Hundreds of activist sign letter supporting John McDonnell

I along with hundreds of activists Tony Benn, three MSPs, members of union executives and dozens of local councillors signed a letter in the Guardian today calling on MPs to nominate John McDonnell (see text of letter below) :)

Also results from last nights poll
http://www.labourlist.org/may-21-labourlist-leadership-poll-the-results

"The contest is much closer amongst union members, with each of the three leading candidates overall - David Miliband, Ed Miliband and John McDonnell - polling 22.4% of the vote in that category. Diane Abbott received 6.3% of union members' votes, while Ed Balls and Andy Burnham both received 4.6%. A third (34%) of all respondents were members of a trade union. I hope union MPs take note of this and give our members the opportunity to vote for John!

Letter:

The full list of people who signed can be read at http://john4leader.wordpress.com/ and letter reads:

As a range of Labour party members, councillors, NEC members, trade unionists, activists, community workers and campaigners, we are asking Labour MPs to nominate John McDonnell in order to allow a genuine debate about the future direction of our party.

We are concerned that a contest between candidates with broadly the same views will fail to deliver the wide-ranging policy debate Labour urgently needs following our defeat at the polls.

We welcome John McDonnell's commitment to a leadership debate based on the policies, not the personalities. We note John McDonnell's long-standing support for workers' rights, a peaceful foreign policy, publicly owned services, progressive taxation, an emergency council housing programme, a living wage, and civil liberties. We also welcome his determination that working people must not be made to pay for a crisis that is not of their making, and his opposition to the Con-Dem cuts agenda that will devastate our communities. We want these policies to be given a platform in the leadership campaign.

That is why we ask MPs to nominate John McDonnell, regardless of how they will subsequently vote, in order to allow an inspirational, comradely debate about the future direction of our party and our country"
MarshaJane
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