Why I’m standing for TUSC in Bablake

A number of our election candidates are writing short articles to explain why they’re standing for TUSC. Our candidate in Bablake, Dan Crowter, wrote this. Please read and share!

When Labour councillor David Kershaw announced the council’s plans to close almost all Coventry libraries, adult education services, children’s centres and more, I was stunned. How can a former head teacher, who was even a member of the National Union of Teachers, justify these cuts? They will damage children’s lives, their education and their future.

Not only that, how can he even suggest cutting transport for disabled children when he’s a governor at a special needs school, Alice Stevens (now Riverbank Academy)? For anyone to cut that essential service would be disgusting, but as a governor at a special needs school Cllr Kershaw should know and understand its importance even more.

As a young parent, and carer for someone with special needs, I know the value of these services first hand – and unlike Cllr Kershaw, I would never vote to cut them. I’d fight tooth and nail to preserve them, along with all the other services that the people of Coventry use and rely on.

Being let down by Labour councillors is nothing new, but a former teacher knowingly cutting services that will seriously affect children is shocking. That’s one of the reasons I’m standing for the Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition in Bablake, against Cllr Kershaw. I think the people of Coventry deserve better than councillors who pass on the cuts “with heavy hearts” – we need representatives who’ll actually stand up and fight them!

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