❔❕DID SOMEONE SAY SOMETHING ABOUT AN ELECTION? ❕❔
West Yorkshire, as you head to the polls today, we've got a few things to say to our future Mayor...
@TracyBrabin @MrMatt_Robinson @GoltonStewart @clrandrewcooper @BobBuxtonYorksP, ARE YOU LISTENING?
#KillTheBill
DEMAND 1: REMOVAL OF PLEDGES TO INCREASE POLICE OFFICERS AND THEIR POWERS
DEMAND 2: A COMMITMENT TO DECRIMINALISING SEX WORK, IN LINE WITH RECOMMENDATIONS FROM SEX-WORKER LED ORGS @ukdecrimnow
and @SexWorkHive and SUPPORT SERVICES LIKE @BasisSexWork!
DEMAND 3: FUND COMMUNITY SERVICES THAT FOSTER AND FLOURISH LIFE:
DEMAND 4: DIVEST WEST YORKSHIRE COUNCILS FROM FOSSIL FUELS AND ARMS PRODUCTION
DEMAND 5: NO POLICE IN SCHOOLS, NO SECURE SCHOOLS AND NO MORE EXCLUSIONS
DEMAND 6: AN END TO THE USE OF BIOMETRIC SCANNING, DATA-SHARING WITH THE HOME OFFICE, AND AN END TO PREVENT
DEMAND 7: AN END TO GLOBAL POLICING PRACTICES IN WEST YORKSHIRE AND ELSEWHERE
DEMAND 8: AN END TO THE HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT - END 'NO RECOURSE TO PUBLIC FUNDS'
DEMAND 9: GUARANTEED PROTECTION OF OUR RIGHT TO PROTEST #KILLTHEBILL
WE ARE CALLING ON ALL CANDIDATES TO SAY: whoever wins, we expect you to use your powers #KILLTHEBILL and invest in community life, not violence and control
@TracyBrabin @MrMatt_Robinson @GoltonStewart @clrandrewcooper @BobBuxtonYorksP WE ARE WATCHING YOU 👀
And if you live in West Yorkshire and like our demands, RT / SHARE / POST TO INSTAGRAM and tag as many candidates as you can find so they can know we all say NO to more police power!
Link to download = we.tl/t-CTJYicx8A9
An open letter for groups to sign is ON ITS WAY.
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