I'm sixty-two years old so I've been around a bit. I grew up in the swinging 60s and lived through the industrial strife of the 1970s. In the 1980s I witnessed Thatcher asset-strip the public sector through privatisation and run down the NHS, schools and British Rail. That was a dark decade but I never imagined that things could get worse. Well now, after another decade of Tory government they are worse, much worse.
Begining in 2010, George Osborne's austerity programme wasn't an economic necessity it was a political choice, a choice taken with the aim of slashing the public sector and smashing local government. As a result, many councils are unable to provide the services we need, and we have seen a rise in poverty and homelessness, 130,000 avoidable deaths, a decline in living standards and chronic low pay, and the NHS is on its knees.
Yet more lives are at stake here, maybe the lives of your family, friends or neighbours because its abundantly clear that if we get a Conservative government on December 12th 2019 things will get worse, much worse.
As if that wasn't bad enough we are in a climate crisis and the Conservatives have no intention of doing anything about it. They will continue with business as usual even if it means destroying the planet we depend upon by putting the interests of the 1% and profit before people and the environment.
So, please register to vote and vote Labour for a transformational government which will save our NHS, build the houses we need, move us toward a zero-carbon Britain, and rebuild our economy from the ashes of austerity. If you want to know more have a look at the Labour manifesto. Speak to everyone you know and encourage them to ignore the media smears and scares and encourage them to vote Labour.
If you live in a constituency where Labour cannot win then vote tactically to prevent the Conservative candidate from winning.
This is the most important election of your life. We cannot afford another Conservative government.
