The Socialist Alliance feels like the political group with the policies that were the reason I was in the Labour Party for all those years. Ian Thomson is Newark's Socialist Alliance prospective parliamentary candidate for the general election. He joined the Labour Party in 1977 but let his membership lapse two years ago. Not only Labour voters but members too. When you've been with a party so long it's agonising to leave.
New Labour is the lesser of two evils, but that's all it is.
It is not the party I want to be in power, it is not the party I voted for and was a member of for over 20 years. For me democracy and socialism are the same thing, and the Socialist Alliance is about democracy. It's about giving people the option to vote for a socialist candidate. Newark Socialist Alliance held its first public meeting last Saturday, with Liz Davies as guest speaker. Sixteen people came along-all through word of mouth and with just a few days notice.