Labour and Co-operative Member of
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Thanks and where to go next

by Lloyd on 17.05.15
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I wanted to thank the voters of Lewes that voted for Labour last week. Voters in Lewes came to Labour in similar numbers as in 1997 when were able to get a landslide Labour government, unfortunately voters in the rest of the county didn’t. 
There is a myth circulating that Labour and Green voters let in the Conservatives by not voting tactically for the LibDems in this election. Even if every increase in Labour votes (around 2,500) and every increase in Green votes (around 1,500) was a tactical Liberal voter returning to vote for what they believed in, it does not add up to the 8,000 votes the Libdems lost between the 2010 and 2015. It was traditional Liberal voters who sacked Norman because of his betrayal of supporting the Tories. 
 
We have seen in recent days small acts of defiance against the Tories: from Matt Woodruff’s garden centre sign which went viral to legal cases being prepared against sell off of social housing. The government has  reduced its majority from 73, when Norman propped them up, to now just over 10. Anyone who remembers the Major government will know that this will mean that we, the people, will be more able to hold the government to account and in Lewes we must start by making sure that the new Tory MP works for us and not her bank rollers. 
If you want to help build a stronger left, an alternative to the Tories, a party that will stand up for working people. If you want to help ensure that never again do we get a LibDem that betrays us or a Tory that sells our country off then join the Labour Party and help build the fight back and select our new leader. You can join online at join.labour.org.uk
 
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Lewes and Seahaven Labour Party candidate for 2015 general election 

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