I wrote this email to my MP via 38degrees:
In February I, along with 60,000 others, wrote to Ed
Miliband asking him to publicly commit to repealing the gagging law. Last week
38degrees met with Angela Eagle and whilst agreeing it was poor legislation she
said that these decisions are made by a wider group of people within the Labour
party.
As my local MP, please can you use your influence to
pressure your party into scrapping this undemocratic law. It is crucial that all MPs call for a Labour
Party commitment to repeal this law. It
needs to go into your manifesto.
I believe the constraint on charities and organisations that
campaign on issues is an outrageous attack on my freedom to spend my money to
make my voice heard. Part of my decision
on how to vote will depend on parties' position on this.
Thank you.
In early April Labour, i.e. Ed Miliband, committed to repeal this if they win the election in 2015. I'm not sure they committed to a timescale, and I'm pretty sure they didn't say what happens if they are in a coalition. And what if Labour are not in (part) power in June 2015?
This gagging law still needs to be repealed, or at least changed to exempt charities and other organisations that campaign on issues and are not aligned with any political party or independent candidate.
