tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.comments2020-04-21T13:11:20.421+01:00Swansea Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition (TUSC)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-60053116580977422772015-06-08T16:04:47.036+01:002015-06-08T16:04:47.036+01:00UPDATE: No support for the only anti-austerity can...UPDATE: No support for the only anti-austerity candidate (Corbyn) from the first 60% of Welsh Labour MPs to declare who they're backing...<br /><br />Who are Welsh MPs backing for Labour leader? http://www.itv.com/news/wales/2015-06-04/who-are-welsh-mps-backing-for-labour-leader/Swansea TUSChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094714503477247538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-59880527987840410442014-11-21T20:39:42.449+00:002014-11-21T20:39:42.449+00:00Thanks that's very nice of you Bernard. It has...Thanks that's very nice of you Bernard. It has been an enjoyable few weeks.Swansea TUSChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094714503477247538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-77013841692032222002014-11-21T12:16:07.525+00:002014-11-21T12:16:07.525+00:00Well done Ronnie!
For smaller branches, such as o...Well done Ronnie! <br />For smaller branches, such as ours, an inspirational campaign!<br />Bernard Davies<br />SelbySPAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-84558209477614165602014-11-12T21:19:03.009+00:002014-11-12T21:19:03.009+00:00Swansea TUSC supporters would prefer not to commen...Swansea TUSC supporters would prefer not to comment on the character of another candidate's agent. Anybody can read the details for themselves in the local press.<br />We are putting up a candidate (Ronnie Job) in the by-election on November 20 because we believe that all the other candidates, including the Greens, will make cuts to services and jobs.<br />We want to offer a socialist, no-cuts alternative.<br />Thanks you again for taking the time to read our blog.Swansea TUSChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094714503477247538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-13481036825101173452014-11-12T21:12:34.432+00:002014-11-12T21:12:34.432+00:00Thank you for taking the time to respond to a post...Thank you for taking the time to respond to a post on our blog.<br />We can understand the fear of electing a candidate with no commitment to representing their constituents after the casual approach of the outgoing Labour councillor.<br />Swansea TUSC supporters would prefer to concentrate on our commitments to represent constituents, to vote against all cuts and to only take genuine expenses in fulfilling the role of councillor.Swansea TUSChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00094714503477247538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-39828379631908310662014-11-12T11:46:54.752+00:002014-11-12T11:46:54.752+00:00Young Mr Wakeling is a student, and last year he w...Young Mr Wakeling is a student, and last year he was the Green candidate back home in Maidstone. Here we have a young Green who knows nothing about the city he’s just moved to, but clearly believes that such ignorance is no obstacle to him standing for election to the body running that city. <br />helperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350226058807975309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-20499825920533989922014-11-12T11:44:38.963+00:002014-11-12T11:44:38.963+00:00Green Party Agent for English student Wakeling is ...Green Party Agent for English student Wakeling is Martyn Shrewsbury convicted fraudster charlatan hypnotherapist <br />http://www.swanseasound.co.uk/news/local/fraud-casehelperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350226058807975309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-87804723778846565092013-08-18T00:06:11.220+01:002013-08-18T00:06:11.220+01:00" ....and you end in the grotesque chaos of a..." ....and you end in the grotesque chaos of a Labour council – a Labour council - hiring taxis to scuttle round a city handing out redundancy notices to its own workers". <br />Kinnock 1985Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-54595396050719399912012-08-07T17:25:07.631+01:002012-08-07T17:25:07.631+01:00This echoes the recent news from Ireland about pla...This echoes the recent news from Ireland about plans to commemorate Ché Guevara with a statue in Galway. Unsurprisingly it has attracted condemnation from a leading US politician with Galway roots but what is surprising is that the idea was first proposed by Labour Party Councillor. <br /><br />As a Socialist myself and a huge admirer of Che, I would welcome any commemoration of the revolutionary, however I find it incredible and hypocritical that the person behind the plan is a representative of a party that would scorn any Socialist or revolutionary action, a representative of a party who condemn strikes and fail to defend the working class from austerity. <br /><br />I'm sure both Che and the workers of 1831 Merthyr would roll in their graves at the thought of being fawned over by a party of the ruling class and a party of Capitalism which the Labour Party have undoubtedly become.Scott Joneshttp://rocknrollsocialist.