Thread by @MerryMichaelW

A long thread about the coming elections:

#LocalElections2023
#GeneralElectionWhen

@TUSCoalition
@Socialist_party
@WorkersPartyGB

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We have to prepare for the Locals, and, as usual it will all be last minute, eh, @TUSCoalition ? Listen - I am not just having a pop - I know how difficult it all is. 😊

But we need to think, and plan, ahead - because ALL our cohorts will be very short of dosh.

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We are planning to put up 100+ candidates, and that will require £60,000.00, one way or another.

Hopefully, @RMTunion and @BFAWUOfficial will help underwrite this?

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And I, personally, am putting in a plea to my Union, @unitetheunion , and the General Secretary, @UniteSharon , whom @Catheri22274003 and I played a small part in helping to elect, to follow those two fine unions and help guarantee that sum?

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Having said that, each active constituency MUST NOW put in place:

1.) Their Prospective Parliamentary Candidate(PPC)
2.) Their agent
3.) Their ELECTION Treasurer

My advice on 3.) is to have a separate person from the local party treasurer.

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A word about 2.) This is, for the 5 WEEKS - yes 5 - please see:

https://twitter.com/MerryMichaelW/status/1540264534518206465?s=20&t=YfMMthqxWzl_JVtdLMmb1Q

of the General Election, the hardest job that you can imagine, so ideally you will appoint/elect a person who has a best mate who WILL help. In any case, everybody should be their runners.

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1.) The PPC. MUST have a SET of speeches rehearsed & prepared for hustings, & ALL local media.

2.) Must develop contacts with ALL local churches & local community groups, BUT PARTICULARLY with the #Methodists .

3.) Should set up a local bank account - this can take time ...

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Possible dates for #GeneralElectionWhen :

THIS OCTOBER - ONLY 13 WEEKS AWAY

Next May - do you have enough members to cope?

NEXT October - we should BE so lucky!!!

MY money is on next May - because that is when the Conservatives can maximise ALL their advantages.

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Remember - the Labour Party has no dosh either - so are running in parallel with the #FibDems . They will be at their weakest next May too. They MAY be stronger next October, but THINK that they are ready for this October. We shall see about that.

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If it is next May, as I strongly suspect, #recruitment should be your watchword. You need as many active - healthy - members as you can find. If the constituencies next door are NOT running a PPC, then you SHOULD enter formal written agreements to CO-OPT their members!

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Meantime, #CROWDFUNDERS SHOULD be at the ready.

And ... they are not! PLEASE, can the relevant folk get their acts IN GEAR, soonest?

And ... they MUST be #ELECTIONSPECIFIC .

We are sure to have our many enemies going over them with a fine tooth comb.

#BeSpotless

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@TUSCoalition @Socialist_party @WorkersPartyGB @MFApeoplesparty

@RMTunion @BFAWUOfficial @unitetheunion @IanBFAWU @UniteSharon

@georgegalloway @Catheri22274003 @SPSheffield @TUSCNT @BrumWorker @joti2gaza @Rango1917 @ChrisCorney1 @WPB_Camden @WPB_Dover

There may be a new slogan soon, if people don't start making moves:

#NOPPCNODOUGH 😒😒😒

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