Chris said that he
> we are going to have to learn how to use this proportional electoral system
I
> predict over the next ten years a group will emerge that will put a more
> radical reasonably-coherent reformist position.
I think the LSA already had put a radical reasonably-coherent
reformist
At 13:24 05/05/00 +0100, you wrote:
>On Fri, 5 May 2000, Andy Lehrer wrote:
>
> > The results thus far are disappointing. The LSA's only chance at an
> outright
> > first-past-the-post seat, Ian Page, has not been elected and as for the
> "top-up"
> > PR returns the LSA seems to be running bet
David wrote:
> Turnout in elections is certainly falling and will probably fall further
> at the next general election, but IMHO this represents not a rejection of
> the 'parliamentary road' than a rejection of the possibility of any kind
> of change.
Yes I agree. I may actively abstain from elec
On Fri, 5 May 2000, J.WALKER wrote:
>
> My main argument (as I am not keen on just going over the old debates
> of anti-parliamentarianism) is that the Left in its opposition to New
> Labour either harks back to a false Golden Age of Old Labour which it
> cannot attain or cannot see beyond el
Chris replied:
> Proportional voting and tactical voting are becoming more important here.
> Although there are delays in the London counting, one result tonight shows
> massive tactical voting got the Conservative MP out in a Parliamentary
> by-election, with Labour voters switching to Liberal
On Fri, 5 May 2000, Andy Lehrer wrote:
> The results thus far are disappointing. The LSA's only chance at an outright
> first-past-the-post seat, Ian Page, has not been elected and as for the "top-up"
> PR returns the LSA seems to be running between 2-3% with half the votes counted,
> well belo
At 15:19 04/05/00 +, you wrote:
>Dear comrades,
>
>I have been quietly reading the Left press in relation to the London
>Election and Ken Livingstone London's Mayoral candidate which is
>happening today.
>
>A large section of the Trotskyist Left and the Marxist Leninist CPGB
>are backing Ken L
Dear comrades,
I have been quietly reading the Left press in relation to the London
Election and Ken Livingstone London's Mayoral candidate which is
happening today.
A large section of the Trotskyist Left and the Marxist Leninist CPGB
are backing Ken Livingstone and have gathered themselves
