RESPECT CANDIDATE NAMED

Local Hartlepool campaigner, John Bloom, was chosen on Friday as the by-election candidate for Respect. He will be bidding to replace the former Cabinet minister Peter Mandelson who has been given a very well paid job as EU commissioner by his friend Tony Blair.

John Bloom is well known in his home town for his tireless campaigning activity. He helped to launch, and has been very active in, the Save Our Hospital campaign. He recently led the opposition to a proposal to site a second nuclear power station near Hartlepool.

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