Independent Working Class Association

Dissident Congress · 17-04-2007, 11:54 AM

Does anybody know if the IWCA are contesting elections anywhere. They don't seem to be, and their website hasn't been updated for a few months.

Oxford isn't up for election this year.

arden forester · 17-04-2007, 12:26 PM

I think the answer is NO.

Dissident Congress · 17-04-2007, 02:38 PM

It probably goes to show what a pathetic little outfit it really is. Thousands of council seats in "working class" areas are up for grabs this year and the IWCA can't even put forward a single candidate anywhere.

Sovereignty NI · 17-04-2007, 07:40 PM

There's one standing in Thurrock.

22ANDUK · 17-04-2007, 07:48 PM

At first I clicked on this by accident after 'googling' them:

http://www.iwca.org/

I then clicked on this: http://www.iwca.info/

They sound more like something you read about on a poster at a community centre, they don't sound like a political party, more a neighbourhood watch assocation type of thing.

It seems nothing's been updated since last year.

Membership is open to all 'working class' people, which sounds quite difficult to detemine, it must come down to the individual to work that one out.

Whilst a group that wouldn't attract my vote, nor suit some of my politics, I do think this is a genuine group born out of New Labour's adoption of Thatcherite policies and economics.

arden forester · 17-04-2007, 09:17 PM

They do appear genuine to me. Clause 4 types. But not willing to follow the Nellists, Scargills, or Galloways of this world!

A bit like Michael Meadowcroft going off and forming the Liberal Party Mark 6!

Dissident Congress · 17-04-2007, 10:41 PM

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There's one standing in Thurrock.

Stanford East and Corringham Town ward

http://www.thurrock-iwca.org/index.html

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hey sound more like something you read about on a poster at a community centre, they don't sound like a political party, more a neighbourhood watch assocation type of thing.

I think it is a resident's association run by council tenants for council tenants rather than a proper political party.

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Membership is open to all 'working class' people, which sounds quite difficult to detemine, it must come down to the individual to work that one out.

They don't seem to have a clear definition of what working class really is. Somewhere on their website they have some figure that 80% of the UK population would describe themselves as working class. Where on earth they get a figure like that from is anybody's guess.

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Whilst a group that wouldn't attract my vote, nor suit some of my politics, I do think this is a genuine group born out of New Labour's adoption of Thatcherite policies and economics.

Not quite. One of the oddest things about the IWCA is that they have no policies on economic reform.

arden forester · 18-04-2007, 10:39 AM

The IWCA is against "neo-liberals" and multiculturialism. Seems like a left-wing BNP without the BNP bits, if you get my drift! :shock:

17-04-2007, 11:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
Dissident Congress Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 750	Independent Working Class Association Does anybody know if the IWCA are contesting elections anywhere. They don't seem to be, and their website hasn't been updated for a few months. Oxford isn't up for election this year.

17-04-2007, 12:26 PM	#2 (permalink)
arden forester Uber Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Solihull, in The Forest of Arden, Warwickshire! Posts: 2,698 Party: None	I think the answer is NO. __________________ www.ardenforester.blogspot.com www.westminster-whispers.blogspot.com

17-04-2007, 09:17 PM	#6 (permalink)
arden forester Uber Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Solihull, in The Forest of Arden, Warwickshire! Posts: 2,698 Party: None	They do appear genuine to me. Clause 4 types. But not willing to follow the Nellists, Scargills, or Galloways of this world! A bit like Michael Meadowcroft going off and forming the Liberal Party Mark 6! __________________ www.ardenforester.blogspot.com www.westminster-whispers.blogspot.com

18-04-2007, 10:39 AM	#8 (permalink)
arden forester Uber Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Solihull, in The Forest of Arden, Warwickshire! Posts: 2,698 Party: None	The IWCA is against "neo-liberals" and multiculturialism. Seems like a left-wing BNP without the BNP bits, if you get my drift! :shock: __________________ www.ardenforester.blogspot.com www.westminster-whispers.blogspot.com

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17-04-2007, 02:38 PM	#3 (permalink)
Dissident Congress Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 750	It probably goes to show what a pathetic little outfit it really is. Thousands of council seats in "working class" areas are up for grabs this year and the IWCA can't even put forward a single candidate anywhere.

17-04-2007, 07:40 PM	#4 (permalink)
Sovereignty NI Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 111	There's one standing in Thurrock.

17-04-2007, 07:48 PM	#5 (permalink)
22ANDUK Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Posts: 1,438	At first I clicked on this by accident after 'googling' them: http://www.iwca.org/ I then clicked on this: http://www.iwca.info/ They sound more like something you read about on a poster at a community centre, they don't sound like a political party, more a neighbourhood watch assocation type of thing. It seems nothing's been updated since last year. Membership is open to all 'working class' people, which sounds quite difficult to detemine, it must come down to the individual to work that one out. Whilst a group that wouldn't attract my vote, nor suit some of my politics, I do think this is a genuine group born out of New Labour's adoption of Thatcherite policies and economics.