Socialist Resistance

An archive of socialistresistance.org, 2002–2022

The proposed dates for Respect conventions are as follows:

Socialist Resistance no14  |  page 5-6

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constituency in England. exploration. to be general acceptance that Respect will contest a limited number of selected seats but the criteria and extent of it needs further

The next stage in the development of the Respect election campaign will be a series of constituency-based conventions (Euro and GLA), which will, either as a single rally or a two stage process, both to launch Respect in the constituency and select candidates. These will take place throughout March - producing a NORTH EAST: Newcastle Saturday March 27 YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE: Leeds Sunday March 7 EAST MIDLANDS: Nottingham Saturday March 6 EASTERN: Cambridge Saturday March 6 LONDON: Hammersmith Sunday March 7 SOUTH EAST: ULU Sunday March 14 SOUTH WEST: proposed Sunday March 28 WEST MIDLANDS: Birmingham Saturday March 6 NORTH WEST: candidate selection March 28 More details from Respect www.respectcoalition.org

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of the Labour Party