Galloway's Win - What Does It Mean?

[Loz]

Is is a one off aberration? Or a signal that voters are starting to say 'a pox on all your houses' to the main political parties? Will that be good news for the Tories, as Labour is more likely to lose their core vote if that happens (UKIP excepted)? And what of the Lib Dems - they lost their deposit in the by-election. Will dumping Clegg be a way back?

[????]

Bi-election

In a not typical constituency

Small turn out

...nothing to see here folks

[ibilly99]

For this I will be eternally grateful - long live Gorgeous George !

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[Razors]

It means absolutely nothing other than a dim electorate either not understanding, (or having a laugh),& repeats of Galloway & Lenska!

[Nick Wrack]

I think it is very significant. It was an astonishing result, in many ways more remarkable than his result in Bethnal Green and Bow. Whatever you may think about Galloway, you can't really argue with that.

Of course there was a huge Galloway factor in play. But it goes much deeper than that. It shows that Labour cannot take its working-class voters for granted any more.

Labour has presented little if any opposition to the Con-Dem coalition. Miliband and Balls have supported the government's austerity programme. Labour supports privatisation and PFI. It never supports workers who take strike action, whether it be on pension cuts or anything else. So, what is the point of Labour.

There is a space to the left of Labour. All three main parties say pretty much the same thing. We need a real, nation debate on what sort of economy and what sort of society we want. Do we want one that is subservient to the banks, big business and company executives, or do we want one that serves the needs of ordinary people.

TUSC wants to make sure that the disillusionment with Labour and the other established parties finds an expression in a serious party that aims to build everywhere.

The small, relatively new Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition aims to raise this debate. It is standing a list of candidates in the London Assembly elections on 3 May. It stands in opposition to all cuts, privatisation, PFI and the anti-union legislation. It completely rejects the three-party consensus in favour of austerity and war.

[uncleglen]

Does anyone know the proportion of postal votes?

[Huguenot]

"It stands in opposition to all cuts, privatisation, PFI and the anti-union legislation. It completely rejects the three-party consensus in favour of austerity and war."

No vote for ME! I oppose EVERYTHING!

but would struggle to run a piss up in a brewery before it had been renamed several times after African National Congress figureheads and collapsed under the weight of factional disputes

*please Dad, can I have some more pocket money?

[Loz]

"It completely rejects the three-party consensus in favour of austerity and war."

Anyone else read this sentence in a way that it wasn't intended?

[Huguenot]

Yup - I guess one usually rejects something in favour of something else.

However, this version prompted a show of hands, and after the Socialist Trade Unions Coalition walked out on the Trade Unions and Socialist Coalition over an unextended toilet break, the Socialist Coalition of Trade Unions (Redcar) cited rules 17.2 and 149.3 and carried the motion through a disputed golden vote.

They all decided they deserved more money, and an enquiry was called into how the bourgeoisie stole the money tree.

Everyone was in opposition.

[Didi2]

If only they knew back then..