Labour Grass Roots Vote for One of Their Own, Against Parties Choice Candidate in South Wales

Last Saturday, in the town of Neath in South Wales, the Labour Party held a Hustings meeting at Neath Town Hall to select the Labour candidate to replace the outgoing MP Peter Hain.  However, in the style of recent Labour Party candidate elections across Britain, the Labour Party parachuted in their preferred candidate.  This was witnessed earlier this year, when Stephen Kinnock, son of former

Labour Leader Neil Kinnock, was parachuted into the Labour safe-seat of Aberavon.  Neath and Port Talbot, the constituency which the Aberavon seat represents, share a single council and are situated just a few miles apart.  The Labour Party on successfully implanting their preferred candidate of Stephen Kinnock in Aberavon believed they could once again implant their preferred candidate, Mabel Mckeown, in Neath. American born Mabel, is the daughter of Tracy Ullman and film and TV producer Allan Mckeown, writer of such shows as Auf Wiedersehen Pet and Porridge.  Mrs Mckeown was previously rumoured to be the potential Labour candidate to replace outgoing MP, Joan Walley, as MP for Stoke on Trent North last year, but local activists vented their anger and after articles appeared the media the Labour Party decided to parachute in candidate Ruth Smeeth instead.  The Labour Party has recently been attempting to replace local candidates, with the party’s parachuted candidates of choice, in an attempt to influence election results toward their chosen candidates'.  The Mckeown family has had a long history of making donations to the Labour Party, and Tracy Ullman even appeared in the 1980s music video ‘My Guy’ with Labour Leader Neil Kinnock.   Many of the candidates that have been parachuted into safe seats have been from privileged backgrounds, or have been the sons of Labours past, such as Stephen Kinnock, Will Straw and the rumoured Euan Blair.  The Labour Party has been attempting to disenfranchise the working class from Parliament; by replacing outgoing Labour Ministers with candidates who have led a privileged lifestyle, and have been given opportunities beyond the means of the many.  The Labour Party has forgotten the reason for its creation; the Labour Party was created upon an idea, an idea that by electing working people into parliament, the working class people, who were then and still are the largest section of British society, would have a voice from among them, to speak on the issues that affect them; now the party that was created to give the people this voice silences it.  By choosing candidates from their choice section of society, Ed Milliband and his middle class bandits are stealing our voice, the voice of the people. These middle class Labour members scratch their heads, discombobulated, and trying to understand why UKIP are taking votes from the mainstream parties; when the reason why is because Labour, the party created to represent a majority of the people of Britain, decided to represent a small wealthy element of our society instead.  But among this blackness comes a glimmer of hope, a spark of light that may show the way for other constituencies across Britain.  Unlike other constituencies, that have voted for Labours parachuted candidates' of choice, the Labour grassroots of Neath remembered why the Labour Party was created when they voted for local candidate Christina Rees to be their Labour Party representative. Christina was born in Kenfig Hill, a few miles from Neath, and attended a local comprehensive school.  She has no airs and graces, but has a passion for politics, a passion for change and a passion to be the voice for an area where poverty and unemployment have taken hold.  The people of Neath have sent a message to Parliament, a message that will tell the Labour Party in Whitehall that the people of Neath do not want their parachuted prosperous and privileged perspective candidate, the people of Neath want one of their own as their representative.  Let us hope that other constituencies will take an example from this small town in South Wales, let us hope that other constituencies will vote for their local working class candidates and let us hope that one day soon we may once again hear the voice of the people speak in parliament.