tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post7393049523651673452..comments2024-03-22T19:52:46.571+00:00Comments on SOCIALISM OR YOUR MONEY BACK: The meaning of the EU ElectionPoetry Coalshedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05514953133244910986noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36028082.post-27753999180997028462019-05-16T08:05:47.488+00:002019-05-16T08:05:47.488+00:00Well over 100 people at the hustings in Chesham (B...Well over 100 people at the hustings in Chesham (Bucks) yesterday evening. Like the others (except the one tonight at a university in Canterbury) it was organised by a pro-Remain group, seemingly with the purpose of allowing Remain supporters to decide which of the Remain party lists to vote for, with the Labour candidate (an outgoing MEP) saying that he too was a Remainer and favoured a second referendum. This made the Tories and us outsiders and may be why the Brexit Party candidate withdrew at the last moment. As Mike reported for Banbury, all six parties, including us, were given strictly equal time (as it should be).<br /><br />The audience gave the Tory representative a hard time and even we were heckled for saying that Brexit wasn’t that worth getting worked up about since, if it happened, it wouldn’t make much difference to people’s everyday life (a bit provocative given the nature of the audience) as capitalism would continue. Still, it was a chance to put the case against capitalism and for socialism and our views on climate change and mass population movements.<br /><br />It was chaired by a journalist from BBC Three Counties Radio who also interviewed a spokesperson for the Party. Two of the counties (Beds and Herts.) are outside the South East Election Region, not that that matters. Far from it, as it spreads our views wider than we anticipated.ajohnstonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09874891810770297962noreply@blogger.com