Kay Phillips: Progressive voices for Salford

Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Progressive voices for Salford

Today I met up with a campaigners in Salford to plan the election strategy for the area. I think we've got an impressive team of community activists coming together in the area. They include David Henry - who is standing in Salford for the Hazel Must Go campaign and Alice Searle - who is standing for my own Respect Party in Kersall ward.

One of the best things about this election is the way than many progressive voices are coming together to support each other's election campaigns. I'm particularly pleased with the cooperation Respect is beginning to forge with the Green Party. This is going to be vital as, whoever wins the next election, there will be a need for all of us who care about social justice as well as peace and the environment to join together in defence of our public services.