This afternoon, another huge billboard was unveiled on Chapel Street for the We Are The Reality Party by Salford and Eccles candidate, Bez, and Worsley and Eccles South candidate Mags McNally. Paul Massey, who stood in the last Salford Mayoral election, also showed up to back the Reality Party...
"He got in touch the other day because he wants to run for Mayor again, and I told him about setting up community projects involved with schools and he liked what I was saying" Bez explained "He's going to rally what people he can in Salford to vote for me, anybody's welcome to help. Some people I've spoken to have said `We've got to vote Labour to get rid of the Conservatives' which I find really disappointing because it was actually Labour that created the whole problem that we're facing today.
"I try to tell people that we've got to end this two party politics; if we don't move away from it we're in trouble" he added "A lot of people are voting Reality, particularly first time voters, but how well we do we'll see on the day. I'm sending messages up to the heavens daily for help! There's three weeks left so anyone who is concerned about the implications of fracking and the corporate takeover via TTIP needs to make their voices heard. This is the last chance to do it, to collectively make a difference..."
The Reality Party also takes its message to Swinton Shopping Centre tomorrow afternoon, Saturday 18th April, and will be appearing, along with other parties standing in the General Election at Question Time style events for Worsley and Eccles South, at the Ellesmere Centre, off Bolton Road in Walkden 11am-2pm (Labour MP Barbara Keeley has pulled out of this event) and, for Salford and Eccles, at St Mary's RC Church Hall, Eccles 1:30-3pm (see here for further details)
Meanwhile, TUSC (Trade Union and Socialist Coalition) is urging people to join its candidates as part of a national day of action against the TTIP privatisation treaty, this Saturday 18 April, 9am outside Salford Royal on Eccles Old Road. The TTIP, or Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, is a proposed deal between the EU and the USA, being conducted in secret, which will open up British public services to American multinationals (for further details see here).
"This TTIP treaty has been cooked up in the backrooms by politicians and their big business puppet masters" says Steven North, TUSC candidate for Worsley and Eccles South "Its design is to give American multinationals the ability to grab huge profits from public services."
TUSC candidate for Salford and Eccles, Noreen Bailey, adds: "TTIP puts profits first and people last. Our NHS is already being butchered in the name of privatisation, TTIP will make that a thousand times worse and it is hospitals like Salford Royal that could close as a result."
Sitting in the middle of the election is the non-party political Robin Hood Tax campaign, urging voters to call for their candidates to back the Tax, taking money off financial transactions to pay for essential services "We want would-be MPs to openly state their support so that billions can be raised for public services and the fight against poverty and climate change" it states "It only takes a minute and could make all the difference in delivering a Robin Hood Tax in the next Parliament." Click here to do this or find out more details.
With only three days left to register to vote, UpRising Manchester, which supports democratic engagement for youth, is campaigning to encourage young people to register.
"Our aim is to get as many people to register to vote through our web page as possible before the deadline of the 20th April" the campaign states "Then, our aim is to encourage as many young people as possible to take action and turn out to the ballot boxes on the 7th May.
"Only 44% of young people registered to vote between the ages of 18 and 24 and actually voted at the 2010 General Election" it adds "Changes to the way in which we register to vote mean that now, more than ever, young people are even more likely to slip through the net of registering, and therefore having their voices heard. At a time when key priorities are being outlined by parties in the build-up to the General Election, it is vital that young people's voices are heard to ensure that they have a say on the issues that affect and matter most to them."
See UpRising's website click here or share its message at www.twitter.com/uprising_mcr
Anyone can register to vote direct at https://www.gov.uk/register-to-vote
• For details of all Salford candidates at the General and Local Election see previous Salford Star article – click here
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