polls to elect local councilBy Andy lors. All the signs are that Richards the Tories will suffer an electoral "meltdown", parON MAY 4, much of Eng- ticularly since this is the land and Wales goes to the year when a large number of Tory-controlled councils are up for election in their entirety.
In many areas the Tories cannot find candidates; in others they are using various aliases, such as 'independent' and 'retired newsagent'! The Tory crisis coincides with numerous community campaigns against service cuts and school governing bodies and councils are setting illegal budgets to protect services.
So what does this mean for Labour and why does it matter? "Instead of backing the massive community campaigns against dering (CCT).
The ultimate low point was Blair agreeing with Major's attack on the NUT. None of this is party policy of course.
This is reflected locally in Brighton, where the ruling Labour Group has just completed the voluntary privatisation of a third of the council's services.
Now it is planning to sell off thousands of acres of beautiful downland, and has recently backed away from compulsory redundancies only in the face of a threatened strike by UNISON members.
These developments make it all the more important that socialists within the party get involved in the election campaigns either as helpers or candidates.
There is huge potential for NO ITS!