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5071
There's no point in kidding ourselves. In terms of our status as a serious political group, the result in Livingston was a disaster. Worse even than the...
Adam Buick
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Oct 1, 2005
10:12 am
5072
If any other department or committee in the Party spent similar amounts of time and money (hundreds of hours and thousands of pounds in this case) for such...
Neil Windle
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Oct 1, 2005
11:34 am
5073
From my own experience our result at elections is always commensurate with the amount of work put into the election. As things turned out, we decided to...
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Oct 1, 2005
12:12 pm
5074
I'm no great fan of the Party standing in elections myself but I am surprised at some of what is being said following the Livingston result. If you'd asked me...
Brian Gardner
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Oct 1, 2005
3:01 pm
5075
Hi Brian, Thanks for this spirited defence.Thanks for stepping in at the last moment to allow us to get out and take on the capitalist party.As you will know...
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Oct 1, 2005
3:31 pm
5076
Brian I agree almost 100 percent with your analysis and approach. But I'm not saying that the vote we get as such is important. It's only important in a...
Adam Buick
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Oct 1, 2005
3:37 pm
5077
Yes - fair comment. I'd be lying of course if I said we werent disappointed ourselves at coming behind and independent Tory and a loony Christian. And while...
Brian Gardner
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Oct 1, 2005
3:44 pm
5078
... Deptartment, > however, seem to be an exception to this. Surely we could think of ... The same could be said for the printed Socialist Standard. The ...
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Oct 1, 2005
4:43 pm
5079
Since the result at Livingston has sparked off some sort of debate i might as well add my tuppensworth . As Brian has said in a previous post , the question...
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Oct 1, 2005
6:02 pm
5080
ooooops , just a quick correction , i must have deleted part of a sentence ....should have properly read ....the question shouldn't be about IF we should stand...
alan johnstone
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Oct 1, 2005
6:28 pm
5081
Dear Comrades, Would one of you be so kind as to send me the script to 'Capitalism & Other Kids Stuff' as the enquirer below would appreciate a copy? Thanks! ...
Robert
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Oct 2, 2005
7:17 pm
5082
Comrades I think we should take part in elections of any kind only if our party has at least 5.000 members (and not 500) and we could get at least 1 per cent...
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Oct 2, 2005
7:37 pm
5083
Hello All, I was wondering if there was any means by which we can count the number of times the Socialist Standard is downloaded each month as a PDF on the...
Darren ONeil
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Oct 2, 2005
8:46 pm
5084
Hi Darren, there is a mass of details and stats which I cant get my head around. Tristan when he gets back will surely be able to answer you better. The...
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Oct 2, 2005
11:45 pm
5085
Comrades, Here is an interesting statistic for you all. year #requests #pages 2004 274402 124189 --- 2005 2648702 1067237 --------------------------- Tenfold...
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Oct 3, 2005
12:11 am
5086
It's going to a big day when we reached 5000 members. At the first Party Conference in 1905 a member proposed that when this figure was reached we should form...
Adam Buick
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Oct 3, 2005
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5087
I seem to recall we got 14% the last time we contested the Primrose ward seat in Jarrow. Just after that they changed the ward boundaries. JB...
John Bissett
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Oct 3, 2005
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5088
John, According to the records, the result in Primrose Ward of South Tyneside council in May 2000 was: Labour 998, Tory 438, Socialist 184 (11.4%) And this...
Adam Buick
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Oct 3, 2005
10:58 am
5089
I thought one reason we had decided to stop contesting by-elections was that they had become a bear garden, with lots of joke candidates. But I assume that...
Paul Bennett
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Oct 3, 2005
11:37 am
5090
Another excellent issue of the Socialist Standard but marred by a couple of things in my opinion ....the gremlins at work on the 50 Years Ago section , making...
alan johnstone
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Oct 3, 2005
6:38 pm
5091
Adam, The Primrose Result in the May 2003 local elections was: Labour: 1658 Tories: 594 Socialist Party: 316 John ... From: "Adam Buick" <alb342@...> To:...
John Bissett
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Oct 4, 2005
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5092
Dear Comrades, Now that election fever has died down, can I say a word about the 'human' element in campaigns. I think Brian's reaction to and analysis of...
Moss H.
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Oct 4, 2005
9:13 pm
5093
Howard, The ban on candidate's photos on party election material was voted for at Conference 1989 when the following resolution was passed: "This Conference...
Adam Buick
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Oct 5, 2005
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5094
Hi all esp. Howard and Adam, Edinburgh Branch complied with this in '97 General Election but the candidate was televised by a cable tv company covering this...
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Oct 5, 2005
1:13 pm
5095
Matt, My earlier reference to "Johnny come latelies" was in no way intended as a pop at Edinburgh branch. Rather it was to highlight how many - and there are ...
John Bissett
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Oct 5, 2005
2:25 pm
5096
Hi John , Thanks for that.I didnt think you were popping at us . The general point is correct, which you make.This is something I am trying to address.The...
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Oct 5, 2005
3:18 pm
5097
Members shouldn't get too despondent about election results. They only tell us what we already know - that interest in socialism is extremely low and this is...
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Oct 5, 2005
7:18 pm
5098
Lo All, Looking at the Site stats for September, it seems we can pinpoint at least this many definite increased hits due to the election: 94 94 0.26%...
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Oct 6, 2005
7:24 am
5099
For anyone waiting for the EC Minutes for October to be posted, please bear with me - my pc is being a bastard at moment and is preventing me for completing...
John Bissett
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Oct 6, 2005
11:04 am
5100
Have the agenda, reports, supporting statements etc for ADM been sent out to members? Paul...
Paul Bennett
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Oct 6, 2005
11:28 am
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