New Labour's Deputy Leader John Prescoitt has just sent out a slightly desperate-sounding letter pleading with former Labour Party members to rejoin, and pointing to some of the Party's claimed successes in meeting election pledges.
Significantly his letter fails even to mention the most significant single reason for mass defections from the Party in the last 12 months or so - the Iraq war, based on lies, and Tony Blair's servile stance of support for George W Bush and his Washington warmongers. ATI Mirror NO WAR DO industrial action. THIS CONSTITUENCY covers three densely populated boroughs and London's financial cen tre. The candidate is Oli Rahman who has bee active in the anti-war movement and the PCS
The campaign is strongest in Tower Hamlet which has a large Bangladeshi population. Having a Bangladeshi, anti-war candidate gives Respec a strong edge. The Bangladeshi contribution tc the campaign is large and growing
New networks are being established betweer the local left, the Bangladeshi exiled left and groups which identify themselves as Muslim This latter section is very keen to contest the General Election against the two pro-war
In addition to the usual round of meeting and stalls we have produced 30,000 copies of a free 8-page newspaper! This allows us to get ove more of our politics across and is useful in giving supporters the opportunity to distribute in their
The public statement calling for a vote for Respect and signed by five former Labour coun cil leaders and mayors (see left) is unprecedent. ed, and shows how even the most committed ol Labour supporters are now willing to make the