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-30201827742757597782012-05-09T19:06:10.969+01:002012-05-09T19:06:10.969+01:00Health Minister Lesley Griffiths called the cuts a...Health Minister Lesley Griffiths called the cuts a "remarkable achievement".<br /><br />Today it has been reported that NHS services in Wales are in danger of collapsing.<br /><br />http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-17996407<br /><br />Recommendations include closures and centralisation, "almost bound to increase some people's travel times".<br /><br />The Welsh Government is planning a "publicity offensive" about the dangers of continuing with the current configuration of services.<br /><br />So lets get this straight. The Welsh Government cuts the NHS, putting it under strain. Then they point to the strain they created as an excuse to make more cuts to the NHS.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-659583976159881002012-05-05T10:24:23.242+01:002012-05-05T10:24:23.242+01:00Hi Ron you got a good result there, The young are ...Hi Ron you got a good result there, The young are not voting in large numbers tap into youth also.<br />While on the rounds in my ward people were saying our party is confusing but are getting the jiff that we are a working class party but changing the logo badge people losing track who we are mainly in the older voters, also using TUSC against cuts badge was giving the impression that we was a one policy party and just a protest voting party.<br />We need to settle in to a logo that will be used for all elections and start making it clear that we do have other policys also, what might be handy is a cheap leaflett that we can give to people with the party manifest for people to read.Peter Wyatt TUSC Redbridge Ward Southamptonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-29392464485687977312012-05-03T15:02:29.161+01:002012-05-03T15:02:29.161+01:00Am I right in understanding that the Police Federa...Am I right in understanding that the Police Federation has a built in bias towards the higher ranks? Sure I heared something on the radio that the higher ranks get an automatic 50% of the vote ... or something like that?Rob Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00122588548603008276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-57811641638747680932012-05-03T14:28:24.364+01:002012-05-03T14:28:24.364+01:00Guardian reporting today that the Guantanamo Bay c...Guardian reporting today that the Guantanamo Bay contractor is amongst those bidding to run police services in West Midlands and Surrey. These are the sorts of people that will be cutting police jobs, terms and services. Demand trade union rights including the right to strike!Ronnie Jobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17484447087877166866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-90856670346554364852012-04-23T00:04:31.089+01:002012-04-23T00:04:31.089+01:00Wales Labour's response to the posting of this...Wales Labour's response to the posting of this story on the Swansea Anti-Cuts Campaign Facebook group is quite revealing about Labour's attitude to cuts in general - a sitting Swansea AM wrote "..nothing like the increases in England...". This argument that 'Labour cuts are better than Tory ones' or 'Welsh cuts are better than English ones' can only lead to division and confusion. A cut is a cut and once you decide that cuts are necessary you have to decide whose jobs and whose education, healthcare or other services must go. We need a fight against all cuts. The Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition are the only ones offering that position at the ballot box on May 3 and beyond.Ronnie Jobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17484447087877166866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-44502367798767467012012-04-18T13:22:40.618+01:002012-04-18T13:22:40.618+01:00Labour Council seem just as keen to make cuts as T...Labour Council seem just as keen to make cuts as Tory ones. Oh sorry, they're not 'keen'... they're making 'painful decisions' and 'hard choices'. Still comes down to cuts though. Just read in today's Independent about how cuts to social care budgets are depriving old and vulnerable people of the care and support they need to maintain dignity and even a basic quality of life.(Also means cuts to Unison members' jobs, Mr Prentis). Who's experiencing the hardship and pain then, not the Labour Councillors, that's for sure.