Thank you for Voting Labour on May 5th

May 7, 2011 11:59 am 0 comments

To every one that voted Labour we would like to offer our thanks and assure you that Lewes Labour Party in Lewes will continue to campaign on the areas that matter and we can always be contacted to fight shoulder to shoulder with you on your concerns. Please contact us here via the contact button at the top of the page or on 01273 474312. Many of our supporters are wanting to become more active and take a bigger part [...]

Massive increase in Labour Vote

May 7, 2011 11:57 am 0 comments

There has been a massive increase in the Labour vote. but unfortunately still no representation.  In some parts of the Town Labours vote has nearly trebled in size and elsewhere doubled, we have had more candidates, more campaigners, and more support than ever before, we which we will continue to build on. Despite in some areas the Green vote going down (e.g Susan Murray) they did manage to get an extra Town councillor in Matt Kent, who we believe is [...]

VOTE LABOUR – TODAY the 5th of MAY

May 5, 2011 7:39 am 0 comments

  Its Thursday 5th of May and everything to play for, all the parties will have told you the reasons you should vote for them and many will have made their mind up already. There is on thing clear, you know our names and you know our faces, you know our ideals and beliefs and our independence of mind.  You know that we want to put you at the heart of the way things work in local government. If you [...]

Lewes Labour Candidates and Photos for May 5th

May 4, 2011 11:14 am 0 comments

Simple Actions

May 4, 2011 7:48 am 0 comments

Simple actions can make a big difference for Labour on May 5th. Labour is your voice in tough times. We would: Support jobs with money raised from repeating the bank bonus tax – not hold back recovery with the VAT rise and cuts that will put almost one million workers out of their jobs. Protect police numbers – not cut them while wasting £100 million on new elected police commissioners. Protect your frontline local services – not make unfair cuts [...]

Cuts and Hustings

May 4, 2011 7:40 am 0 comments

Last night saw a gathering which can only euphemistically be called a ‘hustings’ .  The good things is that an organisation like lewes stop the cuts saw fit to organise the event. All the major parties and indie candidates were there, except for the conservatives, which is really only to be expected. But on a show of hands only 4 or 5 people admitted they were undecided  in their direction of voting, every other person there was a member or [...]

Malling Street, Lewes – Labour’s calling for speed restrictions

May 1, 2011 9:42 pm 0 comments

Talking to residents of Malling Street, looks like many of them have never seen a councillor , never mind actually get any of them to support them.  As our campaigner Jonathan Spencer and his colleagues talked to people on the doorsteps canvassing for votes in the byelection, the same story gets told: Traffic speeding at 40 50 and 60 mph in a 30mph zone, at times the road is almost impossible to cross.  One resident said he felt that something [...]

Local issues and your verdict on the Coalition

May 1, 2011 8:16 am 0 comments

Remember Clegg saying: “The Conservatives are out of step with the country” before the election, Then after the election he did a deal with them Remember Clegg saying: “David Cameron is wrong, plain wrong” before the election and tehn afterwards became his deputy. Remember the Lib-dems promising a new politics, but instead we got the Tories.   The Tories, having failed to gain a Commons majority last May, lack an “electoral mandate” for savage spending cuts that will affect local [...]

Lib-dems worried about wipe-out

April 30, 2011 8:54 pm 0 comments

The Lib-dems it seems have such jitters about the local election results that they flew Nick Clegg in to Newhaven, and to be honest we think Newhaven has suffered enough under the lib-dems.  And a few nights ago, a Labour supporter in Bridge Ward opened his door to a knock form a Lib-dem MP. Perhaps Mr Stockslump  just doesn’t cut the mustard with voters any more or they haven’t got anyone else who will campaign for them.  It was a [...]

There is an alternative – Lewes Labour 10 point plan

April 30, 2011 8:27 am 0 comments

A 10 point plan to make the difference: Its like watching the storm come in as Cameron and Clegg bring the country to its knees. Here are our 10 suggestions for urgent action: Slow down the spending cuts, prevent unemployment.         Stamp out tax avoidance.The Tories and their Lib-Dem pals recently allowed the Tax office to cut a deal with Vodaphone so they could avoid paying £6billion (that’s right 6billion) in tax.         Invest [...]

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