Thread by @Dave4erdington

There's a by-election coming up in Erdington in Birmingham - and today @tuscoalition announced that former socialist MP Dave Nellist will be standing to put forward an anti-austerity, pro-worker alternative.

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Dave, who was the Labour MP for Coventry South East for 9 years and for 14 years a Coventry city councillor for the Socialist Party, was well-known for only taking an ordinary worker’s wage, giving away over half of an MP’s bloated salary – currently £82,000 a year.

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Like he's done for many decades inside and outside parliament, Dave will be standing to give a voice to the struggles of working class people in Erdington fighting attacks on public services, for decent jobs and for urgent action on the cost of living crisis.

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Dave commented: “With Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour welcoming a Tory MP – while confirming Corbyn’s exclusion – it couldn’t be clearer that Britain’s wealthy establishment will be in safe hands when they decide to move on from Boris Johnson. Starmer is not on our side”.

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“That is why I am proud to represent TUSC in the Birmingham Erdington by-election and would urge other trade unionists, socialists and community campaigners to also consider standing for TUSC in the forthcoming local council elections in May”

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“Red Tories, Blue Tories or Yellow Tories carrying out policies against the interests of the working class majority cannot expect to be unchallenged at the ballot box”.

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For more information on the campaign and how you can help, message this page, email [e-mail] or call/text 07974493525

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