Labour and Co-operative Member of
Parliament for Kemptown and Peacehaven
A new politics
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I applaud Green Party members for deciding democratically to withdraw their candidate in the forthcoming election in Kemptown and Peacehaven, where it is a close race between the Labour Party and the Conservatives. Whilst I do have differences of opinion with the Greens, this election will not just be about the current state of our politics but the future direction that we want the UK to go in and our relationship with Europe and the world. I campaigned for the UK to remain in the EU, I have worked in Brussels, negotiated on Erasmus plus (the EU education funding programme) and will fight against a Tory Hard Brexit.
At the UN, I worked negotiating on sustainable development and have recently proposed a motion supported by the Labour and Green groups on Brighton and Hove Council for the pension fund to divest from fossil fuels, and I would continue this work if elected in parliament.
At this time of national need (in house building, the NHS and schools, to name just three) stopping the destruction of this Tory government must be the top priority for all.
I believe our current electoral system is not fair or fit for purpose and I support a new kind of politics where single seat constituencies remain but no vote is wasted and all votes are represented, where we have an elected Lords which represent regions and local government, and communities have a greater say in their day to day lives. This politics must be bigger than just one party, and achieved though working together across the divide.
I hope that on the 8th June the voters of Kemptown and Peacehaven will share my vision for a NHS in public hands, housing for all and education that is well funded so that together we shall usher in a new politics for the many not the few.
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
Labour and Co-operative Parliamentary Candidate for Kemptown and Peacehaven
Comments
Thank you for acknowledging Green support in Kemptown constituency on 8 June.
As a Green I am very heartened by the range of causes we have in common — far more than our differences: and the need for Proportional Representation not least. Though we would be unable to omit mentioning the extreme urgency of climate change and the huge potential of carbon-reduction for job-creation, if taken seriously.
Let’s hope our Progessive Alliance delivers on 8 June, with a further 50 percent of Green votes behind Labour in 2017: in 2015 Nancy Platts got only the first 50 percent!
However there is still reason for concern that even with a further 3,000 Green votes going to Labour in Kemptown in 2017, the result may be extremely close: given (from recent polls of voter inentions) a projected loss of 10 percent of 2015 Labour votes plus a third of 2015 UKIP votes — all going to the Tories.
Kemptown Greens will be doing our best in a common cause to avert the re-election of Simon Kirby.
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