Wednesday, July 8, 2009

SNP pick correct choice for Glasgow North East By-election


Dear All

Soon it will be time for ‘War on the North Eastern Front’, the battle ground is Springburn where New Labour will try every dirty trick to hold the seat vacated by Michael Martin.

Three candidates put themselves forward for possible selection for the SNP candidacy to fight the seat.

1/ David Kerr, a BBC Scotland producer.

2/ Aileen McLeod, a former European Election Candidate.

3/ James Dornan, SNP Leader, Glasgow City Council.

Of the three, only James Dornan has any credibility as a candidate with the people in my opinion.

What is essential in fighting a seat like Springburn is that the people have to see the person very much as “their” candidate. James Dornan has a good track record as a Councillor and Leader of the SNP Group on Glasgow City Council.

As always it will be local issues that will be the main focus of the campaign of all the parties.

The SNP have a harder challenge in attempting to take Glasgow North East than they did in Glasgow East. In the recent European Election, the Westminister Seat was retained by New Labour winning the popular vote.

This firmly makes the SNP the underdogs to win the seat, coupled with how long the Martin dynasty has ruled Springburn; it will boil down to a battle of ideas and record. The SNP have to show the people of Springburn that voting SNP is a vote for change but not change with a slogan.

James Dornan if selected as the MP has to be radical and that means setting up an office accessible to the people, tackling the crime problem and anti social behaviour that blights the area, particularly round Saracen Cross.

He has to show that be will be a force that the people can turn to and things will get done.
Springburn has many problems, health, education, crime and lack of opportunities both socially and economically.

The Labour Party is fielding, William Bain, a Lecturer in Public Law at London South Bank University.

Having googled Mr. Bain what is not unsurprising is his lack of meaningful contribution on social issues in the public domain and of the Springburn area. I also find it interesting that he did not speak out publicly at Michael Martin not holding surgeries so the people of Springburn could see him.

That was a disgrace.

Although Labour is promoting William Bain as the local candidate; he works 400 miles away in London.

As a measure of how rattled the Labour Party is they have said that the SNP campaign was "falling apart at the seams".

The by-election hasn’t been called yet!

Yours sincerely

George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow University

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