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Support for Driscoll as an independent shows socialism is still alive and well
The current consensual party politics is ripe for smashing, but how can we go about it? CHELLEY RYAN has some ideas
Mayor of North of Tyne, Jamie Driscoll
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WHEN Jamie Driscoll was unjustly blocked by Stalin’s — sorry, I mean Starmer’s — Labour Party from the North East mayoralty, he could have shrugged his shoulders and walked away.
Thankfully, he hasn’t. He’s resigned from the Labour Party and put himself forward as an independent candidate on one condition — he raises £25,000 by the end of August. That was Driscoll’s way of putting his finger on the pulse of public opinion.
The premise was simple; if the public wanted him to stand, that target would be met. If they didn’t, it would fall short and that would be that.
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