Stoke Central by-election
Following the resignation of sitting MP Tristram Hunt, there will be a by-election for the new Member of Parliament for Stoke-on-Trent Central.
Racist UKIP have set their sights on taking the seat and appear set to throw considerable weight behind the campaign. It’s being reported that they are due to announce that party leader Paul Nuttall will be their candidate. Click here for reasons to oppose Paul Nuttall and UKIP.
We have to do all we can to prevent a UKIPs anti-immigrant message winning out.
What you can do
Use your vote to keep UKIP out
If you live in Stoke-on-Trent Central the most important thing you can do is use your vote against UKIP.
In order to do so, you must be registered to vote and If you are not you can do so by following the link below:
https://www.gov.uk/registertovote
(please make sure you do so soon to ensure you beat the cut-off date)
Encourage others to vote
If you have family, friends or colleagues living in Stoke-Central please make sure they are registered to vote and encourage them to use their vote against UKIP
Join us on one of our anti UKIP campaign days
NorSCARF, in conjunction with Hope not Hate has organised our first day of action on Saturday 21st January at 11pm. As the candidates are yet to be announced and voter registration is still open, for this weekend, we have decided to focus our efforts on voter registration targeting one of the wards with the lowest percentage of residents registered to vote.
We will be split into two teams, one to knock on doors and encourage voter registration and one to deliver this leaflet door to door.
If you can help either on Saturday or one of our future sessions, please contact us for details via norscarf@yahoo.co.uk or via the website here
Use social media
Please use social media for the following:
-share the link https://www.gov.uk/registertovote and encourage residents of Stoke Central to vote
-share information on anti UKIP leafleting sessions such as the one this weekend.
-share articles and information exposing the true face of UKIP
Please do what you can to STOP UKIP IN STOKE
Reasons to oppose Paul Nuttall and UKIP
He wants to privatise the NHS
In blog posts on his website, which he has since deleted but exposed by Adam Bienkov, he called for the NHS to be privatised.
“I would like to congratulate the coalition government for bringing a whiff of privatisation into the beleaguered National Health Service,”
“I would argue that the very existence of the NHS stifles competition, and as competition drives quality and choice, innovation and improvements are restricted.
“Therefore, I believe, as long as the NHS is the ‘sacred cow’ of British politics, the longer the British people will suffer with a second rate health service.”
When challenged on this, whilst appearing on the Andrew Marr show his response was “Nothing should be a sacred cow in British politics.”
He denies climate change
He claims that climate change is a “hair brained theory” and “a money led scam”.
On his website he claims “Figures used to ‘support’ the idea of climate change have been shown to be false and manipulated to meet a pre-made conclusion in order to secure funding,”
“I think we all need to be assured about the credibility and motivation of scientists onboard the global warming wagon.”
He wants to ban the Burqa
In an interview with the Express he claimed “Should we follow this and ban the burqa in this country? Yes.”
“The law should be clear – either you are allowed to express your religious beliefs at all times, or you accept that there are some occasions where these are restricted. Face coverings should be banned in any public building.”
He wants to give a huge tax cut to the rich
He advocates a flat rate of 31% for all taxpayers, claiming “I think that is fair, and we all pay the same rate”
This would lead to a massive tax cut for the rich, and see millionaires paying the same rate as those on the minimum wage.
He is anti-abortion
In a interview on SKY news he stated his desire to hold a referendum on reducing the legal period for abortions and is in favour of limiting abortions to the first 12 weeks of pregnancy.
See our post on what you can do to oppose Paul Nuttall in the upcoming by election in Stoke Cental
Black Lives Matter protest closes London City Airport runway
Black Lives Matter protesters have occupied a runway at London City Airport this morning causing disruption resulting in the closure of the runway.
Black Lives Matter UK issued a statement which read: “This action was taken in order to highlight the UK’s environmental impact on the lives of black people locally and globally.”
More information can be found in this article on the Independent
Food desperately needed for refugees in Calais
Charities are warning that they no longer have enough donated food or money to feed the rapidly growing population of refugees in the camp in Calais, with supplies running out on a daily basis and refugees and migrants reporting they are going hungry.
A collection has been arranged in Stafford with all items donated being taken by van directly to Calais.
If you can donate any of the items listed, please get in touch with the organisers (details below)
Polish community standing up to post-Brexit racism
Shared from Al Jazeera
Racism has been on the rise since the Brexit vote. This is how the Polish community responded after a man was murdered in a suspected hate crime.
Details of the suspected hate crime can be found on the following link http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-37227313
UAF educational trip to Krakow & Auschwitz – November 3rd – 7th
- To book tickets please follow the eventbrite link below
- Book tickets via eventbite
