IT STILL remains unclear whether Ricky Tomlinson will stand as a Parliamentary candidate in Wavertree, despite a meeting of the Socialist Labour Party in Liverpool last night.

The actor attended an SLP gathering at a city centre hotel, after which party leader Arthur Scargill made a statement which provided more questions than answers.

He said: “This meeting has been a meeting to talk about the forthcoming election and the selection of constituencies and candidates.

“We have had a very good meeting and we have decided a policy in general terms, as we are doing in other parts of the country.”

The former miners’ leader said the SLP had been contacted by representatives of other political parties and organisations who have requested meetings, with the suggestion being that, if the SLP is standing in certain areas, they may stand down in their favour.

Meetings will now be held – but, when pressed on Wavertree, Mr Scargill merely said: “Our candidates will be announced in due course, but we will be standing in Liverpool and Merseyside.”

Mr Tomlinson said: “I love Liverpool and love the people of Liverpool – that’s why I am so angry at this imposition [of Labour candidate Luciana Berger, the Londoner selected from an all-women shortlist].”