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Left Platform

4th February 2015

Press Release - LEFT PLATFORM

Labour Left Meets to Agree Its Policies for the Election Campaign and its Bottom Lines for Any Coalition Talks

This weekend, the Labour Left is meeting to discuss the policy bottom lines it will be promoting in the general election campaign and in any coalition talks that may follow the election.

The Left Platform meeting, convened by Labour MP John McDonnell, on Saturday 7th of February 2015, brings together Left MPs, PPCs, Trade Union Representatives, and representatives from all the main Left Labour organisations, with key Left academics and policy analysts, and progressive campaigning groups.

John McDonnell MP said:

“Many Labour MPs, candidates and activists will want to campaign for a more radical agenda of policies than we have seen so far from the party. Many voters will also want to know that there are people within the Labour Party that are arguing for real Labour policies. They know that voting Labour provides the only realistic prospect that these policies will be implemented. With the risk of progressive votes seeping away from Labour, the Labour Left has a critical role to play in securing a Labour victory. If Labour does fall short of an overall majority and ends up negotiating a policy programme in any form of coalition, the Left will not allow itself to be ignored and will also have its own policy bottom lines for any negotiations.”

For further information on the arrangements and agenda for the Left Platform meeting on Saturday 7th February from 11am to 4pm at ULU Malet Street, London WC1E 7H see the website www.leftplatform.com

The Left Platform is sponsored by over 23 Labour MPs and MSPs, 16 PPCs and the 8 key Labour Left Groups: Labour Representation Committee, Red Labour, Campaign for Labour Party Democracy, Labour Left, Scottish Campaign for Socialism, Welsh Labour Grassroots, Left Futures and Left Economics Advisory Panel.

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