On Apr 22, 3:15 pm, Vngelis <meberr...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Having already announced they will vote Labour in round two one
> wonders why these globalists bother standing at all?
>
>
http://www.electrespectcoalition.org/index.php?option=3Dcom_content&tas...=
>
> Policy Priorities
> Tuesday, 29 January 2008
> 1. Housing.
>
> We need an emergency building programme of council housing to deal
> with the chronic crisis which leaves many families overcrowded or
> without proper homes. Young working class people find it all but
> impossible to buy or rent at market prices. 'Affordable' housing
> simply does not solve this problem: even if 50 percent of all
> developments are affordable, they are still beyond the reach of many.
> Part buy part rent is expensive.
>
> All London homes should be affordable and the assumption that at least
> half are beyond the reach of most living and working in London is one
> that we should reject.
>
> Everyone has the right to a home that they can afford. Council housing
> is the best way of achieving that. The market has never provided
> decent housing for all and the policies of recent years right to buy
> and tax breaks for buy to let have only distorted the market further.
> 2. Trans****t.
>
> Decent and cheap public trans****t to encourage people out of their
> cars and onto buses,trains and tubes. Bringing back conductors and
> guards on all trans****t to make it safer and more pleasant. Staffing
> of all stations when open.
>
> Cuts in bus and tube fares which are some of the most expensive in the
> world for one of the worst systems. New tube lines to ease
> overcrowding. A return of all public trans****t to public owner****p.
>
> Extension of Oyster to all rail and the introduction of transfers for
> those changing buses as exists in many cities around the world so that
> passengers don't have to pay twice.
>
> Abolition of bendy buses which could be the origin of the phrase hell
> on wheels. Development of a new Routemaster which is ecologically
> friendly and accessible to people with disabilities and those with
> children.
>
> Good wages, conditions and training for all who work on trans****t, and
> full recognition of union rights.
>
> 3. Education and Health
>
> Education and Health should be a right for all Londoners of whatever
> age and background.
>
> A good local school for every child regardless of race, faith,
> nationality or class should be the aim, with money spent on the
> schools to make sure this happens. No to academies, which aim to bring
> big business and the market into education.
>
> Free breakfasts and fruit for every child. No selling off of
> playingfields for development, these are a resource which belong to
> everyoneand should ensure future healthy generations.
>
> The NHS should be fully funded with no rationing. There should be
> enough GPs and health centers to provide round the clock
> treatment,with no hospital closures and more A and E, which is under
> strain everywhere.
>
> An end to PFI.
>
> 4. Young people
>
> Young people are the future of London but are suffering. Last year 27
> young Londoners died as a result of gun or knife attacks. We have to
> ask serious questions about why this is happening to our children, why
> they feel they need to resort to violence against each other. They
> should feel valued and feel that they have a future, and that requires
> an education system which meets their needs, and which treats them as
> people who have a future.
>
> They also need facilities which offer a wider horizon, with more youth
> clubs, s****ts facilities, arts projects and other alternatives to
> hanging around street corners, drinking, drugs or violence.
>
> These are not optional extras in a civilized society but an essential
> part of it.
>
> 5. Inequality.
>
> London is one of the richest cities in the world but contains a
> growing gap between rich and poor.
>
> The richest individuals and companies should pay far more tax, which
> should be prioritized to finance public trans****t, education
> andhousing, so that there is a redistribution of goods and services
> towards the majority of Londoners.
>
> Among the poorest in London are high numbers of women and ethnic
> minorities. Policies must be geared towards ending discrimination and
> inequality for all, both by challenging direct prejudice in the form
> of***ism, racism, discrimination against LGBT, and by developing
> specific aims which can help particular communities or groups.
>
> 6. Crime.
>
> Although the crime figures have gone down in recent years, perception
> of and fear of crime remain high. We have high numbers of police and
> record numbers of CCTV cameras but they are not reducing this fear of
> crime.
>
> We need a different approach where we attempt to create a community
> which aims to prevent crime before it takes place rather than simply
> dealing with it at the police/judicial end.
>
> Over the past 30 years we have lost caretakers on estates, park
> keepers, bus conductors and tube guards, youth clubs, community
> buildings and much more. These have helped balance council books
> buthave made London a more uncaring and hostile place.
>
> It is time to restore those jobs as a means of preventing crime and
> dealing with insecurity. Let=92s also place more resources into fighting
> crime against people.
