Labour Generation — a poem by Marc Fortuna

That is not just any Nation

it is a kingdon mother of many nations

Be you from Scotland

Be you from Wales

Be you from England

You are children od Britain

Land of great expectation.

That is not just any Party

it is a party that brings great changes

The party of the NHS reform

The party of the minimun wages

The party of the Sure Start

We are Labour generation

Party of great realizations.

No matter whwre in the world we are

We vote Labour ´cause Labour is the best so far

British people united again

UK Labour Party the power will maintain.

It is not about to gain a fourth term

It is the mark for a new generation

Where the good work started in the past terms

Will fulfill the needs of our nlessed Nation.

I love Britain...

I vote Labour !

©Marc Fortuna (Lord Fortuna of Lancaster)

22/04/10 - 23h15m

Letter from Gordon Brown to Marc Fortuna

Dear Marcelo Fortuna

I wanted to write to you personally to let you know how pleased I am you have made the decision to join at such important time, and about the important role you can play in winning the election for Labour.

With our member´s support we have already achieved so much — the shortest NHS waiting times since records began, a national minimum wage, more nurses than ever, and two million children helped through Sure Start.

None of this happened by chance. It happened because people of conscience, goodwill and determination made a commitment to come together for a combined purpose. Bringing real change and righting inequalities are the prime reasons that made me decide to join the Labour Party. We are stronger because of your decision to join us.

But we cannot rest on our achievements; we must fight to protect them and to strive to improve upon them. There is no end point for creating a better society, and there is no stage at which we can be happy to sit back assuming we have done all we can.

Labour´s priorities remain the same: securing the recovery including protecting the jobs and homes of ordinary people, protecting frontline services, standing up for the many not the few and investing in new industries. A Tory government would put all of this at risk.

Despite their new words, the Tories still offer the same ideas. By opposing action to give real help to those who need it and instead concentrating on tax breaks for millionaires, they show where their priorities truly lie.

Just like they did in the last recession, the Tories would walk on by, leaving British people to fend for themselves, whilst cutting the public services they rely on.

We have a duty to make sure that the Tories are never able to debase our country again. And you have an important role to play.

You are our strongest advocate with your friends and in your community. You have the opportunity to help Labour win a forth term, to become a community champion, to stand for local or national Government. What you do and how far you go is entirely up to you.

Whichever route you choose to take I know our party is so much stronger with you on our side. We have an awe inspiring responsability resting on our shoulders and I know that we can, and must, continue our work for a better and stronger Britain.

Yours sincerelly,

Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP

Prime Minister and Leader of the Labour Party

Tips from Marc Fortuna ( 1 ) - Politicians & Candidates

No one wins the election the day before. The candidate who thinks he is elected a year or six months before, hardly awake in time to rescue his favoritism.

The campaigns are not just to win elections. It´s the time to build the basis of future government policies. Many candidates, confident in their popularity and certain of their victory, do not bother to prepare a government plan.

The candidate is negligent if he/she does not have consistent goals, projects and government program. Populism help to win elections, but rarely lead to sustained government.

There are also those who lose elections by underestimating the enemy or overestimate themselves. Do not start a campaign claiming victory ahead of time, no one is elected before the final counting of votes.

A campaign is a track full of mazes, tricks and traps. It´s not a place for amateurs. They involve money, people´s reputation the fate of the nation. There is everything in a campaign: spies, dossiers, intrigues and vanity.

A campaign is a tripod: content, networks of support and marketing. When you´re sure of your candidacy, form a campaign committee. Only then, listening to your advisers, and especially aware of your financial structure, select your marketing strategy.

The strategy should provide the general tone that will guide the dispute, setting out the key ideas and concepts.

Be careful not to change everything all the time. It takes time to implement the strategy and confirm their accuracy or their error.

Choose well the people who will be part of your team. One requirement is that the team member understands you, has depth knowledge of your political background and respect your opinion. The team member is a kind of guru of campaign. He has the ability to filter all the issues and determine which one is best for the candidate.

Beware of flatterers. Select the team that will work, talk to each member and distributes tasks according to their individual abilities.

Train yourself to speak in public, or through the media, or directly with your constituents in direct encounters. If possible, get advice from a speech therapist to correct diction and inappropriate ways of speaking in public.

The candidate must have the humility to accept criticism, willingness to change and good discipline to avoid making the same mistakes. A poorly worded sentence out of context, can shake the foundations of a campaign.