Pledge “vote4John”
"I will join the Labour Party and vote for John McDonnell in the leadership election of 2007 but only if 100,000 other people will do the same."
— Andrew Matthews, disenfranchised voter (contact)
Deadline to sign up by: 24th May 2007
38 people signed up, 99962 more were needed
Country: United Kingdom
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John McDonnell provides a left wing alternative to Gordon Brown in the forthcoming leadership election. He is, for example, pro- Civil Liberties and opposes Private Finance Initiatives. His website is http://www.john4leader.org.uk.
The Labour Party has announced that new members will be able to vote in the leader and deputy leader elections if they join before 1 June; see http://www.labour.org.uk/leadership/.
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Andrew Matthews, the Pledge Creator, joined by:
- Simon Roe
- Ayesha Garrett
- Christine Berry
- Max Morris
- John Angliss
- Tom Wiblin
- J. M. S.
- Mark Taylor
- Norrette Moore
- Julian Benson
- Jo Rhymes
- rob thorburn
- Julian Todd
- Lewis Spurgin
- Mark Berry
- Aldabra Stoddart
- Tim Morley
- Ross C.Johnstone
- David Jones
- Mark Round
- Thomas Paternoster
- Adam McGreggor
- Ben O'Hara
- Steve Ayland
- Nathaniel Tapley
- Scott van Looy
- 12 people who did not want to give their names
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Below are some of the policies that John will be campaigning for:
# The withdrawal of British troops from Iraq and Afghanistan.
# The end to privatisation of public services.
# A Real Living Minimum Wage of at least £7 an hour.
# A green energy policy based on renewable power sources.
# An increase in the Basic State Pension from £84.25 to £114 a week.
# Defence of comprehensive education and the abolition of student tuition fees.
# The restoration of trade union rights and civil liberties.
As far as I can tell, you have to give them £12 to join.
There are reversals of this kind throughout the "democratic" political system that enable it to convert overwhelming public rejection of a particular policy into government support for it.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6...