Tag Archives: Jerry Hicks

Election gossip latest

A couple of snippets just in … Bristol’s Respect Party are likely to be running four candidates in the local elections on June 4. Energetic troublemaker Jerry Hicks will be running again in Lockleaze while the excellently named Prince-Abdulaziz has … Continue reading

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Breaking news: Bristol Respect Party collapses

News coming in that the Bristol Respect Party is in a state of advanced collapse after a Socialist Workers Party coup at a branch meeting on Wednesday. Respect in Bristol have gained some good election results over the last couple … Continue reading

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Hicks quits SWP

Life long socialist Jerry Hicks, the former AEU/Amicus convenor at Rolls Royce in Bristol, who was dismissed in dubious circumstances in 2005, has quit the Socialist Workers Party (SWP), describing the Respect Party in which they are key coalition partners … Continue reading

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