<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;"><DIV>No Uli, I do not want to do that but if I can't get other people in the UK to play.........!</DIV>
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<DIV>S<BR><BR>--- On <B>Mon, 10/10/11, Ulrich Karlsen <I><ukarlsen@web.de></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV>
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Ulrich Karlsen <ukarlsen@web.de><BR>Subject: Re: [Individual-members-EL] 1.may<BR>To: "Indiv. Members EL" <individual-members-el@listi.jpberlin.de><BR>Date: Monday, 10 October, 2011, 14:36<BR><BR>
<DIV class=plainMail>Hi everybody and hi Stephen,<BR><BR>good luck for the Left Party on British soil. Make sure the EL can't claim the<BR>copyright on its name.<BR><BR>Labour or Greens means status quo and an absorption (and waste) of energy and good people<BR>who have thought for decades that they can make a difference, but hardly ever do so.<BR>In Germany the Social Democrats are sponsored by utility companies and the Greens by<BR>ensurance companies and others. And that's where they are heading.<BR>No, you don't want to do THAT, Stephen, do you?<BR><BR>Best wishes<BR><BR>Uli<BR><BR><BR>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----<BR>Von: "Stephen Spence" <<A href="http://uk.mc873.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=stephen_spence@btinternet.com" ymailto="mailto:stephen_spence@btinternet.com">stephen_spence@btinternet.com</A>><BR>Gesendet: 09.10.2011 20:32:54<BR>An: "'Indiv. Members EL'" <<A
href="http://uk.mc873.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=individual-members-el@listi.jpberlin.de" ymailto="mailto:individual-members-el@listi.jpberlin.de">individual-members-el@listi.jpberlin.de</A>><BR>Betreff: Re: [Individual-members-EL] 1.may<BR><BR>>Picking up on Uli's points I think for individual members in the UK there<BR>>are two choices.<BR>><BR>>The first is to support Nobert's letter. I am not against this but I<BR>>honestly believe it will achieve nothing.<BR>><BR>>The second is to register 'The Left Party/European Left Party' with the UK<BR>>Electoral Commission to create an identity that could be organised around.<BR>>You only need three people to do it so this would not be a hard thing to do.<BR>>I've resisted before for all the obvious reasons but I think it's becoming<BR>>put up or opt out time.<BR>><BR>>If the Left cannot be a political identity in the UK, even if it is small,<BR>>it is of no use.
It would be better to join Labour or the Greens and accept<BR>>the European Left has no future here.<BR>><BR>>Best<BR>><BR>>Stephen<BR><BR>___________________________________________________________<BR>SMS schreiben mit WEB.DE FreeMail - einfach, schnell und<BR>kostenguenstig. Jetzt gleich testen! <A href="http://f.web.de/?mc=021192" target=_blank>http://f.web.de/?mc=021192</A><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Individual-members-EL Mailingliste<BR>JPBerlin - Politischer Provider<BR><A href="http://uk.mc873.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=Individual-members-EL@listi.jpberlin.de" ymailto="mailto:Individual-members-EL@listi.jpberlin.de">Individual-members-EL@listi.jpberlin.de</A><BR><A href="https://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/individual-members-el" target=_blank>https://listi.jpberlin.de/mailman/listinfo/individual-members-el</A><BR></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></td></tr></table>