On Thursday you will get the chance to vote in the Local and European elections and it is an opportunity to send a very clear message to David Cameron and his out of touch Tory led government. The message that needs to be given loud and clear is that we will not let the Tories get away with closing our local Hospitals.

The Tories have secret plans to close Central Middlesex and Hammersmith A&Es as soon as these elections are over and then they cynically want to close Ealing Hospital's Maternity Unit in February next year just before the General Election and much earlier than planned. Then if they get their way the bulldozers will move in to demolish Ealing and Charing Cross Hospitals to make way for luxury flats.

The much reduced in size 'Local Hospitals" that will replace the current hospitals at Ealing and Charing Cross will be more like Health Centres seeing outpatients and will not have proper A&Es. The Tories are lying when they say they have 'saved' Ealing and Charing Cross A&Es. These smaller facilities will be minor injury units ran by GPs not consultants and will not receive patients via blue light ambulances. The Tory lie that they have 'saved' the A&Es is irresponsible, dangerous and will put lives at risk.

The Tories locally were never behind the campaign to Save our Hospitals and if they took control of the Council they would not raise a word of protest against their own government as the bulldozers moved in. Their manifesto is silent on the issue and only a Labour Council will keep up the fight to Save our Hospitals continuing the fine work it has already done.

So if you want to send a message on Thursday don't vote for the rag bag of protest options on offer. The good, the bad and the ugly as I call them - you decide which one is which. The UKIP mask has slipped revealing a very unpleasant and reactionary anti-immigrant stance that spills over into racism amongst many of its candidates and supporters. Various former Tories, defectors and others are standing locally as independents and voters should be careful of the mischievous lies of these so called candidates. They are however without any credibility and will consequently go down to crushing defeats like all such independents, egotists and mavericks do.

So if you really want to send a message to David Cameron and his out of touch government on Thursday make sure you, your family and friends vote Labour in the Local and European elections. Don't let the Tories get away with closing our Hospitals.