With so many undecided voters that close to the elections, every door knocked, every letter delivered, every hand shook and every conversation had can make all the difference especially in three-way marginals.

Jim faces a double euro-sceptic threat in his constituency. George Galloway’s Respect Party seems to think of Europe as an irrelevance. They didn’t even field candidates in the European Elections last year. The real threat, however, is that the euro-ignorant Respect party wins enough of the Labour vote to let the Tories in by the default. Since last week the Tories have let the euro-phobic cat out of the bag. Faced with Nick making inroads in Dave’s vote, they have started accusing the LibDems of leading the UK in to a European ‘Super-state’ and to be soft on immigration. A right-wing euro-sceptic’s dream combination as it merges small government rhetoric with euro/xeno-phobic sentiments.

Come on Saturday and help to re-elect Jim and to make Britain a fairer, greener, safer and more pro-European country.

Don’t let the Tory get away with it!

If you will not have already joined us by then for to the Financial Transaction Tax Campaign session, which starts at 10am

you can join us for Jim’s campaign

at 11:30 for the morning session

at 13:15 for lunch or

at 14:00 for the afternoon session.

Please RSVP to lme.lse@hotmail.co.uk or call 07976 252 768 and let us know which session you will be attending.
Meeting point at all these times is Jim’s Campaign HQ
11 Market Way, E14 6AH next to Chrisp Street Market.
[It's close to All Saints and Langdon Park DLR stations - the Bus Number 15 also goes there.]

The Labour Movement for Europe, Labour Friends of Italy and PES Sister Party UK branches invite you for a European day of campaigning in Tooting, for the re-election of the local MP Sadiq Khan, on Saturday the 10th of April.

In his invitation letter, Sadiq writes:
“I have always been a firm believer in an open, more progressive Europe.
Only through working together can we advance to a more fair and just Europe for all.

Unfortunately, the Conservative Party does not – they believe in isolating themselves from the rest of Europe, and, to add insult to injury, they have aligned themselves with the European Conservatives and Reformists in the European Parliament.

Mark Clarke, my Conservative opponent, is the Director of Outreach at the Young Britons’ Foundation – the right-wing training ground for Tory activists.

When Mark Clarke was asked the question: On balance has Britain lost out or gained from its membership of the EU?, he replied: “The relevant question here is: ‘Are we gaining from going forward in Europe?’ to which the answer is no. The bureaucracy and their mismanagement of our money – the fact that they’ve been in talks about localising the CAP for 30 years, are huge failings… We need to make sure though that there are no more rollbacks of Margaret Thatcher’s advances in Europe, her policies.”

If Mark Clarke became MP for Tooting, then we would be forced to move away from a more just and fair Europe.

I would like to thank you in advance for your help on the 10th April – the fight between the Labour Party and the Conservative Party will take place in constituencies like Tooting. But, with your help, we can stand our ground.”

If you have a couple of spare hours, please, come along and help us in campaigning for Sadiq and for making Britain a fairer, safer, greener and more European society.

Please RSVP to Susanna Bellino (email s.a.bellino.03@cantab.net) to get details about where and when we meet this Saturday.

In the last 5 years the conservative EPP-ED was the largest group in the European Parliament. 21 out of 27 member-state governments are run/dominated by conservatives. A majority of Commissioners are Conservative as is the President of the European Commission.

Conservatives in Europe have been driving a neo-liberal agenda, liberalising markets and doing nothing to prevent the economic crisis or at least attempting to engineer a softer landing. The Party of European Socialists PES (of which the Labour Party is a member) has been calling for years for better regulation of financial markets, and decisive action against tax havens and tax fraud.

It is of particular irony – if latest opinion polls are to be trusted – that voters in the UK are flocking to the Tories who have been part of the European conservatives who have been responsible for those policies coming out of Brussels which voters do not like. 

UK voters are moving to the Conservatives and UKIP, if polls are right. Both parties are advocating less Social Europe – especially for workers in Britain- and some Tories are trying in Westminster to effectively do away with the minimum wage. UKIP and Tories alike have voted against the ending of the UK opt out on the Working Time Directive. They want a Europe of free trade only, with as little human rights, as little welfare state and as little protection of the environment as possible.

A land slide victory for the Tories/UKIP in these elections will do irreparable damage to Britain’s long term national interest and in particular the interest of a vast majority of her citizens. Low and middle income earners in the UK need more Social Europe not less, need more effective European and global regulation of financial markets.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage MEP holds the view that too much EU regulation is responsible for the economic crisis. I am sure Poul Nyrop Rasmussen MEP (PES president) did not know whether to laugh or cry standing next to Nigel on “Record Europe” (the BBC EU news show). Farage pointing to his expertise on the subject – “I have worked as an investment banker in the City of London” is therefore attempting too steal the mantle from the Tories for UKIP to be the new political wing of the banking sector.

Economic crisis, banker bonuses, tax havens, tax evasion and tax avoidance, that’s yesterday’s news.

The British electorate is going to make a momentous decision on the future of Britain and the future of Europe without realising it, being too distracted by MP expenses.

Keep fighting for Britain’s future! – Vote Labour on June 4!