Friday, January 04, 2008

Backing Ken Livingstone for London Mayor 2008

The London Labour Party has launched a website for the re-election of London Mayor Ken Livingstone. So far the website.

KenLivingstone.com only has a request for donations and to "sign-on" box to enable activists to sign up for email alerts. More to follow.

Ken Livingstone is committed to securing the long-term success of our capital, making sure that every Londoner is able participate in that success – and protecting our environment so that London's success is sustainable.

We'll be campaigning hard to ensure that London remains on the right course and that Londoners understand the choices they'll face in the election for Mayor on 1 May 2008”.

During the election campaign I will also be doing my best to encourage trade unionists to support Ken and the excellent existing Labour GLA member for City and East, John Biggs, as well as looking to increase the Labour vote and turnout, not least in order to prevent the BNP from getting a seat.

Interestingly Galloway has indicated that he will stand for the GLA as well this year! Should be fun. Email Hat tip to AG

13 comments:

Anonymous said...

Well I for one am going to become a first time BNP voter. Had enough of this insane immigration thats destroying London.

John Gray said...

Anon – we are all immigrants. Why do you think London is so economically successful? (No matter how unfair the rewards are distributed) Think who cleans your office, runs your trains, serves your food and drink, and cares for you when you are in hospital.....

Stop making excuses and blaming “jonnie foreigner” for problems in our society and don’t support Nazi’s.

Anonymous said...

Anonymous is not the only one. You only have yourselves to blame for this. Don't say nobody warned you. You had no mandate for the rampant immigration which London has experienced and now you're reaping what you have sown.

John Gray said...

Hi Russell
What nonsense. London has always experienced massive waves of immigration. Always to our benefit.

On the one hand People must do what they think is correct – if they want to vote for Nazi’s as a “protest vote” they will.

Hopefully if we get out and challenge the nonsense being put out by the BNP we can persuade people that supporting bigotry and hate is not the way forward for London. However, they are wasting their vote since the BNP will not win and will not have one iota of influence over government policies.

Anonymous said...

Oh dear,
I just came across your site, and found that tired old word 'Nazi' being used as a blanket term to describe all BNP members!
I have noticed recently that the old Pavlovian 'knee jerk response' is not as effective anymore.
People are actually waking up at last(as I did)from all those years of educational, governmental and mainstream media brainwashing! The BNP are just like anyone else, and I have yet to meet anyone who would wish to emulate Hitler (in any way whatsoever)
Immigration is only one aspect of a rather nasty can of worms! In fact we are worried about rising crime levels, our young people(of all colours) becoming increasingly violent, the destruction of greenbelt land, and of course the EU.
Marx's 'End of History' scenario is not something I want to experience anyway.
Please excuse me for butting into your 'Eutopia' I just couldn't resist it, even though you will not print this of course!
I am not even going to give my opinion on Mr Livingstone!
Liz

Anonymous said...

Thanks for that reply John. However, you are wrong on both counts. Current levels of immigration are higher than they have ever been. If you don't believe me, look at the Government's own statistics. In addition, saying that mass immigration is "always to our benefit" is no less extreme a position than anyone who says it is "never to our benefit". Try telling old ladies who complain that they feel now like foreigners in a community that they have lived in all their lives that mass immigration has benefitted them. Accidents caused by foreign drivers in this country who don't understand the rules of the road here - "always to our benefit". Honour killings? "Always to our benefit". By sweeping such issues under the carpet, as you and Livingstone seek to do, you just drive people to the BNP, because they feel you aren't listening and couldn't care less. And given your response above, they are right.

John Gray said...

Hi Liz
I am not sure why being an ex CPGB member (if true which I rather doubt) gives you any authority to speak on this subject?

However, what you say is just plain wrong. Do you know how many active BNP members have active criminal records for racist and other mindless violence? Have you seen the picture of Tyndall in his SA “storm troopers” uniform?

The BNP is a Nazi Party and I am not surprised they want to hide this fact.

John Gray said...

Hi Russell
We are not sure whether the mainly East European migrants (not necessarily immigrants) will remain in the UK. I think many will. I am trying to think of any mass immigration in the UK that has not “always been to our benefit”? Nope, can’t think of any? We are a Heinz 57 country of Germans, Roman, Scandinavian, French, Scots, Welsh, Irish, Jewish, West Indian, Indians, Africans and now East Europeans. This is a strength not any weakness.

