The most important thing for the Labour movement is to protect unity.
Without this, individuals and sections of the population become isolated, open to manipulation followed by a lowering of their standard of living. The powers that be continually use the media to destroy that unity, attacking all sections of the Labour movement, hoping to achieve and retain political control. In May, we have a choice: do we vote Conservative, LibDem or Labour?
We know exactly what the Tories have done over the past five years and what they intend to do. We know more or less exactly how the LibDems will perform. That leaves Labour as the only hope to do what we would like to be done. This is the reason for the powerful campaign against the Labour movement.
Of course, at present in Scotland the SNP seems to have attracted many Labour movement supporters on the assumption that the SNP will better represent the working population, therefore remaining part of the Labour movement working for change. If that is so then co-operation between the SNP and the Labour Party is essential to throw out the Tories and the LibDems everywhere. May 2015 is crunch time: we must not lose this opportunity of getting rid of them. We need unity now more than ever to save our social and public services on which we all rely.
A Delahoy
Edinburgh
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