{"id":17330,"date":"2025-04-29T09:05:00","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T08:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=17330"},"modified":"2025-04-26T10:21:50","modified_gmt":"2025-04-26T09:21:50","slug":"class-war-election-manifesto-launch-at-buckingham-palace-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/re-photo.co.uk\/?p=17330","title":{"rendered":"Class War Election Manifesto Launch at Buckingham Palace – 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Class War Election Manifesto Launch at Buckingham Palace<\/strong>: On Wednesday 29th April 2015 I went with Class War to Buckingham Palace for the launch of their manifesto for the 2015 General Election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Although as good anarchists Class War are not in favour of our flawed electoral system they had decided the election campaign would be a good opportunity to generate some interest in working class attitudes and issues, get some publicity – and have a little fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Ian Bone of Class War arrives at Buckingham Palace for the manifesto launch<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

So they had registered as a political party and invited their friends to stand for seats. There were quite a few volunteers but finding the funding for the deposits they knew they would lose and getting the required number of nominations in the constituencies whittled the numbers down in the end to seven candidates for the roughly 650 seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Class War’s Westminster candidate Adam Clifford is greeted on arrival<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Three of these were in the Greater London Area and I was able to cover all three in the constituencies where they were standing, John Bigger in South Croydon<\/a>, Lisa McKenzie in Chingford<\/a>, and on this occasion Adam Clifford who was standing in Westminster.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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and shows off his lace-fringed knickers<\/em>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The campaign that attracted most media attention was that of Lisa McKenzie because was standing against former leader of the Tory party and Secretary of State for Work and Pensions Iain Duncan Smith.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Class War supporters pose in front of the palace gates with their Lucy Parsons banner<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Adam Clifford was standing in Westminster and there were 31 of his potential voters registered in Buckingham Palace so he had come to the gates of the Palace to demand his democratic right as a candidate to canvass their votes, but was not allowed to enter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Adam Clifford speaks in front of the gates<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

But the event was also the launch of the Class War Party’s campaign, with a simple five point manifesto which had largely been drawn up as I walked with them from the White Hart to one of their many ‘Poor Doors’ protests at One Commercial Street – all of 110 metres away. It was simple and to the point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n