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Showing posts with label GLA Elections 2020. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GLA Elections 2020. Show all posts
Please make every effort to vote if you have not done so already. Please remember that the email address you are looking for is takepart@cesvotes.com. If you have not had this yet, please check your spam and junk folders as it may be there, and check that your firewall is not blocking it....
I have just voted online for Murad Qureshi "1" to be one of our future London Labour Assembly members after the elections in May.
Murad is being supported by Greater London UNISON Labour Link (and he is a former member of my UNISON branch) and a wide range of other affiliates and leading Labour movement figures. In fact, I don't think I have seen such a spread of support in any recent internal Labour election. Have a look at all his endorsements.
All London Labour Party members (128,000 of us I believe) should have got an email from CES takepart@cesvotes.com last week. I got mine on 5/2/20 at 14.12. Check your junk folders but if you did not receive anything contact londonassembly@labour.org.uk.
It took me about 3 minutes to vote (and if you can find that email you don't need to know your ballot numbers or stuff like that. Click on link in email and you go straight to the vote)
Ballot finishes on 12 noon on Wednesday 19 February 2020.
(Murad is a former member of my branch and being supported by Greater London UNISON Labour Link)
"Boris Johnson 's government is pursuing a divisive and reactionary agenda across the board.
We must stand shoulder to shoulder with all those communities, trade unions, migrants and others resisting the Tory attacks.
Now is the time to unite our party, take the fight to the Tories, get Sadiq Khan re-elected and secure a London for the many, not the few.
Having served as an Assembly Member (AM) until 2016, I want to get back into City Hall to stand up for Londoners.
As an experienced campaigner, I have a proven track record of working against austerity and privatisation. Working with Trade Unions and local Labour Groups I helped save fire stations from austerity cuts and post offices from closure.
I believe Labour must continue to oppose cuts and support investment in our future, including through extending public ownership and a green new deal.
As Jeremy Corbyn’s successor as Chair of the Stop the War Coalition, I have been at the forefront of the anti-Trump marches.
We will continue these protests every time he comes to our shores and oppose his attacks on our Mayor.
We must continue to stand up to hate and for unity, not division.
I also want to continue working with all the campaigns l have been involved with on tackling the climate emergency - against expansion of airports in London like Heathrow and City Airport, for improvements in air quality and reductions in noise pollution.
As the inspirational student climate strikers showed us, we need a politics that puts people and planet - not private profit - first.
I'd like to thank all the CLPs who nominated me and everyone who has supported my campaign so far, including the CWU and UNISON Labour Link Greater London regions, London Labour Left, Socialist Health Association, plus MPs Andy Slaughter, John McDonnell, Diane Abbott & Council Leader of Hammersmith & Fulham, Cllr Stephen Cowan.
A better world is possible. Please give me your support.
“As AM, Murad worked tirelessly to fight Mayor Johnson’s proposed cuts to police and fire stations. Indeed the team at North Ken fire station, the first team to the Grenfell Tower fire over two years ago, have acknowledged that he was probably instrumental in saving their station.
Murad has the rare qualities of understanding issues and problems from all quarters of our unequal society with empathy and kindness, while being able to grasp complex issues and how best to lobby, argue and petition the appropriate people at the right time.
I have no hesitation for endorsing Murad as a GLA candidate” Emma Dent Coad of Kensington
Yesterday was a London wide campaign day for the re-election of Labour Mayor, Sadiq Khan and Labour representatives on the Greater London Assembly.
We met at a Labour stall in Stratford for the obligatory group photos then split up into 3 canvass teams. The Newham Mayor, Rokhsana Fiaz, took a team into Maryland while the other two teams went to the Carpenters Estate. I was with our local MP, Lyn Brown and our Cities and East Assembly member, Unmesh Desai.
Residents were as usual in Newham, pretty positive and supportive but a little surprised to see us campaigning so soon after the general election. There was not much recognition that the GLA elections are taking place in May so we have lots of work to do. I recognised some of the residents who have been participating in the monthly Carpenters forums on the future of the estate.
The GLA elections are crucial for Newham, even more following the General Election catastrophe. Sadiq has provided us with £107 million to build truly affordable Council homes as well as much needed funding to tackle rough sleeping. We desperately need a Labour Mayor and Labour Assembly members in City Hall to continue this work.
I collected the latest Labour Mayoral and Assembly election leaflets this afternoon for distribution by Party members in Forest Gate North and West Ham wards. Until the General Election is actually declared (and some people are arguing that it should also be the same time as the GLA and local elections in May next year!) we should concentrate on the battle to re-elect Sadiq as Labour Mayor and ensure we have a majority of Labour London Assembly members. I want (and expect) a General election asap!
This pro-Labour campaigning will also help us win in any general election.
Remember Sadiq has ensured that in Newham we have the money to build at least 1000 Council homes at Council rents. We cannot put this funding at risk!
We have to hand deliver these leaflets as soon as possible so if you are a local member please contact your ward organisers asap and offer to help. If you don't know your organisers ask your Labour Councillors.
In meanwhile, we have a campaigning session and social on Sunday 6 October in Cody Docks (see below)
Update for West Ham ward members: London Labour Party have sent West Ham CLP 45,000
Sadiq Khan leaflets which we must deliver before a General election campaign is
called. Our Ward has 4300 to deliver.
We have split the ward into 20 different delivery
routes. If you can do a route that will be great but if you can only deliver to
your own street that is fine.
Please contact Cllr John Gray if you
wish him to drop off leaflets and routes.
Tomorrow (Sunday 6 October) at 1pm we are meeting
outside ATL Café, 125 Plaistow Rd, London E15 3ET to leaflet then
at 3pm we will go to the Labour Party Social in Cody Docks.
If you want to pick up leaflets to deliver
later then please meet us at 1pm at ATL or 3pm at the social.
This leafleting will also help Labour with the
General election (whenever this is but we all hope it is soon)
