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Feb 25 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Less than a week to go until the by-election and our campaign to elect Dave Nellist as a socialist MP on a worker's wage is stepping up a gear.

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Can you help? We'll have teams from Birmingham Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition out across Erdington this weekend as part of our supersonic socialist campaign weekend - more info on nellistforerdington.com/join.html

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We'll also have teams out from Monday morning through to polls closing on Thursday next week - get in touch if you'd like to find out more: nellistforerdington.com/join.html

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And can you spare a donation to support TUSC? Unsurprisingly, we have no big business backers, so all donations big and small are gratefully received over at nellistforerdington.com/donate.html

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There were over 30 of us out campaigning for TUSC across #Erdington yesterday, talking to residents about how a socialist MP like Dave would fight the establishment on the issues affecting working class people, from rocketing energy bills to sorting out the housing crisis.

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There’s just over a week until polling day - can you help us get the message out? From knocking doors to delivering our latest leaflet, there’s plenty of chances to get involved, no matter whether you’re an experienced campaigner or new to activism.

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For more info on what you can do to help the Erdington by-election campaign, head to nellistforerdington.com/join.html

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Earlier today, Birmingham City Council met to discuss their latest budget, which includes another £107m worth of cuts over the next three years.

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This is after £770m already being inflicted by successive Tory and Labour councils since 2010, including 13,000 job cuts and 43 youth centres, 12 nurseries, 21 children's centres and countless other community facilities closed, and successive attacks on the workforce.

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We joined members of the GMB trade union on a protest outside the meeting to show opposition to Labour councillors implementing further cuts to vital local services.

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Working-class people in Erdington have been thrown under the bus for years now by the council and property developers. While luxury apartments appear in the city centre, social housing declines elsewhere.

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To combat the housing crisis we need a mass programme of high-quality council house building and repairs to tackle the waiting list of over 18,000 households and the tens of thousands more who have been excluded from even joining the waiting list.

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Jan 30
We've hit the streets this weekend, and already have had fantastic support for a socialist MP on a worker’s wage in Erdington.

Would you be interested in coming to help us leaflet and canvas? People will travel from far and near to the campaign, possibly from your area.

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To volunteer, fill in the form at bit.ly/TUSCErdingtonV… and this way we can link you up with others who are coming to lend a hand.

Here's the outline of planned activity for the next few weeks - let us know what and when you can do to help us plan for maximum impact!

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Tuesday - Friday, there will be set canvass/leafleting sessions meeting at 6pm on Stockland Road, Stockland Green, Birmingham B23 7JH - there is lots of parking on-street.

(directions here goo.gl/maps/G7sHoav2t… )

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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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