Say No To More Austerity On July 1st!

On June 9th 2017, the Establishment and mainstream media were coming to terms with the fact that they had been given one almighty kick in the crotch. The General Election had not gone as planned. Fair enough, the Conservatives ran out as the largest party, but despite the backing of most of the media and a predicted landslide, they did not command a majority in the House of Commons.

Jeremy Corbyn’s Labour Party had stolen Conservative seats all over the country, had increased the Labour vote share and more importantly, had re-energised young people, who came out in their droves to vote. Make no mistake, the Conservative victory (if you can call it that) was a pyrrhic one. Under the current ‘first past the post’ system, no-one actually ‘won’ the election. In actual fact, the country had rejected Theresa May’s self-proclaimed ‘strong and stable leadership’ and their manifesto had gone down like a plate of cold sick.

Theresa May called the election for numerous reasons. They say that it was about securing a stronger mandate from the electorate in order to be in a better position to negotiate Brexit. In reality, the Conservatives wanted to distract attention from allegations of electoral fraud during the 2015 General Election and they saw an opportunity to take advantage of the polls and destroy Labour once and for all. It had nothing to do with the ‘national interest’ and everything to do with the Conservatives holding onto power and rolling out further austerity, as the ‘will of the people’.

However, it backfired. The election campaign exposed Theresa May for what she is; an incompetent, complacent, socially awkward, faux Christian; a bargain basement politician, who offered nothing other than meaningless slogans and mantras. A Poundland Thatcher, terrified of public, televised debate, who cares more for the interests of wealthy elites than ordinary people. The voters simply didn’t like it, and the Commons majority secured by David Cameron in the previous General Election, disappeared.

Now, Theresa May has no mandate to roll out the Conservatives’ manifesto, has no apparent policies and doesn’t even appear to have a government. More tellingly, it would appear that the public has no confidence in her to handle Brexit.

All this being the case, the Peoples’ Assembly have arranged a demonstration, scheduled for July 1st 2017 and have invited everyone and anyone to join in and send a message of protest against the possibility of a further five years of austerity, which the Conservatives have no mandate to force on us.

For the flyer and all the details, click here

For more information about the Peoples’ Assembly, click here