Thread by @UncutLeeds

❔❕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.