Save Our

Colleries
Why cant 300m be found to save Kellingley, Thoresby & Hatfield pits,
when 66bn could be found for rescuing Lloyds bank?

Save our coal industry - Nationalise

Kellingley, Thoresby and Hatfield
pits
Bring the energy industry into
public ownership under democratic
workers control
Invest in renewable energy
production as part of a democratic
plan of energy production &
distribution
Help re-train those in nonrenewable sectors into skilled green
energy jobs with no loss of pay

COAL NOT DOLE!

Join us today - Text: JOIN plus your name and postcode to 07761818206 / Write to Socialist Party, PO Box 24697,
London, E11 1YD / Visit: www.socialistparty.org.uk / E-mail: join@socialistparty.org.uk / Phone: 020 8988 877

Save Our Colleries - Coal Not Dole

The 700 jobs at Kellingley and a
similar number in associated
businesses are vital to the local
area and the closer of the pit
could give the Eastern half of
Wakefield district and Selby
district its very own Treble Dip
Recession overnight.
The announcement of
250million public investment in a
new Clean Coal power station
at Drax (To open in 2020s) less
than 6 miles from Kellingley with
excellent direct rail links, rubs salt
in the wounds of all those worried
about the future of all three mines
while the Tory government
dithers!
Discussions on the media have
focussed on the cheap cost of
imported coal and how the world
coal market is carried out in US $
so the strong pound is to blame.
On a BBC Radio Leeds
discussion late last year, the
presenter hit upon the main
problem, the lack of political will
to provide long term investment.
Labour leader, Ed Miliband has
been virtually silent on the matter,
given he was Secretary of State
for Energy and Climate Change
in the last Labour government,
then you would expect he would

understand the issue of securing system can we make genuine

a long term domestic fuel supply! decisions on the future of our
energy industry.
Given Kellingley and Thoresby
are both in marginal seats which Instead of what limited
Labour would need to win to form investment there is going into
a majority in 2015 then why is
dangerous fracking and nuclear
saving the remaining coal
technologies, we should be
industry not Eds priority?
developing renewable
technologies that will safeguard
But then when we consider that
the planet for future generations.
Labours shadow Secretary of
State for Energy and Climate
Given the estimated 30 years
Change is Caroline Flint, the arch worth of reserves in these three
-Blairite, who is known to be the mines, clean coal represents a
shadow cabinets cheerleader of safer stop-gap whilst renewable
Shale Gas Fracking and Nuclear, technology is developed to
then any hope that Labour will
provide our energy needs and
provide any change to the chaos jobs to secure our communities
and short-term profit driven chaos futures.
of the energy market is not to be
expected anytime soon.
As those reserves are depleted,
workers should be able to train
up in skilled jobs in the new
Socialist Policies Needed
renewable industry with no loss
In the hands of the private sector, of pay.
then energy companies will
continue to make huge profits (up On this basis, renewable energy
sources provide a safe, cheap,
9 per household this year
secure and environment- friendly
alone), whilst failing to invest in
developing new environmentally energy supply for this country
and all of its people and not huge
friendly energy production.
profits for private investors!.
Only with a Socialist energy
policy with long-term investment Wakefield & District Socialist
Party urges you to support the
in a publicly owned and
democratically controlled energy NUM campaign to save the pits.

Needed: A new party to stand up for working class communities

With the two Eds leading Labour, Miliband & Balls, agreeing with the Tory
spending plans and Labour councils passing on savage cuts from central
government without a fight, working class people are increasingly searching for
a party that will stand up for them.
The late RMT General Secretary Bob Crow, helped establish TUSC to fight for
unashamedly working class policies. Unlike New Labour, TUSC supports the
TUCs demand for a 10 an hour minimum wage, and the renationalisation of
the railways and utilities. Our councillors argue for no cuts budgets, mobilising
the community to fight to defend local jobs and services. Over the past few
years weve stood candidates in Wakefield & surrounding districts and we
appeal to you to join us in doing the same this year - visit tusc.org.uk for info
Join us today - Text: JOIN plus your name and postcode to 07761818206 / Write to Socialist Party, PO Box 24697,
London, E11 1YD / Visit: www.socialistparty.org.uk / E-mail: join@socialistparty.org.uk / Phone: 020 8988 877