<br /><br />Kate Jones (Usdaw, former Unison member)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-53908273291894460462012-04-17T09:37:32.553+01:002012-04-17T09:37:32.553+01:00http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/14146 Th...http://www.socialistparty.org.uk/articles/14146 This dangerous process has been banned in France and elsewhere in Europe after mass protests. No place for it here.Ross Saundershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11645356967200160092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-17976604179866800932012-04-14T15:00:06.751+01:002012-04-14T15:00:06.751+01:00While local authorities are making cuts, their wor...While local authorities are making cuts, their workers are being told they need to negotiate more hours from their employers. At least, that's the effect of the cuts in tax credits - my neighbour, a woman in her 50s who works as a school 'dinnerlady' and kitchen assistant, has just heard she has lost all her tax credits. There's no chance of her getting more hours, and her chances of finding a second job are near zero. She told me she now can't pay her rent.<br /><br />There are many, many low-paid workers in her situation working for Councils which are are carrying out the Government's cuts... we really need councillors opposed to ALL cuts in jobs and services - vote TUSC!Kate Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08788180717656252691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-9606265231057113382012-04-12T01:19:49.881+01:002012-04-12T01:19:49.881+01:00We mustn't forget that the Welsh Assembly are ...We mustn't forget that the Welsh Assembly are Labour-controlled, right now! They should immediately refuse to carry out these cuts and set a needs budget, just like local councils should defy Cardiff Bay's cuts and set needs budgets in their local areas.<br /><br />That's what TUSC candidates in Wales will promise in these council elections.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-82524293873486312322012-04-05T12:21:39.656+01:002012-04-05T12:21:39.656+01:00The Tory press has tried to create confusion about...The Tory press has tried to create confusion about this dispute alledging that tanker drivers earn £45,000 a week and are demanding a pay rise. Read the TUSC bulletin above, which has a link to Channel 4's Fact Checker, which proves this is nonsense. The dispute is primarily about health and safety, training and hours worked. The next time you pass a fuel tanker on the motorway do you want to be worrying about how many hours the driver has been at the wheel for that day and whether he is sufficiently trained?Ronnie Jobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17484447087877166866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-81577888575662688502012-04-05T10:13:01.491+01:002012-04-05T10:13:01.491+01:00Read Les' interview in the Evening Post: http:...Read Les' interview in the Evening Post: http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Candidate-attacked-dog-campaign-trail/story-15726226-detail/story.htmlRonnie Jobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17484447087877166866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-75869269052391452442012-04-02T22:45:18.835+01:002012-04-02T22:45:18.835+01:00How horrible! I hope Les makes a speedy recoveryHow horrible! I hope Les makes a speedy recoveryBennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-60375757726937772792012-03-30T17:08:40.014+01:002012-03-30T17:08:40.014+01:00In contrast, the quality of candidate representing...In contrast, the quality of candidate representing TUSC: <br /><br />http://www.guardian-series.co.uk/news/9618466.WALTHAM_FOREST__Ex_librarian_to_challenge_council_cuts_as_GLA_candidate/?ref=mrRonnie Jobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17484447087877166866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-45547491335312360682012-03-28T22:32:58.119+01:002012-03-28T22:32:58.119+01:00"Wales Tonight" is reporting a survey th..."Wales Tonight" is reporting a survey that suggests the average pensioner in Wales has a personal debt of nearly £14,000. How much worse will that get if the government gets away with implementing regional pay and stealing public sector pensions on top of raising the state retirement age?Ronnie Jobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17484447087877166866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3885428416711713911.post-10935031223857770052012-03-25T19:12:27.652+01:002012-03-25T19:12:27.652+01:00Evening Post coverage: http://www.thisissouthwales...Evening Post coverage: http://www.thisissouthwales.co.uk/Minister-criticised-union/story-15609361-detail/story.htmlSwanseahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07071538841084970348noreply@blogger.com