot ends at noon on 12 December

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2 December 2019

SWR strike: "We're up for the fight"

The RMT union is resisting attempts to axe the vital safety-critical role of train guards

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27 November 2019

End council cuts now, to end Tory austerity!

A decade of attacks on the working class has sharply hit local councils.

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27 November 2019

Tories launch 'non manifesto'

The Tories' election strategy appears to be to muzzle the front bench

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27 November 2019

Selling the Socialist

Short reports of selling the Socialist paper around the country.

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27 November 2019

Sri Lanka: Presidential election sees return of dictatorial Rajapaksa clan

The extremely polarised presidential election in Sri Lanka on 16 November has resulted in victory for Gotabaya Rajapaksa of the Sri Lanka People's Front (SLPP).

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27 November 2019

PCS union ballot closes 12 December: Marion Lloyd for general secretary

Marion has been active in the union all her working life. She has worked in different government departments, big and small, and the private sector.

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27 November 2019

Tory election campaign's dirty tricks and lies

Tory dishonesty has been all over the news. The latest incident saw them attempt to mislead voters by rebranding one of their Twitter accounts as a fake fact-checking service for the duration of the ITV leaders' debate.

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20 November 2019

Save the NHS: kick out the Tories

Tory lies exposed - Labour's record and programme - how to rebuild the NHS with socialist policies

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