City councillors quit Labour to form new party bbc.in/4oNIXA8

Beautifully done - thanks for the mention

I've spoken to the Labour official who dubbed a defecting city councillor a "traitor" and told him to "f*** off". Roy Lakey says he was having a "private" conversation and thought Nottingham People's Alliance were being "treacherous". More on NottinghamshireLive below. nottinghampost.com/news/nottingha…

Sometimes doing the right thing means making the hardest choice. I have chosen to leave the Labour Party — not out of anger, but out of love for my community and faith in a better Nottingham I will continue to serve residents with integrity, compassion, and hope through the NPA

“I couldn’t make the very successful launch last week. Here are my reasons for leaving Labour and for setting up Nottingham People’s Alliance The Labour Party had abandoned its core values and purged its socialist heartbeat of its very being’’ Cllr Naim Salim

Universities are important and should be a public service. Instead they are treated as businesses. Money is the primary motive rather than social good and advancement. Cutting child and mental health nursing courses when these professions are already stretched is short-sighted.

Now free to speak on the Palestine Solidarity Campaign inspired Boycott, Divestment and Sanction motion at full council tonight “Not in our name - a line has to be drawn. The Labour Party have failed the Palestinian people” “This is genocide yesterday, today and tomorrow”

If this is what they’re saying publicly, can you imagine how toxic it is privately. Nottingham People's Alliance Broxtowe Alliance Councillors nottinghampost.com/news/nottingha…

Who the hell wants to live in a world without music. Support music staff. Support the students. Tell Uni of Nottingham #WeAreUoN NOT to close music courses. #MusicMatters #BreadANDRoses Broxtowe Alliance Councillors Nottingham People's Alliance University of Nottingham UCU branch University of Nottingham Students' Union

Another consequence to Labour ‘shaking off the fleas’ Campaigning now just the MP, the candidate, one local member and a person from another area. But hey, they got rid of those pesky lefties

Local, vocal & visible Nottingham People's Alliance ✊

Dave Boulton Nottingham People's Alliance The £10,000,000 cut to funding every year for 10 years, courtesy of the Tories, is/was the problem. Nottingham had the same depth of cuts as Birmingham and we're half the size. It's on Labour now that they haven't restored our funding, which is part of the reason this lot left