Use your vote to keep the establishment parties in check

(text of last leaflet of campaign)

■ The mainstream parties would like you to believe that all that matters in this election is whether it’s David Cameron or Ed Miliband moving into Number 10 and who joins them in coalition.

■ In reality, all the mainstream parties are signed up to 5 more years of austerity – that means us continuing to pay for the bankers’ crisis with our jobs and services.

■ So whatever happens on 7th May, we have to keep fighting back against all cuts – with protests, demonstrations and strikes. TUSC believes that those struggles need, and will find, a political voice.

■ The best way to pressure local MPs and whichever party forms the government nationally, to listen to that anti-cuts movement, is for them to be looking over their shoulder at a strong anti-cuts protest vote in this election.

■ A real wasted vote is one that goes to a politician you don’t agree with – the bigger their majority, the more confident they will feel to carry on as they were – supporting the implementation of cuts. Whether in government or opposition, a strong left vote could push Labour to the left.

Why TUSC is the best way to protest vote

TUSC is the only party:

1) Opposed to all cuts in words and action

All the other parties, including the Greens, have voted for cuts. All TUSC candidates are pledged to vote against all cuts – and have done where they’ve been elected.

2) That stands for nationalisation of the energy companies

You can’t control what you don’t own. The resources of the biggest companies should be re-invested in services, jobs and infrastructure not huge profits for the super-rich 1%. Nationalisation of the ‘big six’ energy companies would be key to saving the environment, ending fuel poverty and creating jobs.

3) Calling for the cancellation, not just re-negotiation of PFI (privatisation) debt at Whipps Cross

Other parties either support PFI or call for ‘re-negotiation’ of the debt. The debt is not ours and is draining our NHS dry. NHS money should be spent on services and staff, not paying off extortionate private companies.

4) With a record of supporting workers and young people fighting back

TUSC supports strikes and protests of working class people against austerity. Many of our candidates, including Nancy Taaffe in Walthamstow, have led countless campaigns and strikes. We don’t just campaign at election time but all year round.

5) Building a national, working class, anti-cuts challenge

Some other parties are posing as anti-cuts in this election because they know how angry people are and that it will get them votes. TUSC was formed by anti-cuts activists and organisations. We are the 6th biggest parties in the general elections, standing 135 candidates across the country – every one of them ordinary workers, trade unionists, anti-cuts activists and socialists.