VOTE SOCIALIST IN EURO POLL

THE EURO elections next Thursday are expected to see a low turnout. As with the recent Scottish, Welsh and English local elections, it is one more sign of the lack of enthusiasm for the government. Socialists are standing in most areas to give voice to the disenchantment with Tony Blair's New Labour and the feeling against the war in the Balkans. We are for a socialist vote and would like to see a united electoral front of all socialist parties. Among those socialists who Socialist Worker urges support for are:

• The Socialist Alliance candidates in the West Midlands region, where Socialist Worker supporters Lynne Hubbard and Salman Mirza are part of the list of candidates headed by Dave Nellist, the former Labour MP and now a Socialist Party councillor. Lynne told Socialist Worker, "The campaign has given us the opportunity to raise the socialist alternative over a whole number of issues. We have received a very good response when we speak out against the war in the Balkans, against privatisation and in favour of taxing the rich."

• The Socialist Labour Party list in London, which is headed by miners' union leader Arthur Scargill. Many people will vote for Scargill because he is a symbol of class struggle and socialism, despite a campaign which has featured a great deal of propaganda about Europe which could come from the mouths of right wingers.

• The candidates of the Scottish Socialist Party who are seeking to follow up the election of Tommy Sheridan on 6 May.

• The Alternative Labour List in the East Midlands headed by Euro MP Ken Coates. He was expelled from the Labour Party for refusing to go along with Blair's stampede rightwards.