Again, who cares, cleans and feeds the old ladies as carers either in their own or nursing homes?, who works 12 hours shifts 7 days a week driving Londoners around for £1.50 per mile; honour killing? What has that to do with the 99.9% of decent law abiding hardworking newcomers to this country?

There is a real issue about how the democratic parties relate to a small number of London working class (white and black) who do feel that they are not being listened to enough. However, this feeling is prevalent in other parts of the UK where there is no significant emigration at all. So blaming immigrants for this problem is simply nonsense.

Anonymous said...

John,

You have somewhat let the cat out of the bag when you say that you have no idea how many East European immigrants will remain in the UK. We, the public, know you have no idea. The Labour Party never bothered to take the impact on existing societies of immigration into account when allowing accession state citizens to work in the UK. This is why the Migration Impact Forum was established. It is telling, however, that this was only done after years of very high net immigration and is just a bit late. Are you aware that the Immigration Minister, Liam Byrne, is on record saying that "migration has deeply unsettled the country". John Reid, previous Home Secretary, said "We have to get away from the idea that anyone discussing immigration is somehow a racist". Margaret Hodge has said that many white people in her consistuency were tempted to vote BNP because "no one else is listening to them". Are you a member of the same labour party? I think you will also find that the working hours you quote for the driver are illegal under EU law and I have no wish to be anywhere near someone on the roads this much. And yes, crimes like honour killings do happen, it does matter and it is illegal here.

John Gray said...

Hi Russell
Of course we don’t know how many EU citizens will remain? So what, in any case? They are 99% hard working, tax paying and valued workers for our economy! What is wrong with that?

All accession states will sooner or later get free movement of its citizens across the EU. So again what is your point? If you are against the expansion to the EU then just say so.

Yes, there are real problems and stresses over immigration. I for one will not label anyone for wanting to debate it. But advocating an openly racist and Nazi political Party is very different.

I’m not a mini-cab driver (one of the few jobs I have not done) but apparently it is not illegal to work 12 hr shifts http://www.newsshopper.co.uk/mostpopular.var.659305.mostviewed.just_the_job_mini_cab_driver.php

And what point are you actually making about honour killings? Please make your points in plain English as I cannot understand what you are going on about.

Anonymous said...

AND THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND THE MOSLEM HANDSAR SS DIVISION...OH I SEE ONLY WHITES CAN BE NAZIS!

NEVER BEFORE HAS BRITAIN HAD MASS IMMIGRATION YOUR LIES FIND YOU OUT WITH REPORT AFTER REPORT.

2010 WATCHOUT ANOTHER HOARD OF MOSLEM TO ENTER THE EU UNDER THEIR EU/ARAB AXIS.

BRITAIN IS WAKING JUST HAS EVERY OTHER NATION ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE IS DOING.

POPULATION REPLACEMENT THAT YOU MARXIST SCUM HAVE REALISED IS THE ONLY WAY TO HOLD ONTO POWER.

RISE BRITAIN RISE!!

APPROVE OR NOT..YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED BRITS DETEST COMMUNISTS AND THEIR CP GRADUATES.

SHARIA FINANCE IS WHY LONDON IS ECONOMICALLY SOUND....ARABS BUYING UP THE COUNTRY DHIM.
WHO RAN THE SERVICES PREVIOUSLY AND BETTER THAN TODAY?
MRSI...UNKNOWN WHEN BRITAIN WAS RUN BY THE BRITISH FOR THE BRITISH.

JONNIE IS THE FOREIGN WAY OF SPELLING JOHNNY NOT THE ENGLISH WAY!

Anonymous said...

BANNA NAZI GROW UP EDUCATE YOURSELF DHIMMI!

YL

John Gray said...

Hi Mr Shouting Nazi
You really do not need to use block letters to get your point over. You are right that anyone can be a Nazi or fasicist. A lot of your assertions don’t actually make any sense? I assume that you were somewhat tired and emotional at the time.

What is interesting is that you do not appear to understand how “Blogger comments” actually works. You seem not to understand that comments only appear when they are approved? So it appears that you post shouting Nazi views then try to pretend you are some sort of anit-Nazi West Indian? “BANNA NAZI GROW UP EDUCATE YOURSELF DHIMMI! YL” 16.25 and 16.28.

Grow up please and do a little bit of homework.