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The Scottish Socialist Party is appealing to residents to sign the Rutherglen and Hamilton West recall petition to trigger a by-election so locals can vote for their new candidate.
The party selected lifelong socialist and trade unionist, Bill Bonnar, as their potential candidate for the by-election.
He will stand as the SSP’s candidate this Autumn, if a by-election is held following the recall petition in the constituency after Margaret Ferrier was suspended for 30 days from the House of Commons for breaking Covid rules.
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If elected Bonnar promises he will stand as a socialist MP on a worker’s wage, and not the larger salaries of that of current MPs.
He said: ”Like all SSP candidates, it is a matter of principle for me that an MP should live on the same wages and conditions as the majority of the population, not salaries of nearly £90,000 – plus expenses – that put them on a different planet compared with millions suffering the worst cost-of-living crisis in at least two generations. Such salaries lead to remoteness and corruption for far too many MPs.
“Local people have the opportunity to ditch the Tories, but they should have no trust in Labour or the SNP either.
“Both have let us down. Both have abandoned previous promises.”
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“The SSP, in contrast, takes the side of workers fighting for inflation-proofed pay increases, an end to safety cuts and station closures on our railways, and privatisation of our public services.
The SSP’s Campaign Manager, Richie Venton, is himself a trade union convenor and is calling on families to back the recall petition.
He added: “Workers need a genuine voice, and the SSP has proven itself to be firmly on the side of the working class during the past year’s battles between workers’ pay and bosses’ profit – and indeed for the previous 25 years.
“Seize the opportunity to elect an honest, fighting socialist, Bill Bonnar, by signing the recall petition.”
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