>
> Women=92s refuges and rape crisis centers should be properly funded and
> their facilities expanded. We should consider a cab pooling system for
> women at night to ensure they have safe and affordable trans****t
> home.Policing against race attacks should be a priority.
>
> 7. Environment.
>
> Creating a safe environment in London means severely curtailing the
> use of the car. The congestion charge has made some advances on this
> but does not go far enough.
>
> At present, those living in central London, often the better off, have
> little incentive not to use a car. Because the charge is based on
> ability to pay, it discriminates against the poorer, and the rich have
> no difficulty in finding the daily charge. The cost of public
> trans****t further prevents people switching to it.
>
> Entry into the city center should be based on need, not ability to
> pay,and there have to be drastic improvements in costs, comfort and
> provision in public trans****t alongside this.
>
> Other forms of trans****t such as cycles and motorcycles should be
> encouraged, with designated lanes.
>
> There should be more specific footpaths for walkers and busy road
> junctions should be made much more pedestrian friendly by giving more
> time and priority to crossings.
>
> Traffic should be set at 20mph in all roads except major routes.
>
> More green spaces and parks are needed, and developers should be
> compelled to provide open spaces as part of planning.
>
> There should be no more new private building on the Thames, but a
> mixture of open spaces and public housing and buildings.
>
> No third runway at Heathrow, a restriction of flights and
> encouragement of alternative forms of travel.
> 8. Olympics
>
> London shouldn=92t have to pay for the Olympics. The cost of the
> Olympics is rising to astronomical pro****tions. They will rise even
> further if Games in other parts of the world are any indication.
>
> There should be a cap on costs to stop profiteering, and any increases
> in wages and other labour costs should be borne by the private
> companies who stand to make so much money from it, not by taxpayers.
>
> London=92s council tax should be frozen. At present money is being taken
> from local s****ts, arts and community facilities to pay for the
> Olympics and we are in danger of starving local initiatives for one
> prestige project which will be over in a matter of weeks. Already
> people have lost homes, businesses, allottments and s****ts facilities
> on the site.
>
> The site should be returned to local people afterwards, with good
> permanent s****ts facilities, recreation grounds, restored homes and
> amenities and most im****tantly cheap council housing to meet London=92s
> most crying needs.
>
> 9. Work.
>
> Jobs are increasingly stressful and difficult in London. Hours are
> long, compounded by lengthy commute times in overcrowded
> conditions.Unions are weak in many private sector areas such as retail
> or finance.
>
> Many jobs are low wage and low status, relying on large pools of
> labour from people from outside London or from abroad. The boom in
> London of recent years has passed many Londoners by, and the poorer
> boroughs inthe east and south of the city have relatively high levels
> of unemployment.
>
> The London living wage has to be implemented throughout London, and
> hours should be reduced to a 35 hour week. We are a rich and
> technologically advanced country so should be able to afford this
> move, which would immediately improve the quality of life of most
> workers, especially those with families.
>
> A universal childcare service, based on the same principles as the
> NHS, should be available to all parents. Unions should be encouraged
> and their reps given time and facilities at work to publicize their
> cause.
>
> We should aim for a job for everyone who can work, and decent income
> for all who cannot; pensioners, people with disabilities and long term
> sick, as well as unemployed.
>
> There should be an end to privatization, with different industries
> taken into public owner****p to protect jobs, especially failing banks
> like Northern Rock.
>
> 10. War and civil liberties.
>
> The majority of Londoners opposed the Iraq war but were ignored. We
> have suffered in two ways: one the increase in terrorism, most notably
> on 7 July 2005; the other that money which should have gone into our
> public services has been diverted into war and militarism.
>
> The Muslim community has borne the brunt of the war even harder
> because of the increase of attacks on Muslims and because of the
> general rise in racism against them.
>
> We oppose the war on terror and call for the withdrawal of all troops
> from Iraq and Afghanistan, closer links with those internationally who
> oppose such wars, such as Hugo Chavez, and justice for the
> Palestinians.
>
> We oppose the attacks on civil liberties which have accompanied the
> wars, and want an end to stop and search, the abolition of the terror
> laws, and no shoot to kill, as happened to the young Brazilian Jean
> Charles de Menezes at Stockwell tube. We will only make London safer
> and begin to end terrorism when we deal with the root causes of it,
> themselves connected to the war on terror.
Ummm...so...what exactly are your differences with this program
besides what is not there? I agree...It is shameful, and irresponsible
oversight on her part *at best* not to raise the banner of defending
the foreign born section of the British working class. Shame!
David
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