Hello,
I can't believe it's been ten months since we launched Go Fourth - the Campaign for a Labour Fourth Term - at party conference.
Our aims were to proudly defend the record of a Labour Government, support the leadership in building on our successes, actively encourage more people to get involved with the party and highlight the damage a Tory Government would do.
Since September, Go Fourth has:
- ran the successful Give Up The Bonus campaign to curb RBS bonus payouts and slash Sir Fred Goodwin's pension
- shamed the Tories into pulling a private members bill to scrap the National Minimum Wage with our Wage Concern campaign
- held 15 party rallies across the country
- campaigned for victory in the Glenrothes by-election
- been on a 14 stop Prescott Express Battle Bus Tour of the North for the European Elections
Our next 10 months will be crucial as it will take us right up to the last date for a general election.
Sadly it requires money and as I don't know of any Belize-based billionaires, Go Fourth has to rely on small donations. It helped us fund our Prescott Express tour, which was fantastic.
Tony Blair has donated £6,000 to Go Fourth and Alastair Campbell, myself, Glenys Kinnock and Dick Caborn have all made significant donations too.
But we still have some outstanding debts totalling £2,000 that we'd like to clear as well as build our battle chest for the next ten months.
So here's the deal.
If you donate £15 to Go Fourth, I'll send you a signed copy of my book, Prezza Pulling No Punches.
(That's incuding postage and packaging!)
Now let's face it - you won't make a fortune sticking it on Ebay.
But you will get a little something for your donation and the perfet Xmas gift for that special socialist in your life.
You could even use it as a raffle prize or at worst, prop open a door with it. (It's the limited edition Airline edition, a cross between hardback and a paperback, so it will do the job.)
If you pay £50 or more, I'll even get Alastair, Dick, Glenys to sign it with me.
But seriously, party members across the country tell me we're making a difference and I'm inundated with requests from people for Go Fourth visits and campaigns.
A donation - however small - would really help us do all we can to secure social justice, fairness and equality in the fight for that Labour Fourth Term.
So if you can, please make a donation.
Thanks,
JP
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This week the last Straw no pun, was hearing New labour wants people to have health insurance, benefits insurance while new labour hands it all over to private profit making insurance companies. the report that the UK has the third lowest benefits and pensions, the idea that somebody like myself who has been crippled by my employer can go and find a job, the jobs I've been offered picking up litter, handing out baskets, which are six weeks jobs with more to do with companies offering charity.
You do not offer me anything anymore, I know what to expect from Cameron, so after 40 years in labour I intend to join another party, perhaps UKIP perhaps even the Tories, but New labour no thanks no more.
You also need to let us know who the hell is leading labour or New labour Brown or Mandy because I know which one it looks like, and the insult from Purnell that he is now the choice of the left.
You might not remember me I do remember you, we walked arm in arm at a miners strike in 1983, how times have changed...
Why not join the SLP with Mr.cargill at the helm? Have a look at their Policies on their website seems sound to me.
Would you really lie in bed with David and POP man.
I have no reason to doubt that Gofourth is correctly using public money, but let's open everything up please.
I am a bit surprised you think it is a good idea to write to me asking for a donation for your campaign. I only joined your blog site to ask you to return the money you claimed for food while you were in Government. Honestly John, given your bulimia problems, do you really think it was a good idea to take all that money every month?
I also wanted to know what you thought about the Labour MPs who were found to be cheating on their expenses claims, and your views on the expensive Fees office who appear to be unable to run the proverbial p..... up in a brewery. Imagine that the Head of the Fees office is paid £150,000 per annum, but couldn't keep track of a simple thing like expenses claims. In private industry, that sort of thing is supervised by someone earning about £30K.
So, I did read all your blog very closely for a while. I noticed that you put all the blame for the expenses scandal on the media, with a few side swipes at the Tories. To be frank John, I found your approach quite distasteful and not a bit responsible. I did write and say so, but I guess you didn't notice.
So I will not be making a donation. I don't want to read your book. I sincerely hope that your party is out of power shortly and remains out of power until after I am dead. No offence of course.
Kind regards