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Candidates of any age required for the forthcoming General Election ~ Link
We have now a significant number of candidates willing to stand in the next general election, so we are inviting your views on what you would like to see happen with regards to legislation in the next government. In fact, we welcome your views as opposed to setting out a hardened manifesto as other political parties will. Our policies, briefly outlined in the index to the left and by following the link above, are not a finished set of proposals but a basis on which to build and modify as and when the need arises.
We have to be realistic in that it would appear that the Conservatives will probably win the next general election, after all, it is their turn with the present two party system that is now the norm for this country.
Why are we bothering, you might ask?. We believe that there must be a few voices within parliament, the more the better, which does not follow a party line. We would advocate free voting on contentious topics. It is strange that we pretend to be a democracy during the election period, but once the voting is finished, we end up to all intents and purposes with a dictatorship in all but name.
We will not bore you with the facts on how capable the present government has been for this country, each and everyone of you must have been affected, one way or another, with varying degrees of mismanagement in just about every aspect of our society. We have in the past ranted at each turn of the screw that the present government has imparted on all of us. A new government will have an uphill task in trying to normalise the disruption and mayhem caused over the past ten years or so. Remember, that both the major political parties have been exposed in the expenses scandal and although it would appear they have tried to put their house in order, the reality of the situation is that it should never have occurred in the first place. The same applies with the demise of our financial well being, just about everybody knew something was wrong with the generosity of the mortgage system, but the Institutions and MP's avoided their responsibility in carrying out the necessary checks and balances. There does not appear to have be anyone of sufficient integrity, expertise, common sense or care to avoid or at least buffer the chaos that ensued, and even now nothing appears to have changed.
The result of this crisis is that millions who relied on interest from their hard earned savings over the years, predominantly the elderly, with inadequate support from other means, are in effect now subsidising the losses incurred by our so called financial experts. Some of these financiers are still living off their undeserved bonuses based on systems made of straw. A clawback arrangement would not go amiss.
We must have representation for the elderly, sick, infirm and unemployed as a top priority, because when the cuts to public services come, this group will be considered a hindrance. This section of society, of whom a great many have carried out a considerable service to Queen and country will be viewed as an unnecessary non-performing overhead that will be seen as a burden to the public purse. Due to the horrendous debt this country is in the cuts have got to come from somewhere, the result of which will probably be felt for generations. You can only do so much with improved management and then following that it could be a case of the weak once again going to the wall, so it is imperative they have representation in both houses of parliament. We do not require unelected leaders imposing their own will over the country, that is not a democracy.
We therefore require candidates of any age required for the forthcoming General Election ~ Link
We do not want your money, we just need your support, so please, just join us.
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