The Socialist Party of Great Britain, the second oldest political party in the country, today announced plans to contest ten constituencies at the General Election on Thursday, 7 May. This will be the largest UK Parliamentary election campaign undertaken by the Socialist Party since it first stood a candidate in the historic 1945 General Election.
“The Socialist Party offers the only alternative to the profit system,” said prospective candidate Howard Pilott who has been selected to contest Brighton Pavilion. “We stand for the common ownership and democratic control of the resources of the world. Production just for use where goods and services are provided to meet people's needs, not for sale on a market or for profit.”
Jacqueline Shodeke, selected for Brighton Kemptown said that “rather than the daily struggle to most people face today, we could have a world where we all have access to what we require to satisfy our needs, and are not rationed by the size of our wage packet or state handout.”
Oxford East candidate Kevin Parkin added that: “Standing candidates in ten constituencies means people will have more chance to register their support for a genuine socialist alternative to the capitalist system, one where everybody has an equal say in the way things are run. The Socialist Party stands for a future that works with everyone able to sit in the ‘driving seat’.”
The Party announced the names of its prospective candidates for each of the ten constituencies: Bill Martin - Islington North; Danny Lambert - Vauxhall (London); Brian Johnson - Swansea West (Wales); Steve Colborn - Easington (North East England); Kevin Parkin - Oxford East; Mike Foster - Oxford West and Abingdon; Robert Cox – Canterbury; Andy Thomas - Folkestone and Hythe (Kent); Howard Pilott - Brighton Pavilion; Jacqueline Shodeke - Brighton Kemptown.
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