Respect conference

Some of the more senior members of the Mac Uaid clan used to mortify their flesh by going on pilgrimage to Lough Derg. It involves fasting, getting by on black tea and dry bread, walking barefoot, and keeping continuously awake for a period of 24 hours. My occasional trips to Birmingham serve the same purpose [...]

New Tower Hamlets Respect site

Tower Hamlets Respect has just launched a new website. You can visit it here.

Hazel Blears’ deselection meeting – a report

The venal and loathsome Hazel Blears survived a vote of no-confidence tonight at her Labour party meeting in Salford tonight held in Swinton Town hall,  by a  margin of 31 votes to 13.
Anger her about expense abuses has been moving between simmering and boiling over during the last few weeks.
  There was a healthy [...]

Bristol results

Jerry Hicks got a pretty credible vote in his attempt to get elected to Bristol City Council for Lockleaze, coming third behind the Lib Dems and Labour with almost 15% of the vote. Jo Benefield got 4% in Ashley ward. Less happily Mo Ouammi won 97 votes or 2.6% in Easton.
Liberal Democrat92336.54%
The Labour and Co-Operative [...]

Crisis at Westminster: Respect to broaden challenge at General Election

by Clive Searle, Respect national secretary
There is a political earthquake shaking Westminster politics. MPs of all the main parties have been found with the snouts in the trough – claiming fat expenses on everything from sink plugs to duck islands, ‘flipping’ second homes and renovating flats at the taxpayers’ expense. Some of the figures involved [...]

Respect says unite red and green to stop the BNP

A message to Respect supporters in the North West: Euro Elections
By Dr Kay Phillips, National Chair, Respect

With a headline including the words ‘European Elections’ it’s a good bet than many people will think this article isn’t for them. After all the majority of people don’t vote in these elections which come round every five [...]

Stop the criminalisation of Muslim communities

PUBLIC MEETING7.30pm, Wednesday 6th MaySaffron, 108 Cheetham Hill Road, Cheetham Hill, Manchester
Yvonne Ridley – journalist and presenterChris Chilvers – Viva Palestina North WestKay Phillips – national chair, Respect Party
A climate of fear and the criminalisation of Muslims cannot be tolerated and Respect is playing a central role in mobilizing a response.
In Cheetham Hill [...]

Viva Palestina Meeting

Speakers:
George Galloway MP -
Yvonne Ridley  
Cllr Abjol Miah
Kevin Ovenden – Aid Convoy Organiser

Video presentation of Historic Journey and raise money for the Palestinian cause
Time: 6pm – 8pmDate:27th April 2009

Venue: Oxford House, Derbyshire Street, London E2  (Nearest Tube: Bethnal Green)
www.vivapalestina.org ~ www.respectparty.net

Norn Iron Peas Processed

There are many ways to make me cross. One of the easiest is to ask my views on “the peace process in Northern Ireland”. You’ll get a lot of swearing from which the phrases “there’s no such f###ing thing as Northern Ireland” and “it’s a f###ing imperialist victory” can eventually be discerned. Southwark Respect invited [...]

Respect – new paper out now

Six months ago The Respect Paper said of Gordon Brown that he “Robs from the poor, gives to the rich”. Never in our worst nightmares did we imagine how quickly, or how badly, Gordo would turn gangster on us.
The bankers of the world have gambled away trillions on the casino of the world’s markets.
In the [...]