With Labour Party officials now having been forced by pressure from below into extending the time period for MPs to nominate for the position of Labour leader, the campaign to get John McDonnell onto the ballot has been given a new impetus.
As part of this Jerry Hicks, the left candidate for the position of Unite General Secretary, has issued a press release giving support to John:
‘Unite behind John
McDonnell’
Jerry Hicks a candidate in the election for the General Secretary of
Unite,
Britain’s biggest union, today urged Labour MPs to nominate John McDonnell
MP to be the new Leader of the Labour Party.
Jerry Hicks said “I welcome John McDonnell’s commitment
to a leadership debate based on the policies. I applaud John McDonnell’s
long-standing support for workers’ rights, the trade unions and repealing the
anti-trade union laws; a peaceful foreign policy, bringing our troops home,
publicly owned services, progressive taxation, an emergency council housing
programme, a living wage and civil liberties.
I also welcome his determination that working people
must not be made to pay for a crisis that is not of their making. He is the
perfect alternative to the David and Ed the ‘Moribund’ brothers and the other
candidates from Continuity New Labour. He also offers a genuine alternative to
the Cameron-Clegg Government ."
Jerry Hicks believes that John McDonnell is exceptional
in that he has support that reaches far beyond that of the Labour Party itself.
Who would not now agree that had he [McDonnell] been on the ballot paper last
time around enabling discussion and debate on the real issues instead of the
Brown coronation, that the Labour Party would have been more electable and maybe
still have been the government not the opposition.
Jerry Hicks, though not a Labour Party member, hopes
that the Labour Party fields the widest number of candidates so that its members
can make an informed choice and thereby re-establish itself to benefit ordinary
people.
Ends:
Notes to editors:
Jerry Hicks will be standing later this year for the
position of single General Secretary of Unite, the UK’s largest trade union and biggest single donator to the Labour
party. He is considered by many as the possible winner. In last year’s election
for joint General Secretary he (Jerry Hicks) came second to Derek Simpson, Mr
Simpson will not be standing this time.
Jerry Hicks can be contacted on 07817827912 email
jerryhicks4gs2010@yahoo.co.uk
For more information visit
www.jerryhicks4gs.com
