The New Statesman

ELECTION 2007

I keep meaning to put this link on the blog but have been a little busy finding a job lately so here goes...

If you click on 'The New Statesman' above you will be taken (as if by magic) to the Election 2007 blog, among the entries is one from yours truly!! Check it out I stand by everything that I have written.

LABOUR'S PROMISE

MANIFESTO

Today saw the launch of the Labour Party's national manifesto putting Education, Community Safety and Regeneration of Town Centres at the heart of our promises to the electorate.

• Making Scottish Education 'the best in the world by 2020'
• Make leaving school at 16 and 17 conditional on those people staying in education, training or full-time volunteering.
• Expand free education for three to five-year-olds.
• Expand the Project Scotland youth volunteering scheme and create a programme for older people.
• Give children access to language tuition from Primary three onwards.
• Discipline code to set out rights and responsibilities of teachers, parents and pupils and legislate to give head teachers the authority to exclude pupils.
• Double the number of community wardens to more than 1,000 and expand environmental wardens.
• New police powers to tackle serious and organised crime, gangland criminals and take advantage of new technology.
• Establish town centre trusts, with legal powers to initiate compulsory purchase orders.
• Invest an initial £50m into a community fund for turning round town centres and attract further public and private funding.
• National helpline for older people.
• Improve support for victims of crime

The above are simply a sample of the promises that the Labour Party are making to the electorate, if you want to know more click on the title above and it will take you to the full manifesto.

Labour have delivered for our communities and with a Labour Administration in Renfrewshire Council and a Labour controlled Scottish Executive we will continue to deliver.

VOTE KELLY, VOTE SHARKEY, VOTE ALEXANDER

VOTE LABOUR

MAY 3RD

COUNCILLOR RAYLEEN KELLY

NO VOTE, NO VOICE

Campaigning is going well and the election is well under way but both Jim Sharkey and myself are reminded doing the rounds that unfortunately in 2003 there were some voters who lost their vote because they had forgotten to send back their forms, so if you were one of them remember you have until the 18th of April 2007 to register to vote.

Click on the title 'Councillor Rayleen Kelly' above and it will take you to the electoral registration form, it gives you the address to send the form back to ...

The Electoral Registration Officer

Renfrewshire Joint Valuation Board

16 Glasgow Road

Paisley

PA1 3QF

Get on the register and use your voice,

Vote Labour on May the 3rd!

LIB DEMS WOULD RATHER HAVE A 'PUB' THAN FOOTBALL PARKS

Paisley East and Ralston blog has an interesting article on the current situation with the Liberal Democrats and St Mirren over the Penilee pavilion, worth a look (I would say that being one of the candidates!) I have digested the post here...

The Lib-Dem councillor for Ralston would rather see what amounts to a pub being built at Penilee Playing Fields instead of a football academy for youngsters and a training facility for St Mirren. Jim Sharkey, who is secretary of Ralston Community Council and whose house looks on to the playing fields was speaking after he attended a public meeting called by Lib-Dem Councillor Nan Macgregor who opposes plans to redevelop the derelict playing fields and pavilion.

Mr Sharkey, who will be one of two Labour candidates in Ralston and Paisley East in the council elections in May, said:

"Councillor MacGregor told the public meeting she would rather the playing fields be given over to a local rugby club who had previously proposed building a licensed clubhouse beside the pitches and licensed premises is something the vast majority of people in Ralston don’t want to see there."I have been knocking on doors and the message I have been getting is that people just want something positive to happen to the Penilee Playing Fields as the place has been derelict for years. This is exactly what is being proposed."

JIM SHARKEY FOR

PAISLEY EAST AND RALSTON

Many of the readers of this blog may already know Jim Sharkey as he is currently involved with the Ralston Community Council. He is an active member of the Ralston Community and the Paisley North CLP, he presently works for a Local Authority and has been a key player in enhancing the knowledge and understanding of the Single Transferable Vote system to be used in the May Elections. As the information on my updated profile shows he is my running mate for the Paisley East and Ralston seat in the election in May.

Jim currently works as a researcher for a local council and lives in Ralston with his wife, two children. He is secretary of Ralston Community Council and has previously served as a local authority councillor. Jim is committed to delivering peaceful neighbourhoods, improving standards in housing, roads and education.