What difference does it make to have a RESPECT Councillor elected?
0 Comments Published by Tom Woodcock on Saturday, April 21, 2007 at 1:22 PM.
In last year's council elections, Respect made a number of spectacular breakthroughs, winning 12 councillors in Tower Hamlets and 3 in Newham.
Rania Khan in Tower Hamlets became Britain's youngest councillor, while in Preston Michael Lavalette is the North-West's best known councillor. In Birmingham, Salma Yaqoob won a council seat with an extraordinary 51% of the vote.
People in those areas have really felt the difference. For the first time in living memory they can easily access councillors' surgeries in their wards.
While councils under Labour, the Tories and the Liberal Democrats all put the interests of private profit before public need, Respect councillors work tirelessly to defend council housing, schools and hospitals.
In Preston, Respect has been instrumental in passing legislation to protect the environment and to ensure employment rights for out-sourced work.
In Tower Hamlets and Newham, New Labour now find themselves facing real opposition for the first time. No longer are they able to roll over ordinary people in the interests of their fat-cat friends. Respect councillors ask the questions that need to be asked, whether it's about the budget, council housing or discrimination.
In areas like Sunderland, Calderdale, the East Midlands and Sheffield, key activists – including a number of former and sitting councillors – are leaving Labour and the Liberal Democrats to stand as Respect candidates.
Rania Khan in Tower Hamlets became Britain's youngest councillor, while in Preston Michael Lavalette is the North-West's best known councillor. In Birmingham, Salma Yaqoob won a council seat with an extraordinary 51% of the vote.
People in those areas have really felt the difference. For the first time in living memory they can easily access councillors' surgeries in their wards.
While councils under Labour, the Tories and the Liberal Democrats all put the interests of private profit before public need, Respect councillors work tirelessly to defend council housing, schools and hospitals.
In Preston, Respect has been instrumental in passing legislation to protect the environment and to ensure employment rights for out-sourced work.
In Tower Hamlets and Newham, New Labour now find themselves facing real opposition for the first time. No longer are they able to roll over ordinary people in the interests of their fat-cat friends. Respect councillors ask the questions that need to be asked, whether it's about the budget, council housing or discrimination.
In areas like Sunderland, Calderdale, the East Midlands and Sheffield, key activists – including a number of former and sitting councillors – are leaving Labour and the Liberal Democrats to stand as Respect candidates.
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